YouTube to text converter
Need the text of a YouTube video for notes, quotes, study or content? Paste the link and get clean, readable text in seconds, with timestamps you can click.
How it works
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Paste the video link.
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Get the text instantly when captions exist (or upload the file for AI transcription).
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Copy it or download it as TXT, PDF or DOCX.
Copy and download your transcript
The on-screen view keeps timestamps for navigation, while the TXT export groups lines into clean paragraphs you can paste into notes, a document or a CMS. Speaker labels are kept when available.
Copy the full text in one click or export it as TXT for notes, SRT and VTT for subtitles, PDF and DOCX for documents. Timestamps are optional in text exports and always exact in subtitle files.
Summarize with AI
Need the text in another language? The AI translation keeps every timestamp aligned, and the summary tool condenses an hour of video into a page you can read in two minutes.
Once the transcript is ready, one click generates a summary, key points or chapters, grounded only in what was said and linked to the exact timestamps. Pro and Business plans add translations, meeting notes, blog articles and an AI chat over the transcript.
Everything speech-to-text should do
One workspace from raw audio to publishable text.
YouTube Transcription
Paste a link, get the full transcript with timestamps in seconds.
Audio to Text
MP3, WAV, M4A: Whisper-class accuracy with automatic punctuation.
Video to Text
MP4, MOV, WEBM: we extract the audio and transcribe it in the background.
AI Summaries
Summaries, key points and chapters grounded in the transcript only.
Multi-Language Support
90+ languages detected automatically; translate while keeping timestamps.
Smart Search
Find any word instantly and jump to the exact moment it was said.
Timestamped Transcripts
Every line is time-coded and synced with the player.
Export Formats
TXT, SRT, VTT, PDF, DOCX and JSON, with or without timestamps.
Frequently asked questions
Can I convert a YouTube video to text without downloading it?
Yes. We read the captions YouTube exposes publicly; nothing is downloaded to your computer and we keep no copy of the video.
Is the text formatted in paragraphs?
The TXT export groups lines into readable paragraphs; the on-screen view keeps timestamps so you can jump back to the video.
How long does it take?
Usually under 5 seconds for a video with captions.
Use cases
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