YouTube transcript generator
Paste a link. Get the words. This generator fetches captions — it doesn't listen to the audio.
Most “transcript generators” run speech-to-text. This one doesn't. YouTube already keeps a caption file next to a lot of videos. We fetch that file and show it.
If YouTube has no captions, you get nothing. We don't invent a track from the sound.
How to generate a YouTube transcript
- 1Paste the YouTube URL.
- 2Press Get transcript.
- 3Copy the words, or download TXT, SRT, VTT, or JSON.
Manual or auto
YouTube can store a track a person wrote, or one its own recognizer wrote. Both are caption files. We fetch one of them. We don't run recognition ourselves.
- Manual. A person wrote it. We prefer this when both exist.
- Auto-generated. YouTube wrote it. Still a real file. The wording can be wrong. We don't spell-check it.
What to do with it
Same as the homepage: copy into notes, save a file, or paste the text into another tool if you want a summary. We give you the words. The rest is yours.
FAQ
Is this a free transcript generator?
Yes. Five videos an hour, no account.
Does this transcribe audio or use AI?
Neither. It reads the caption file YouTube already stores.
Which track do I get if both exist?
The manual one. Auto-generated only if there's no manual track.
If there are no captions, can it write some?
No. Nothing to fetch, and we don't invent a track from audio.
Paste a link. Get the transcript.
Free, five an hour, no account.