Transcript for YouTube Videos
Paste a YouTube URL and get the transcript in seconds — free, no sign-up, no software to install.
How it works
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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.
A transcript for any YouTube video, produced from the video's own captions and delivered in a form you can use — on screen, in the clipboard, or as a file. This is the general-purpose entry point when you have a link and need the words.
It handles the ordinary cases well: talks, interviews, lectures, tutorials, and podcasts that have been uploaded with captions or with YouTube's auto-generated ones. Paste a link and the text follows.
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Frequently asked questions
- Which videos can I get a transcript for?
- Any video that has a caption track — either uploaded by the creator or generated automatically by YouTube. Videos with no captions at all have no text to return, and the page says so.
- Do I need to know the video ID?
- No. Paste the full link in any of its usual forms — watch, youtu.be, Shorts, embed — and the video is identified from it.
- Is there a cost?
- No. There is no account, no credit card, and no per-video charge.
- How long does it take?
- Usually a second or two. The captions are fetched directly rather than transcribed, so the wait does not grow the way audio transcription does.
- Can I get the transcript as a file?
- Yes — TXT, SRT, VTT, or a timestamped script, whichever suits where the text is going next.