Paste a YouTube link and get the video’s captions as a transcript with timestamps, in the original language or a translated one. See the first 20 lines without signing up; create a free account to copy the full text and download TXT or SRT. If a video has no captions, transcribe it once with AI after a free sign-up (videos up to 10 minutes).
From a video link to text you can read, quote or reuse.
Paste a YouTube watch, youtu.be or Shorts link. Playlist and start-time parts are removed automatically.
Keep the original language, or choose one of 11 languages if captions in that language exist.
See the first 20 lines free, then sign up to copy the full transcript and download TXT or SRT.
Common questions about the free YouTube Transcript Generator.
From the captions the video already has: captions added by the uploader first, then YouTube’s automatic captions. If there are none, you can transcribe the video once with AI after a free sign-up (up to 10 minutes).
Use transcripts of videos you own or have permission to use, and follow YouTube’s Terms of Service and copyright rules.
The first 20 lines of the transcript (3 videos a day). The full text, TXT and SRT downloads need a free sign-up.
The original language of the video, or English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Russian or Arabic when captions in that language are available.
After a free sign-up you can summarize the video or turn the transcript into an avatar video in the AI STUDIOS Video Agent.
Create a free account to download the full transcript, summarize the video or make an avatar video from it.
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