How do I get the transcript of a TikTok video?

Copy the video link from TikTok’s Share menu, paste it into the box above and press "Get transcript". The complete text appears in seconds.

Is this the same as converting a TikTok video to text?

Yes — "TikTok transcript" and "TikTok video to text" describe the same thing. Paste the link and EzTranscript turns the TikTok video to text in seconds, ready to copy or export as TXT, SRT or VTT.

Yes — 5 free transcripts a day without an account, resetting every 24 hours. Signing up free adds a month of unlimited transcription; paid plans cover heavy long-term use.

What’s the difference between a transcript and TikTok captions?

Captions live inside the TikTok player and can’t be copied or exported. A transcript is the full spoken text as a document — copyable, searchable, translatable, and exportable with timestamps.

Do short vm.tiktok.com links work?

Yes. Shortened share links, regular tiktok.com/@user/video/... links and desktop URLs all work.

Can I transcribe private or deleted TikToks?

No — only public videos can be fetched from a link. For your own drafts or private videos, upload the file directly and it transcribes the same way.

Does it handle languages other than English?

Yes, 90+ languages with automatic detection — Spanish, Indonesian, Portuguese, Arabic, Vietnamese, Japanese and more.

Can I use the transcript for my own captions?

Absolutely. Copy the text for caption overlays, or export an SRT/VTT file and import it into CapCut, Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve for perfectly timed subtitles.

Every word of any TikTok, as text

TikTok transcript, instantly.

Paste a TikTok video link and get the full transcript free — no watermark games, no sign-up, just the text.

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How to convert a TikTok video to text

Copy the TikTok link

Tap "Share" on the video and choose "Copy link" — short vm.tiktok.com links work too. On desktop, copy the URL from the address bar.

Paste it above

The tool fetches the public video, runs AI speech recognition on the audio and writes out the complete transcript.

Copy, download, reuse

One-click copy for scripts and captions, or export SRT/VTT subtitle files with timestamps for editing.

A TikTok transcript tool that stays out of your way

No sign-up needed

Paste a link and read the full transcript. No account, no email, no credit card.

Results in seconds

Whisper-class AI speech recognition turns a one-minute video into text in a few seconds.

90+ languages

English, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Arabic, Japanese and dozens more — detected automatically.

TXT, SRT & VTT export

Copy plain text for captions and blogs, or download subtitle files with timestamps for your editor.

Nothing is stored

Audio is processed in memory to generate your transcript and then discarded. Your uploads stay yours.

Works without captions

We transcribe the actual audio track, so videos with no captions or burned-in subtitles work fine.

TikTok captions vs. a real transcript

TikTok’s built-in captions are convenient for viewers but useless for creators: you can’t select them, copy them, or export them — and many videos don’t have them at all. A transcript is different: it’s the complete spoken text as a document you control, with timestamps if you want them.

Because EzTranscript listens to the audio track directly, it produces a transcript for any public TikTok video — with or without captions, in 90+ languages, including videos where the speech is fast, slangy or over background music (give those a quick proofread).

What people do with TikTok video transcripts

Once you convert a TikTok video to text, the uses multiply. Creators reverse-engineer viral videos: pull the transcript of the top ten videos in your niche and you have a swipe file of proven hooks and CTAs in fifteen minutes. Scriptwriters draft faster by remixing structures that already work.

Beyond creation: marketers quote user-generated content accurately, journalists cite what was actually said, teachers and researchers archive short-form content as searchable text, and viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing get access to videos that never had captions.

Long videos and photo-mode posts

TikTok videos up to ten minutes transcribe fine — longer videos are processed in parts automatically. Photo-mode posts have no speech to transcribe unless there’s a voiceover. If you need subtitle files rather than plain text, the TikTok transcript generator page covers SRT and VTT workflows in detail.