Automatically transcribe any YouTube video to text with timestamps. Free, instant, and supports 100+ languages.
Paste any YouTube URL — videos, shorts, playlists, and embeds
Go to YouTube and copy the URL of the video you want to transcribe.
Paste the URL into the box above. Click 'Extract Transcript'. Done in 2-3 seconds.
Search, copy, export (TXT/SRT/VTT), or use AI to summarize, quiz, and transform.
Transcribing YouTube videos used to mean hiring a transcription service or spending hours typing while pausing and rewinding. In 2026, the process is instant. Modern tools like YTTranscript.AI extract transcripts directly from YouTube's caption system — delivering the full text with timestamps in seconds, not hours. Whether you need to transcribe a 5-minute clip or a 3-hour lecture, the process is the same: paste the URL, click extract, done.
There are two types of YouTube captions: manually uploaded (by the creator) and auto-generated (by YouTube's speech recognition). Manual captions are near-perfect in accuracy. Auto-generated captions have improved dramatically and now achieve 95%+ accuracy for clear speech in major languages. Our tool extracts whichever is available — prioritizing manual captions when they exist. For the rare case where auto-captions have errors, our AI Clean Transcript feature fixes punctuation, removes filler words, and corrects common speech recognition mistakes.
Once you have the transcript, the possibilities are endless. Students create study guides and flashcards from lecture videos. Content creators repurpose videos into blog posts and social threads. Researchers analyze spoken content at scale across hundreds of videos. Journalists extract exact quotes with timestamps for accurate attribution. Podcasters generate show notes automatically. And for accessibility, transcripts make video content available to deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences.
Copy the YouTube video URL, paste it above, and click 'Extract Transcript'. The full transcription with timestamps appears in seconds.
Yes — auto-generated captions are 95%+ accurate for clear speech. Manual captions (uploaded by creators) are near-perfect. Our AI cleanup tool can fix remaining errors.
Yes, there's no length limit. We've successfully transcribed videos over 10 hours long.
No — YTTranscript.AI is 100% web-based. Works in any browser on any device.
Yes! We support 100+ languages. AI translation is available for languages without native captions.
Yes — 25 free transcriptions per month. No sign-up needed. Paid plans start at $9.99/month.
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