YouTube Link to Transcript
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.
Give this page a YouTube link and it gives you back the transcript. That is the whole idea: a link in, the words out, no intermediate steps and nothing to install.
It is the shortest path from "I have this video" to "I have this text" — useful when a link has just been sent to you and you want to know what is in it before committing the time to watching.
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Frequently asked questions
- Which link formats work?
- The usual ones: a standard watch link, a shortened youtu.be link, a Shorts link, and an embed link. Paste whichever you have and the video is identified from it.
- What if the link is broken or the video is gone?
- The page reports that it could not read the video rather than returning an empty transcript, so you can tell the difference between a bad link and a video with no captions.
- Can I paste a link to a playlist?
- A playlist link does not identify a single video. Open the video you want and use its own link instead.
- Is my link or transcript stored?
- No. The link is used to fetch the captions and the transcript is handed back to your browser. There is no history of what you looked up.
- Do I need an account to use it?
- No. There is no sign-up and no limit.