YTtoTranscriptTranscribe

How it works

The simplest way to read a video

No software, no account, no learning curve. Paste a link and the words show up. Here‘s exactly what happens under the hood.

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How it works

From link to transcript in three steps

No software, no account, no waiting around. The whole thing takes a few seconds.

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Paste the link

Copy any YouTube, Instagram Reel or TikTok URL and drop it in the box. Shorts, podcasts and long-form all work.

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We pull the words

We grab the captions or run the audio through speech recognition, then clean up the text and align timestamps.

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Copy, search, export

Read it as a tidy paragraph, jump to any timestamp, search a phrase, or export to TXT, SRT or VTT.

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Features

Everything you need, nothing you don't

A focused toolkit for turning spoken video into text you can actually use.

Timestamps that link back

Every line keeps its timecode. Click to jump straight to that moment in the original video.

Instant in-text search

Find any word or quote across the whole transcript and highlight it as you type.

Export anywhere

Download clean TXT, subtitle-ready SRT or WebVTT files for editors, blogs and captioning.

Reading stats

See word count and reading time at a glance so you know what you're working with.

Private by default

Transcripts are generated on demand and never stored. Nothing is saved to your account.

Built for speed

A featherweight interface that loads instantly and works on any phone or laptop.

Got a video? Get the words.

Paste a link and read the full transcript in seconds. Free, forever.

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