Paste the link to a public YouTube video and get SRT and VTT subtitles timed from word-level timestamps, plus the full transcript with speaker labels. No link? Drop the video file instead (over 500 MB continues on the upload page). Packs from $4, credits never expire. · instant preview with no signup · packs from $4 for 500 minutes, credits never expire.
How it works
Nothing to install and nothing to download to your computer first.
Copy the address from your browser bar or from YouTube’s Share button and paste it into the box above.
The audio is fetched and transcribed for you, typically a few minutes for an hour of audio. A preview opens with no signup; a pack from $4 opens the full transcript.
Export SRT for YouTube Studio and video editors, or VTT for web players. TXT, DOCX and JSON come from the same job, and the transcript stays in your searchable library.
Which links work
YouTube decides what can be fetched from a link. Public videos usually import without trouble. A video that is private, or that YouTube marks as unavailable, cannot be fetched, and the box tells you the import failed.
When a link fails, upload the video itself:
Where the file goes
SRT and VTT are plain text with timecodes, so almost every video tool can read one of them.
In YouTube Studio, open the video, choose Subtitles, and upload the file with timing. Viewers get a track you have checked instead of automatic captions only.
Import the SRT into Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve next to your footage when you cut highlights, so the words are already timed.
VTT is the format browser video players load as a caption track, and many course platforms accept it for embedded lessons.
The same job gives the full transcript, with speaker labels in the transcript view. If you only need the text, the YouTube transcript page is built for that.
Pricing
A pack from $4 opens the full transcript. After that, one-time packs: $8 for 1,000 minutes, $12 for 2,000 minutes, $24 for 5,000 minutes. Credits never expire, which comes to about $0.29 to $0.48 per audio hour.
| Video | $8 pack | $12 pack | $24 pack |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-minute tutorial | $0.08 | $0.06 | $0.05 |
| 45-minute interview | $0.36 | $0.27 | $0.22 |
| 3-hour livestream | $1.44 | $1.08 | $0.86 |
Figures are the share of a pack each video uses. Every export format is included. Full details on the pricing page.
FAQ
Paste the video link into the box at the top of this page. A preview appears with no signup. Open the full transcript with a free account, which covers your first video up to 3 hours, then download the SRT file.
Public videos mostly work. Videos that are private or that YouTube marks as unavailable cannot be fetched from a link. In that case upload the video file instead: up to 500 MB in the box here, larger files on the upload page.
Yes. Every transcript exports as SRT and VTT, as well as TXT, DOCX and JSON, with no extra charge for any format.
Every word in the transcript carries its own timestamp, and the subtitle lines are timed from those word-level timestamps, so lines appear when they are spoken.
Up to 10 hours per video. Without credits you can submit videos up to 3 hours, and your first transcript at that length is free. Longer videos need credits.
Yes. The transcript includes speaker labels, which helps with interviews, panels and podcasts filmed for YouTube.
Packs are $8 for 1,000 minutes, $12 for 2,000 minutes and $24 for 5,000 minutes. Credits never expire. A 45-minute video uses $0.36 of the $8 pack.
No. Everything happens in the browser: paste a link or drop a file, then download the subtitles.
Instant preview, no signup. Packs from $4, credits never expire.