Turn a YouTube video into text in seconds. No upload, no waiting for audio processing.
Transcription without the transcription wait
The usual way to transcribe a video is painful: download the file, upload it to a transcription service, wait while a model chews through the audio, then pay per minute for the result. For YouTube videos all of that is unnecessary, because nearly every public video already has a text track sitting on YouTube's servers.
This tool goes straight to that track. Paste a link and the complete transcription appears on this page in a few seconds, whether the video is three minutes or three hours long. It costs nothing because there is no heavy audio processing to pay for. Copy the result into your notes or download it as a .txt file.
When speed matters more than anything
Content teams transcribe interviews minutes before a publishing deadline. Podcasters turn a YouTube upload into show notes while the episode is still fresh. Students transcribe a lecture right before the exam instead of rewatching it at double speed. Because there is no per-minute billing, you can transcribe as many videos as you need, within a fair hourly limit that resets automatically.
Need the transcription to do more than sit in a file? The Telegram buttons below every result send the video to our bot, which can compress it into a summary, translate it, export a PDF or transcribe a whole batch of links in one go. For videos that genuinely have no captions at all, the bot is also your best option, since it can work with the audio itself.
How it works
Paste the YouTube link into the field above. There is no file to upload.
Press Transcribe. The text is ready in seconds because the caption track already exists.
Copy the transcription or download it as .txt, free and without an account.
Need more than text? Our Telegram bot summarizes, translates, exports PDF and processes videos in bulk.
Paste the link on this page and press Transcribe. Because YouTube videos already carry a caption track, the transcription is ready in seconds and costs nothing. You do not need to record, upload or convert anything.
How long does it take to transcribe a video?
A few seconds, regardless of video length. Traditional transcription tools process the audio in real time or slower. This tool reads the existing caption track instead, so a three-hour podcast takes about as long as a three-minute clip.
How accurate is the transcription?
If the creator uploaded their own captions, accuracy is essentially perfect. Auto-generated captions are produced by speech recognition and usually land above 90 percent for clear speech, lower for heavy accents, crosstalk or loud music.
Can I transcribe a YouTube video to SRT or VTT?
This page outputs plain text. If you need subtitle formats, fetch the transcript here and use our free SRT and VTT converters, or ask our Telegram bot for subtitle exports.
Do I need to download the video first?
No. You never touch the video file. Paste the public link and the transcription happens server-side in seconds. Nothing is installed on your device.