YouTube to Text
Turn a YouTube video into plain text you can read, search and paste anywhere. Works with long lectures, podcasts and Shorts.
Clean text or timed text
- Keep timestamps to jump back to the exact moment later.
- Remove them to get a clean paragraph you can paste into a doc, email or ChatGPT.
FAQ
How long can the video be?
There is no length limit — multi-hour lectures work the same as short clips.
Is it really free?
Yes. Getting, copying and downloading transcripts is free with no daily limit and no sign-up.
Why does a video say "no transcript"?
We show the captions YouTube has for the video — uploaded by the creator or generated automatically. If a video has neither (common for music-only clips, very new uploads or videos where the creator turned captions off), there is nothing to show yet.
Do you store my data?
No account, no tracking cookies. We only cache the public transcript of a video for a day so repeat requests load faster.