Download the timestamped transcript of any public video as TXT or SRT, free. We read the caption track YouTube already has. No account needed for the first file.
Paste a watch, Shorts, or youtu.be link. We read the caption track YouTube already has.
Paste a public YouTube watch, Shorts, or youtu.be link and download its transcript as a file. We request the caption track YouTube already has, show it on this page, and let you save it as TXT or SRT.
When the track has timestamps, they stay on each cue, so a downloaded line still points back to its moment in the video. Switch between TXT and SRT without running the fetch again.
Nothing is transcribed from audio. If the video has no track, the result says so. TXT and SRT are free; VTT, Markdown, and JSON are Pro.
Supported shapes include watch pages, Shorts, embed links, and mobile share URLs. A YouTube Shorts transcript uses the same fetch as a long video when a track exists.
Paste a link and we request the caption track YouTube already publishes for that video. No speech-to-text step. Save it as TXT for reading or SRT for timed cues. Watch, Shorts, and youtu.be links all land here.
Cues arrive with start times. Leave timestamps on to jump back to a moment, or hide them for clean reading copy. Exports keep timing in SRT and VTT whether or not you show times on screen.
A YouTube Shorts transcript uses the same fetch as a long watch page. These shapes all resolve to one video id:
Public and unlisted only. Private and members-only videos fail. No caption track means a clear error. We do not transcribe from audio or invent speech. Very short clips may have no track; that is YouTube, not a broken paste.
Subtitle downloader for SRT or VTT files. The YouTube video transcript generator on the home page when you only want to read. Guides on this site explain formats; they are not where you run the tool.
Paste the video link above and press Get transcript. When the caption track loads, pick TXT for reading copy or SRT for timed cues, then download the file.
Yes. SRT keeps an in and out time on every cue. TXT can keep or drop the start times, so you choose between quotable lines and clean reading copy.
TXT and SRT are free. VTT, Markdown, and JSON are on Pro, for players, docs, and pipelines.
No. Your first transcript needs no account.