YouTube Transcript Generator
Paste a YouTube URL to get the full transcript. Copy it or download as TXT, SRT, or VTT.
Free tool · 3 transcriptions per day
Free YouTube Transcript Generator
Get the full transcript from any YouTube video
Paste a YouTube URL and get the complete video transcript in seconds. The tool reads the caption track directly — no audio processing, no waiting for a file to upload. Whether you need plain text to read and edit, or an SRT file to drop straight into Premiere Pro, everything is one click away.
What You Can Do With It
Converting a YouTube video to text opens up the content in ways the video format does not. Writers pull quotes and build articles. Researchers reference specific moments without rewatching. Students take notes from lectures and talks. Podcasters repurpose interview content into written pieces.
The SRT download makes it straightforward to bring a transcript into a subtitle editor or drop it into Premiere Pro as a caption track. VTT works for web players and course platforms. And if you just need the words, the plain TXT export is clean and ready to paste anywhere.
How It Works
How to get a YouTube transcript
Step 1
Paste the YouTube URL
Copy the URL from any YouTube video and paste it into the input box. Short URLs from youtu.be and full watch URLs both work.
Step 2
Fetch the transcript
Click Get Transcript. The tool fetches the captions directly from YouTube and parses them into clean, readable segments.
Step 3
Read, copy, or switch views
Read the transcript in plain text mode for a clean reading experience, or switch to the timestamped view to see exactly when each segment appears in the video.
Step 4
Download in the format you need
Download the transcript as a TXT file for writing and notes, an SRT file for subtitle editing, or a VTT file for use in web video players and course platforms.
Best Use Cases
Who uses a YouTube transcript generator
Getting a YouTube transcript is useful any time you need the spoken content of a video in a text format you can work with — whether that is for writing, research, accessibility, or subtitle editing.
Research and note-taking
Journalists, researchers, and students transcribe YouTube videos to pull quotes, take notes, and reference specific moments — without sitting through the whole video again.
Content repurposing
Get a YouTube video transcript and turn it into a blog post, newsletter, or social thread. The words are already there — you just need them in a format you can edit.
Subtitle editing and accessibility
Download the transcript as SRT or VTT and use it as a subtitle track in Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, or any web video player. Faster than building captions from scratch.
YouTube to text — instantly
This tool converts any YouTube video to text by reading the caption track attached to the video. There is no audio transcription step — it extracts the existing captions and gives them back to you in a clean, usable format. That makes it fast, accurate, and free.
It works as a YouTube transcript extractor for any public video with captions — auto-generated or manually uploaded. Paste the URL, and the full video-to-transcript conversion happens in seconds.
Download the transcript in the format you need
YouTube transcript download options include plain TXT for reading and writing, SRT for subtitle editors like Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve, and VTT for web video players and course platforms. All three formats are generated from the same transcript — pick the one that fits your workflow.
The timestamped view also lets you see exactly when each segment appears in the video, which is useful for quotes, outlines, and cross-referencing.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about YouTube transcripts
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