Drop a transcript PDF and I'll index every word.
Transcript Word Index
Build a word index of a transcript PDF, with every word listed against its page:line references. Toggle stop words, set a minimum word length, and export CSV or PDF.
Good to know
- Line numbers are read off the transcript, so references come out as 42:17. Without printed line numbers you get page references.
- Scanned transcripts with no text layer give nothing. Run OCR PDF first, and OCR errors will show up in the index.
- Words are matched exactly, so check spelling variants and misread terms before relying on it.
Your files stay on your machine
This tool runs entirely inside your browser tab. Nothing is uploaded, stored, or sent to a server — close the tab and every trace is gone.
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There is no upload, so there is no upload limit — but the work happens in this tab, which means your browser’s memory is the budget. Nothing here will refuse a file for being large; a big enough one simply gets slow and, eventually, reloads the tab. The figures below are rules of thumb on a desktop browser, not enforced caps. On a phone or tablet, expect a good deal less.
- The text of every page is read once, so page count binds: comfortable to about 1,500 pages.
- The index holds a reference per word, so changing the filters afterwards is instant.
Password-protected PDFs are declined whatever their size — unlock the file first. If a run does die on a long document, splitting it into volumes and working through them one at a time is the reliable way round it.