Free YouTube Transcript Generator

Copy the video URL from YouTube, paste it into the box above, and click Get transcript. If the video has public captions, the full transcript appears in seconds and you can copy or download it.

Yes. The web tool is free with no sign-up. The Vidskim extension's transcript, translate, and export features are also free and unlimited, forever.

Yes. After the transcript loads you can download it as a plain .txt file, with or without timestamps, or as an .srt subtitle file.

A transcript is only available when the video has public captions. Private, removed, region-blocked, age-restricted, or caption-disabled videos will fail. This tool extracts captions; it does not run speech-to-text on caption-less videos.

The Vidskim Chrome extension can translate the transcript into your language, free. The web tool shows the caption languages the video already has.

Yes, two ways: paste the transcript into your AI tool of choice, or use the Vidskim extension, which adds one-click summary and AI chat with the video right on the YouTube page.

Yes. Every line carries its start time, and you can toggle timestamps on or off before copying or downloading.

Yes. Transcripts for long videos load fully; the output area scrolls, and downloads contain the complete text.

No. Vidskim is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube or Google.