Paste a YouTube link and get the full transcript in seconds. Copy it or download it as TXT or SRT, with or without timestamps.
On YouTube, press Share and copy the link. Shorts, live replays and youtu.be links work too.
Paste it above and press Get transcript. Add a language code like es if you want a specific language.
Copy the text for ChatGPT or Claude, or download a TXT or an SRT subtitle file.
A transcript turns an hour of video into something you can search, quote and paste into an AI assistant in a few seconds. People use this tool to summarize lectures and talks with ChatGPT or Claude, pull quotes for articles, write show notes, translate subtitles, and study in a language they are learning.
The transcript comes from the video's captions: the ones the creator uploaded when they exist, otherwise YouTube's automatic captions. That's why it is instant. If you need many transcripts, a whole channel or playlist, or want to call it from code, the YouTube Transcript API returns the same result as JSON, text, SRT or VTT.
Turn any public TikTok into text. Paste the link, get the transcript, copy it or download it as TXT or SRT.
Paste the link of a public Instagram Reel and get what is said as text. Copy it or download it as TXT or SRT.
Paste an Apple Podcasts episode link, a podcast RSS feed or an audio file URL and get the full transcript, with timestamps.
Paste a YouTube link and get the video as a clean Markdown document: title, link and the transcript in one-minute paragraphs with clickable timestamps. Ready for ChatGPT, Claude, Obsidian or Notion.
Copy the video link from YouTube, paste it in the box on this page and press Get transcript. The full text appears in seconds and you can copy it or download it as TXT or SRT.
Yes. You can get several transcripts a day for free without signing up. For more, or to use transcripts in your own app, get a free API key with 100 credits.
Yes. By default you get the language the video is spoken in. Type a language code such as es, fr or de to get that language when YouTube has it, including auto-translated captions.
The creator turned captions off, or the video is too new, private or age-restricted. Those can't be transcribed from captions.
Yes, with the API: /v1/videos lists a playlist or channel and /v1/batch returns up to 50 transcripts at once. See the YouTube Transcript API.