YouTube Transcript Generator

Paste a YouTube video URL and turn its spoken content into a clean, readable transcript.

How it works

From video to readable text

Lectures, interviews, podcasts and tutorials.

  1. 1

    Paste the link

    Any youtube.com or youtu.be link, including Shorts. Videos up to 2 hours.

  2. 2

    Choose how it reads

    Keep it word for word with timestamps, or get a cleaned-up version with punctuation and paragraphs.

  3. 3

    Take the text

    Copy it, save it as .txt, or download timestamped SRT and VTT files.

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FAQ

The exact price is on the button before you start: 3 credits for a video with subtitles, and 1 credit if we already have that transcript. You are never charged more than the number shown.

Any public YouTube video up to 2 hours, including Shorts. Private, unlisted, members-only and live videos cannot be read.

Nothing is charged. We tell you the video has no subtitles and offer AI transcription of the audio, priced by video length, so you can decide.

Yes. Timestamps are on by default, and you can download the transcript as SRT or VTT with the timings kept.

Get your first transcript

Paste a YouTube link and read the video instead of watching it.

Get transcript