Transcribed from the audio
Voices AI listens to the video itself instead of copying YouTube's automatic captions, so you get punctuated text even for videos that have no captions at all.
YouTube transcript generator
Turn any YouTube video into text. Paste a link to a video or Short and get an accurate, timestamped transcript you can copy, search, and download as subtitles or a document.
Everything you need from a YouTube transcript
Timestamps and subtitles
Every transcript keeps word timings. Download SRT or VTT subtitles, or a document with a timestamp at the start of each paragraph.
70+ languages, detected automatically
The spoken language is recognized for you, or you can pick it yourself when a short clip mixes languages.
Long videos welcome
Lectures, podcasts, and stream replays up to three hours work just as well as a 30 second Short.
How to get the transcript of a YouTube video
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Copy the link
Open the video on YouTube and copy its address, or use Share and then Copy link.
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Paste it here
Paste the link into the box above and sign in with Google, Apple, or X.
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Get your transcript
Copy the text or download it as TXT, Markdown, Word, PDF, SRT, or VTT.
What a YouTube transcript is good for
A transcript turns a video you have to watch into text you can skim, search, and quote. Students use it to study lectures, researchers to pull exact quotes from interviews, and creators to turn their own videos into blog posts, show notes, and newsletter content.
Transcripts also make videos accessible to viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing, and subtitle files let you add accurate captions to your own uploads instead of relying on automatic ones.
YouTube's built-in transcript or a generated one?
Many YouTube videos show an automatic transcript under the description, but plenty have none, the text often has no punctuation, and there is no button to download it as a file.
Voices AI transcribes the audio itself, so any public video gets punctuated, timestamped text that you can keep in your library and download in the format you need.
Tips for the most accurate result
Set the language yourself if a video switches languages or starts with music. Turn on clean mode to drop filler words like um and uh for readable quotes, and keep audio event tags on when you want subtitles to show (laughter) or (applause).
FAQ
How do I get the transcript of a YouTube video?
Copy the video's link, paste it into the box on this page, and sign in. Voices AI fetches the audio, transcribes it, and adds the transcript to your library, where you can copy or download it.
Is this YouTube transcript generator free?
Transcription costs 100 credits per minute of video. New accounts get free credits, enough for a short video, and you can add credits or a subscription for longer ones.
Can I download YouTube subtitles as SRT?
Yes. Every transcript downloads as SRT or VTT subtitles with timings, or as TXT, Markdown, Word, PDF, or JSON.
Which YouTube videos work?
Public videos and Shorts up to three hours long. Private, members-only, and age-restricted videos cannot be fetched, and live streams can be transcribed once they have ended.
Which languages are supported?
More than 70 languages, detected automatically. You can also set the language yourself in the transcriber.
How long does it take?
Most videos are ready within a few minutes. You can leave the page while it works: the finished transcript waits in your library.
YouTube video transcription