---
title: "Put the transcript on a second screen · NoaLingua"
description: "Separate the YouTube transcript from the video so you can follow a larger current sentence and browse nearby lines. This is useful for close reading…"
url: "https://noalingua.com/tutorials/transcript-second-screen/"
language: "en"
modified: "2026-10-12"
license: "CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---
# Put the transcript on a second screen — NoaLingua

In short

Separate the YouTube transcript from the video so you can follow a larger current sentence and browse nearby lines. This is useful for close reading, note-taking and replaying a passage.

## Version and availability

These instructions cover newer NoaLingua builds checked against the implementation on 11 October 2026. The public Chrome Web Store listing checked that day still showed 0.2.53. A control described here may therefore not be available in your installed version yet. Check the required version below; the exercise can also be practised manually.

**Requires NoaLingua: 0.2.96**

[Check the Chrome Web Store version](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/noalingua-%E2%80%94-beyond-dual-s/ocimolffhgpeeoifjpjhgikgfbnmlkdh)

## Steps

- Open the NoaLingua video menu and choose Transcript in a separate window.
- Move the window beside the video or onto another screen.
- Click a timestamp to jump to a line, or use its Play/Pause control.
- Click an unfamiliar word; reconnect if the video tab was reloaded or closed.

## Try this exercise

During a short interview, find the sentence that supports one of the speaker’s claims and replay it by timestamp.

## Watch out for

The transcript window still depends on the source video tab. It is not a standalone saved copy of the video.

## Check your result

You can find and replay a particular line without searching through the entire video.

## A manageable session

Choose one short passage whose overall meaning you can follow. Decide what you want to practise before turning on a feature: hearing words, recalling their meaning or producing a sentence. Keep a note of the difficult moment instead of collecting every unfamiliar word. Stop when you can explain that passage without looking at its translation.

## Come back to it

In your next session, try the same passage before opening the answer. If it is still difficult, shorten it and repeat the troublesome part. If it feels easy, use the expression in a new sentence or move to another passage. This is a suggested routine, not a promise of a particular learning speed.

Translation follows your chosen settings and may require an online provider. A printed exercise or exported subtitle file does not download the source video. Use material you are entitled to access and keep a backup before changing your vocabulary collection.

## Continue learning

- [Make a YouTube practice book](https://noalingua.com/tutorials/youtube-practice-book/)
- [Print exercises from a YouTube video](https://noalingua.com/tutorials/print-video-exercises/)
- [Plan a week around one video](https://noalingua.com/tutorials/weekly-video-study-plan/)
- [Learn German with ARD Mediathek](https://noalingua.com/tutorials/german-ard-mediathek/)
- [Learn German with ZDF subtitles](https://noalingua.com/tutorials/german-zdf-subtitles/)