Free YouTube transcriptgenerator
Paste a YouTube link and get the transcript in a few seconds. Copy it or download TXT or SRT with timestamps, free and without sign‑up. Videos without captions, courses or meeting recordings? The Chrome extension transcribes the audio of any tab.
Free, no sign-up. Works with any YouTube video that has captions, including auto-generated ones. Need an SRT or VTT file in another language? Download YouTube subtitles.
Getting the transcript…
Usually a few seconds.
Need a video without captions, a course behind a login, Vimeo or a meeting recording? The free Chrome extension transcribes the audio of any tab with AI, and exports to Word.
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There is no text to grab yet. Our free Chrome extension can transcribe it with AI while it plays: open the video, click the icon, press Transcribe.
Add to Chrome · freeThis link is not from YouTube
This page works with YouTube links. For videos on other sites, like Vimeo, Instagram, Facebook, Zoom recordings or an online course behind a login, use our free Chrome extension: open the video, click the icon, press Transcribe.
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YouTube: unlimited and free, no sign‑up · other sites: 3 AI transcripts free, then a free Google sign-in
Copying a transcript by hand is painful
Pausing every few seconds, scrubbing back, retyping what you just heard. Or pasting a video link into some sketchy site and hoping it works. This reads the video for you and hands you the full text in seconds, without leaving the page.
How it works
Three steps, a few seconds. No file to upload, no software to install.
Open any video
A YouTube video, a TikTok, a Vimeo, a Loom recording, a lecture, a webinar. Anything playing in your browser.
Click the icon
The extension reads the audio or the captions and builds a complete transcript with AI speech recognition.
Copy or export
Get clean, readable text in the side panel, laid out by speaker. Export it as Word, TXT or SRT subtitles, ready to use.
Works where you watch
One extension, most of the web. Public videos or content behind a login.
Studying from an online course? How to transcribe course videos behind a login.
Why people use it
Built to do one job well: get spoken words into text you can actually use.
Export to Word, not just text
Save a clean, formatted .docx Word document, or TXT or SRT subtitles. Most transcript tools stop at plain text, this one doesn't.
Laid out by speaker
Every turn is labeled by speaker with a timestamp, so you get a readable script, not one jumbled block of text.
YouTube transcript, instantly
Open a video, click once, get the full transcript. Works with and without auto-generated captions.
Almost any platform
Google Drive, Facebook, Instagram, Zoom recordings, Coursera, Skool, Udemy and most streaming sites. Not locked to one platform.
50+ languages
The AI handles accents, technical terms and fast speech across dozens of languages.
Search & copy
Search through the transcript, copy the quotes you need, or grab the whole thing at once.
What happens to your data
Straight answer, because it depends on the platform.
- On YouTube and Vimeo, the transcript is pulled from the video's own captions inside your browser. Nothing is sent anywhere.
- On other sites, the audio stream is transcribed by an AI service as it plays. It is processed in the moment and not stored.
- Your browsing history is never recorded, and your data is never sold or shared.
Questions
How do I transcribe a video to text in Chrome?
Install the extension, open any video, and click the icon. The transcript appears in the side panel in seconds. No file upload.
How do I get a transcript of a YouTube video?
Paste the video link into the generator at the top of this page and the full transcript appears in a few seconds, ready to copy or download as TXT or SRT. If the video has no captions, the Chrome extension builds the transcript from the audio while the video plays.
Does YouTube automatically transcribe videos?
YouTube generates captions for many videos, but they are hard to copy and often incomplete. This extension pulls a clean, complete transcript in one click and lets you search, copy or export it.
Can ChatGPT transcribe a YouTube video?
ChatGPT can't watch a video or capture its audio on its own. This extension does the transcription right in your browser, then you can paste that text into ChatGPT to summarize or analyze it.
Can I export the transcript to Word?
Yes. Save it as a formatted .docx Word document, or as TXT or SRT subtitles. Most transcription tools only hand you plain text, so this is one of the main reasons people switch.
Does it separate speakers?
Yes. The transcript is laid out speaker by speaker with timestamps, so it reads like a clean script instead of one long block of text.
Which platforms are supported?
YouTube, Vimeo, Google Drive, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Loom, Zoom and Google Meet recordings, and online courses behind a login: Skool, Hotmart, Teachable, Coursera, Udemy, Canvas and university portals. If a video plays in a Chrome tab with sound, the extension can transcribe it. More on transcribing course videos.
Which languages does it support?
Over 50 languages. The AI handles accents, technical terms and fast speech with high accuracy.
Is it free?
Yes, it's free to use. YouTube transcripts are unlimited and need no sign-up. For other sites, AI mode gives you 3 transcripts without an account; after that, a free Google sign-in unlocks more every month.
Contact us
A question, a bug or an idea? Write to support@transcribevideototext.app or use the form, we reply by email.