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Signalnote

Studio BuildCAPTIONS FIRST · WHISPER FALLBACKNext.jsFastAPIPostgreSQLMinIOWhisper
01> HOW IT SHIPPED
// THE CHALLENGE01

Getting a usable transcript out of a YouTube video normally costs a desktop session, a paid API key, or an account with a service that keeps your material.

// THE APPROACH02

Captions first, because they are free and exact; local Whisper only where none exist. A FastAPI job queue streams progress over SSE, artifacts land in MinIO as .txt, .srt, .vtt and .json, and the interface is built for a phone held in one hand.

// THE OUTCOME03

Paste one URL or twenty and download clean transcripts with topics attached, from a phone, without surrendering the material to somebody else's transcription service.

case --info signalnote
> client · Altacee
> sector · Media Tooling
> stack · Next.js · FastAPI · PostgreSQL · MinIO · Whisper
> result · CAPTIONS FIRST · WHISPER FALLBACK
> case/signalnoteSHIPPED ▮

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