Guides
YouTube transcript & subtitle guides
Short, practical how-tos for getting the words out of a YouTube video — read them, copy them, download subtitles, translate, or export to a file. Every YouTube guide is free, with no sign-in, and runs on the captions YouTube already provides.
YouTube Transcript
Get the words out of any video — see them, copy them, search them, keep the timestamps.
- YouTube TranscriptStart here — the overview
- How to get the transcript of a YouTube video
- YouTube transcript extractor
- YouTube transcript with timestamps
- TED talk transcript
- How to copy a YouTube transcript
- How to see the transcript on YouTube
- Download a YouTube transcript
- Search a YouTube transcript
- YouTube transcript API — and the no-code way
- YouTube video transcript
- YouTube transcript extension for Chrome
Download YouTube subtitles
Pull the caption track as a file or text — SRT, VTT, or clean prose, in any language.
YouTube to text
Turn a video into readable, reusable text you can paste, translate and export.
Transcribe audio to text: MP3, M4A, WAV with timestamps
Upload a recording of your own and AI speech recognition turns it into text with timestamps. Your first recording is free without an account, in full up to 10 minutes; after that, a file uses minutes.
- Transcribe audio to text: MP3, M4A, WAV with timestampsStart here — the overview
- M4A to text: transcribe an M4A file with timestamps
- Timestamping transcription: format, examples, auto tool
- MP3 to text: transcribe an MP3 file with timestamps
- Voice memo to text: transcribe a voice memo or note
- How to transcribe an interview: format, sample, automatic
- Podcast transcription: turn an episode file into text
- WAV to text: transcribe a WAV file with timestamps
- Spanish audio to text: transcribe a Spanish recording
- OGG to text: transcribe an OGG or Opus audio file
Transcribe video to text: MP4, MOV, WEBM with timestamps
Upload a video file and AI speech recognition turns its sound track into text with timestamps and subtitles. Your first recording is free without an account, in full up to 10 minutes; after that, a file uses minutes.
AI video summarizer: summarize a YouTube link or video file
Summarize a YouTube link or your own recording with AI: key points, detailed notes, an article or a chat. Free for videos with captions; files use minutes.
- AI video summarizer: summarize a YouTube link or video fileStart here — the overview
- Video to notes AI: turn a YouTube video into structured notes
- AI lecture summarizer: notes from a recorded or YouTube lecture
- AI audio summarizer: summarize podcasts, voice memos, recordings
- YouTube chapters generator: timestamps for a video description
Transcript tool alternatives: NoteGPT, TurboScribe, DownSub
How MediaScribe compares with NoteGPT, TurboScribe, DownSub and Tactiq: what each does free, what is paid, and where each one is the better choice.
- Transcript tool alternatives: NoteGPT, TurboScribe, DownSubStart here — the overview
- TurboScribe alternative: pay per minute, no subscription
- NoteGPT alternative: YouTube summaries with no quota
- DownSub alternative: YouTube subtitles as SRT, text and AI
- Tactiq YouTube transcript alternative, no AI credits
Get the transcript now
Paste a YouTube link into the free tool on the home page — or add the Chrome extension for one-click transcripts on every video.