YouTube transcript generator
Get the transcript of any YouTube video
Paste a YouTube link to instantly pull the full transcript with timestamps. Works with videos, Shorts, lectures and podcasts. Copy it or export SRT subtitles — free and without signing up.
Every word, with timestamps
We read the video's caption track and rebuild it into a clean, readable transcript. Each line keeps its timecode, so you can click to jump straight to that moment in the video.
Built for repurposing
Turn a 20-minute video into a blog post, show notes or a thread in minutes. Search the transcript for a quote, copy the clean paragraph view, or export subtitles for your editor.
How it works
From link to transcript in three steps
No software, no account, no waiting around. The whole thing takes a few seconds.
Paste the link
Copy any YouTube, Instagram Reel or TikTok URL and drop it in the box. Shorts, podcasts and long-form all work.
01We pull the words
We grab the captions or run the audio through speech recognition, then clean up the text and align timestamps.
02Copy, search, export
Read it as a tidy paragraph, jump to any timestamp, search a phrase, or export to TXT, SRT or VTT.
03FAQ
YouTube video questions
Copy the video URL from your browser or the Share button, paste it into the box above and press Transcribe. The full text appears in a couple of seconds.
Yes. Shorts, regular videos, live replays and podcast uploads all work as long as the video is public and has captions.
Yes. Use the Export button to download an SRT or WebVTT subtitle file, or a plain/timestamped text file.
Some videos have captions disabled by the creator. If neither manual nor automatic captions exist, there's no text for us to pull.
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