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Free YouTube transcripts.Paste a link. Get the text.

Timestamps included. Download .txt, .srt or .vtt. Any of YouTube's 160+ caption languages.

First one free, no account. A free account gets 25 a day.

The words, in the format you need.

Every word from the video's caption track, manual captions first. Works with youtube.com, youtu.be, Shorts and Live links.

Every spoken word, in seconds.

Audexum pulls the captions YouTube already has, in 160+ languages, manual or auto-generated.

.txt

Plain text. Paste it into a document, search it, or hand it to an AI chat.

.srt

SubRip subtitles. Timestamps for every video editor.

.vtt

WebVTT. For HTML5 players and streaming.

Just want the words? YouTube to text. The key points? YouTube summary. Not sure which route fits? How to get a YouTube transcript, 4 ways compared.

Free to start. €12 for volume.

No card to start. Pay only if transcripts become part of your day.

Free account
€0
25 transcripts a day, summaries included.
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€12/mo
500 transcripts a day and 480,000 credits a month to transcribe your own audio and video files.
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Before you paste.

Is this YouTube transcript generator free?

Yes. Your first transcript needs no account. After that, a free account gets you 25 transcripts a day, no card required.

What if the video has no captions?

This tool reads the captions YouTube already has, so a video with none cannot be read here. If you have the recording itself, upload it to Transcribe a file: that uses account credits, 200 a minute, and a free account starts with 2,000.

Does it work on any YouTube video?

Any public video with captions, manual or auto-generated, from youtube.com, youtu.be, Shorts or Live links. Private, age-restricted and region-locked videos can't be read.

Can I download the transcript as an SRT file?

Yes. Download plain text (.txt), SubRip subtitles (.srt) or WebVTT (.vtt), all with the video's own timestamps.

What languages does the YouTube transcript tool support?

Whatever caption tracks the uploader enabled, out of YouTube's 160+ caption languages. Manual captions are preferred over auto-generated ones.

How is this different from YouTube's built-in transcript?

YouTube's transcript lives inside the player and can't be downloaded. Here you get clean text and subtitle files with timestamps, a one-click summary, and a prompt ready for ChatGPT or Claude.

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