YouTubeToTranscription

Team Transcription

About YouTubeToTranscription

Free tools that turn YouTube videos into text you can read, search, copy, download and translate. Built and maintained by Team Transcription.

YouTubeToTranscription started with a small, everyday annoyance: YouTube already has captions for most videos, but getting them out is clumsy. The transcript panel is hard to copy from, there is no download button, and on a phone it is barely usable. We wanted one page where you paste a link and get clean text back, on any device, without installing anything or creating an account.

Every tool on this site is built around that idea. The tools are listed below, and each one links to a page that explains exactly what it does, how it works and where its limits are.

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Who we are

The site is built and maintained by Team Transcription, a small independent team. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by YouTube or Google. Every page carries a byline from Team Transcription and the date it was last updated, and you can reach us through the contact page.

What we do differently

The one thing we care about most is that the transcript stays useful after it appears. Every line keeps its timestamp, so clicking a line moves the video to that moment, even after translating it into another language. You can remove sponsor reads or intros before copying, search inside the transcript and copy only the matching lines, and download in six formats with real timings: TXT, SRT, VTT, Markdown, Word and PDF.

How the tools work and where the data comes from

All transcripts come from the caption tracks that YouTube itself publishes for a video: subtitles uploaded by the creator, or YouTube's automatic captions. We request those tracks, keep each line's start time and duration, and show them as a transcript. We do not transcribe audio, generate text with AI, or change the wording.

Translations are produced line by line by machine translation services (Google Translate, with MyMemory as a fallback), so each translated line keeps its original timestamp. The summary, chapter and description tools are statistical: they count and rank words and sentences from the transcript and do not use a language model.

Privacy: no account, no history

You never need an account, there is no saved history of your lookups, and we do not sell data. To keep the service fast and to ask YouTube less often, a fetched transcript is cached on our server for up to 12 hours, keyed by the video, not by you. Like any website, the server keeps short-lived security logs; our privacy policy explains exactly what they contain and how long they are kept.

Accuracy and how to report a mistake

A transcript is only as accurate as the captions YouTube provides. Creator subtitles are usually very accurate; automatic captions can mishear names, technical terms and noisy audio. Machine translation can also get idioms wrong. If a video that should work fails, or a translation or page on this site is wrong, send the video link and what you expected through the contact page and we will look at it.

Every tool on this site

Each tool is free and works in the browser on desktop and mobile:

Transcripts

YouTube Shorts

Download & export

Translate

AI, study & notes

Creator tools

Guides

Frequently asked questions

Who runs YouTubeToTranscription?

Team Transcription, a small independent team. The site is not affiliated with YouTube or Google.

Where do the transcripts come from?

From the caption tracks YouTube publishes for each video: creator subtitles or automatic captions. We do not transcribe audio ourselves.

Do you store the videos I look up?

There is no account and no saved history. A transcript is cached on the server for up to 12 hours so repeat requests are fast, and short-lived security logs are described in the privacy policy.

How can I report a wrong transcript or translation?

Use the contact page and include the video link and what you expected to see.

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