YouTube Transcript

Turn any captioned YouTube video into readable, timestamped text you can copy or download. Free and fast.

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Works with videos that have captions. For your own audio or video files, our upload transcriber is coming soon.

How to use the YouTube Transcript tool

  1. Copy a YouTube link — a normal watch link, a youtu.be short link, a Shorts link or an embed link all work. You can also paste just the 11-character video ID.
  2. Paste it into the box above and click Get transcript.
  3. Read the transcript with clickable timestamps that jump to that moment on YouTube.
  4. Copy the plain text, or download it as a .txt file or a subtitle .srt file.
  5. Toggle timestamps on or off to suit how you want to read or reuse the text.

Why use ZillaKit's YouTube Transcript tool?

It is free, fast and requires no signup. Paste a link and get clean, readable text you can skim, search, quote or repurpose in seconds. Every timestamp is clickable, so you can jump straight to the exact moment in the video — handy for referencing lectures, interviews, tutorials and podcasts. When you need a working subtitle file, the SRT export builds correctly timed captions from the transcript segments, ready to load into a video editor or player. The plain-text and TXT exports give you a distraction-free version for notes, summaries or accessibility. Everything you download is generated in your browser, and we only request the caption data for the video you ask for. There are no watermarks, no email walls and no per-video fees. Whether you are a student capturing lecture notes, a creator repurposing content, or a researcher gathering quotes, this tool gets you from link to usable text with the fewest possible clicks.

FAQ

Which YouTube link formats are supported?

All the common ones: standard watch links, youtu.be short links, Shorts links and embed links. You can also paste the bare 11-character video ID.

Why does it say a video has no captions?

This tool reads captions that already exist on the video. If the uploader never added captions and YouTube did not auto-generate any, there is no transcript to fetch. Try a different video.

Can I get a transcript for my own recording?

Not yet with this tool — it works with videos that already have captions. Our upload transcriber for your own audio and video files is coming soon.

What is the difference between the TXT and SRT downloads?

The TXT file is plain readable text, optionally with timestamps. The SRT file is a standard subtitle file with numbered, timed cues that video players and editors understand.

Do the clickable timestamps work?

Yes. Each timestamp links to the video at that exact second on youtube.com, so clicking one opens the moment it refers to.