YouTube Transcript Download
Download YouTube Transcript
Get any YouTube video's transcript as a downloadable file — TXT, SRT or VTT. Paste the link, transcribe, and download in the format that works for you. Free, instant, no sign-up.
Four download formats
Download as plain TXT (clean text for documents and notes), timestamped TXT (each line tagged with its timecode), SRT subtitle file (for video editing in Premiere, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut and more), or WebVTT (for web video players and accessibility). One transcript, four useful formats.
Why download instead of copy-paste?
A downloaded file keeps its formatting, is easier to share with teammates, and can be imported directly into video editors without reformatting. SRT and VTT files include timing data that copy-paste loses — essential for captioning, subtitling, and accessibility workflows.
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
Common questions
Paste the YouTube URL above, press Transcribe, then click Export and choose your format (TXT, SRT or VTT). The file downloads immediately.
Yes. SRT is one of the four export formats. It includes timestamps and works with every major video editor.
Yes. Generating and downloading transcripts is completely free with no sign-up and no limits.
Yes. The transcript is downloaded in the video's caption language. If the video has multi-language captions, the first available language is used.
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