Paste a YouTube link and get the full transcript in seconds. Copy it, or download it as TXT or SRT.
Paste any YouTube video URL into the box above and the tool fetches the video's caption track and turns it into a clean, readable transcript with timestamps. It works with regular videos, Shorts, and youtu.be share links, and it supports every caption language the video has, including auto-generated ones.
The transcript appears in seconds. Copy the whole text with one click, or download it as a TXT file for notes and articles or an SRT subtitle file for video editing. The tool is free, requires no signup, and adds no watermark to anything.
Any format works: full watch URLs, youtu.be short links, Shorts, and embeds. The tool finds the video's caption tracks.
The video's own captions are converted into a readable transcript with timestamps. Switch between available languages with one click.
Copy the full text, or download TXT for writing and research, or SRT if you want to reuse the subtitles in an editor.
Yes, completely free with no signup, no daily cap for normal use, and no watermark. It is part of the free creator toolkit from VideoCaptions.AI.
No. The tool extracts the caption track that exists on YouTube, including auto-generated captions. If a video has captions disabled entirely, there is nothing to extract; for your own footage, use the Video to Text tool instead, which runs real AI transcription.
Yes. If the video has caption tracks in multiple languages, they appear as language chips above the transcript and you can switch between them with one click.
TXT for plain text, which suits notes, articles, and AI summarization, and SRT with timestamps, which suits subtitle workflows in video editors.
Yes. Shorts URLs, standard watch URLs, youtu.be share links, and embed URLs are all recognized automatically.
The tool reads the same public caption data YouTube itself displays. Use transcripts in ways that respect the creator's rights: quoting, research, accessibility, and summaries of content you have rights to use.