How do I get the transcript of a YouTube video?

Copy the video link, paste it in the box above and press Get transcript. The full text appears in seconds with optional timestamps — copy it or export TXT, SRT or VTT.

Does it work when the video has no captions?

Yes. The AI transcribes the actual audio track, so videos with captions disabled — or auto-captions in the wrong language — transcribe fine.

Is the YouTube transcript generator free?

Yes — 5 free transcripts a day with no account. A free account adds a month of unlimited transcription and raises the video length limit; no credit card.

How long can the video be?

Up to 10 minutes per video without an account, 30 minutes with a free account, and 120 minutes on Pro. Longer than that? Upload the file (up to 200 MB) instead of pasting the link.

Do YouTube Shorts work?

Yes — youtube.com/shorts/… links transcribe exactly like regular videos, and Shorts are usually done in a couple of seconds.

Can I get the transcript with timestamps?

Yes. Toggle the timestamp view for sentence-level times, or export an SRT/VTT subtitle file for video editors.

Which languages are supported?

90+ languages, detected automatically — English, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Arabic, Japanese and more. You can also translate the transcript into 12 languages with one click.

Is the video stored anywhere?

No. Audio is fetched, transcribed in memory and discarded. No history, no archive, no human review.

Any YouTube video → full text

YouTube transcript, one paste away.

Paste a YouTube link — video or Shorts — and read every spoken word in seconds. Works even when captions are off. Free, no sign-up.

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How to get a YouTube video transcript

Copy the YouTube link

Tap Share on any public YouTube video or Short and copy the link — youtube.com/watch, youtu.be and Shorts URLs all work.

Paste it above

The AI fetches the audio and transcribes the actual speech — no captions required, 90+ languages detected automatically.

Copy or export

One-click copy for notes and articles, or download TXT, SRT and VTT files with timestamps for your editor.

A YouTube transcript generator that just works

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.

Better than opening the captions panel

YouTube’s built-in transcript panel only exists when the creator enabled captions, buries the text behind three menus, and copies out with a timestamp glued to every line. Pasting the link here gets you the actual spoken words as clean, copyable text — whether or not the video has captions — plus subtitle files if you need timing.

Auto-generated YouTube captions also skip punctuation and mangle names. Whisper-class speech recognition transcribes the audio track itself, so you get real sentences you can quote, translate and publish.

For research, writing and repurposing

Quote a podcast interview without scrubbing through an hour of video. Turn a tutorial into a step-by-step article. Study a competitor’s hook line by line. Pull the exact wording of a claim before you cite it. Once the video is text, it is searchable — Ctrl+F beats the seek bar every time.

Videos up to 10 minutes transcribe without an account; a free account raises the limit to 30 minutes and includes a month of unlimited transcription. For anything longer, upload the file — uploads up to 200 MB work regardless of length limits on links.

Shorts, interviews, lectures — same flow

The same engine powers the YouTube summarizer (TL;DR + key points in one click) and the YouTube to text converter. Instagram and TikTok links work in the same box — one tool for every platform.

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