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YouTube Transcript Generator
Paste a YouTube link and get the full transcript in seconds. Built for creators, researchers and anyone who would rather read a video than watch it.
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Free YouTube Transcript Generator Features
Fast, accurate transcripts and summaries for any YouTube video — free, and without installing anything.
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Accurate AI Transcription and Summarization
Captions are pulled straight from the source and cleaned up into readable text, and the summary keeps the points that matter.
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Secure and Private
We do not keep your videos or your transcripts. Paste a link, get your text, and nothing is stored against your name.
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High-Quality Transcripts and Summaries
Timestamps on every line, punctuation cleaned up, and paragraphs that read like prose instead of a wall of captions.
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Multi-Platform Support
Works in any browser on Windows, Mac, Android or iPhone. Nothing to install and nothing to update.
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No Software Needed!
Everything happens in the browser. Paste the URL, press Generate Transcript, and copy or download the result.
AI-Powered YouTube Transcript Generator
Get the transcript instantly, on desktop or phone. Then take it away in whichever format you need.
How to Use Our YouTube Transcript Generator?
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Copy the URL of the YouTube video you want to transcribe.
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Paste that URL into the box above.
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Press Generate Transcript and your text appears — copy it or download it.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is a YouTube transcript?
A YouTube transcript is the written version of everything spoken in a video. It lets you read, search and quote a video instead of watching it end to end.
2. How do I create a YouTube transcript?
Paste the video URL into the box above and press Generate Transcript. We read the captions attached to the video and return them as clean text.
3. How can I use a transcript for faster review?
Copy the URL, generate the transcript, then skim or search the text. Finding one sentence takes seconds, where scrubbing through the video can take minutes.
4. How can I use a transcript to create a summary?
Press Summarize on the transcript page. If an AI provider is configured you get a written summary; otherwise you get an extractive one built from the transcript itself.
5. Can I use a transcript for notes?
Yes. Download it as TXT and it drops straight into Notion, Obsidian, Google Docs or any note-taking app.
6. Does the transcript include timestamps?
Yes. Every line carries its start time, and clicking a line seeks the embedded player to that moment.
7. Can I edit the transcript?
Download it as TXT and edit it in any editor. Subtitles can be converted between SRT, VTT, ASS and TXT with the tools in the footer.
8. How long does it take to generate a transcript?
Usually a couple of seconds. Very long videos, or videos where the caption track has to be fetched slowly, take longer.
9. Is it possible to translate a transcript?
If the video ships captions in more than one language, pick the language from the caption selector on the transcript page. Otherwise paste the text into any translation tool.
10. Can I download the transcript?
Yes — TXT for reading, SRT or VTT for subtitles, or a timestamped TXT if you want to keep the timecodes.