YouTube Video 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.
This page gives you the full written record of a YouTube video: every line in order, with the moment it was spoken. Where a summary tells you what a video is about, the transcript is the video in text form — searchable, quotable, and something you can work from rather than just read.
It is what you want for research, for pulling exact quotes, for feeding a video's content into another tool, or for reading a talk in a noisy room. The timestamps let you jump back to any line in the player.
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Frequently asked questions
- Is the transcript the whole video or just part of it?
- The whole caption track, in order, from the first line to the last. Long videos produce long transcripts, grouped so they stay readable.
- Can I search within the transcript?
- Yes — it is text on the page, so your browser's find works on it. That is often the fastest way to locate the one moment a topic came up in a long video.
- Do the timestamps link back to the video?
- Yes. Clicking a timestamp opens the video at that point, which makes checking a quote against the source a one-click operation.
- What if the video is in another language?
- You get the transcript in whichever caption language you select. If the video only carries one, that is what comes back.
- Can I copy the whole thing at once?
- Yes, with or without timestamps. Use the plain copy when the text is going somewhere that does not need timecodes.