Turn YouTube Videos into Text
Instantly extract the captions and transcript of any YouTube video. Whether you need it for taking notes, creating blog articles, translating content, or passing to an AI summarizer, this tool gets the text for you in one click.
Why use our Transcript Tool?
Timestamp Control
Toggle timestamps on or off. Copy clean text for reading, or keep timestamps for precise video referencing.
Multiple Formats
Download the transcript as a plain .TXT file, structured .JSON, or standard .SRT subtitle file.
Rich Statistics
Get insights into word count, character count, and estimated reading time before you dive in.
Bypass Restrictions
Our backend extracts captions seamlessly directly from YouTube, ensuring fast and reliable text extraction.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
This happens when the creator of the video has explicitly disabled community contributions and auto-generated captions for that specific video. If YouTube hasn't generated captions, we can't extract them.
Yes! Just paste the YouTube Shorts URL and we will extract the transcript, provided the Short has captions available.
Absolutely. You can extract, copy, and download unlimited video transcripts for free without creating an account.
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