YouTube Transcript

YouTube Transcript Generator: Free & Accurate

Paste a YouTube link, get the full transcript

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From lecture recordings to interviews and webinars — turn any video into notes you can search, quote, and share.

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Why use YouTube Transcript Generator?

Just Paste the Link

Drop in any YouTube video URL. We pull the video's audio and transcribe it: no downloads, no browser extensions.

Speaker Labels & Timestamps

Speakers are detected and labeled with timestamps, so you can follow along and pull exact quotes.

AI Summary

Get a concise AI summary of the video alongside the full transcript, ready for notes or video descriptions.

Export & Search

Download as TXT or SRT, copy to your notes, and search every word across the video.

How it works

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Paste the YouTube Link

Copy a video link from YouTube (Share -> Copy) and paste it in.

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We Fetch & Transcribe

We pull the video's audio and transcribe it with speaker labels and timestamps.

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Read, Summarize, Export

Read the full transcript, grab the AI summary, and export to TXT or SRT.

YouTube Transcript Generator vs typing it out by hand

Why upload-and-go beats manual transcription every time.

CapabilityCATTManual transcription
Time to first draftMinutes per file8 to 10 hours per audio hour
Accuracy99% on clean audioDepends on the typist
Speaker labelsAutomaticTagged by hand
Languages99+ supportedWhatever you speak
ExportsTXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTTWhatever you build by hand
CostFree for the first 30 minutesYour time, every time

Simple pricing

Free for 10 minutes a month. Paid plans start at $9.99.

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  • Speaker detection
  • TXT, SRT & VTT exports
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$9.99/month
  • Unlimited transcription
  • AI transcription in 99+ languages
  • All 11 AI templates (interview, podcast, lecture)

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$47.99/month
  • Everything in Pro, unlimited transcription
  • API access (ck_ keys)
  • Webhook integrations

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Frequently asked questions

Copy the video link from YouTube (Share -> Copy), paste it here, and click Get Transcript. We pull the audio and return a full transcript with speaker labels and timestamps.

It works for any public or unlisted YouTube video. Private or age-restricted videos that can't be accessed return a clear message.

Usually yes. We run dedicated speech-to-text with speaker diarization and punctuation, which is typically cleaner than YouTube's auto-generated captions, especially with multiple speakers.

99+ languages with automatic language detection, including English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, and Japanese.

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