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    YouTube to Text

    Read available YouTube captions as text you can search and use for studying, research or a first content draft.

    Who Uses YouTube to Text?

    Students & Researchers

    Convert lectures, tutorials, and presentations into text for note-taking, studying, and citation.

    Content Creators

    Repurpose video content into blog posts, articles, social media captions, and show notes.

    SEO Professionals

    Extract video transcripts to create searchable, indexable content for better SEO performance.

    Journalists & Writers

    Transcribe interviews, press conferences, and source material for accurate reporting.

    How It Works

    1

    Paste URL

    Copy any YouTube video URL and paste it above.

    2

    Extract Text

    Load available captions. If they are unavailable, choose whether to use paid AI transcription.

    3

    Copy or Download

    Get clean text you can copy, download, or analyze with AI.

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    Transcripts on YouTube, one click

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    Paste a YouTube video URL to read its available captions as text. For videos without usable captions, sign in, choose AI transcription and review the credit cost.

    Yes. Our clean text export removes timestamps and formatting, giving you a natural reading experience. You can also export with timestamps in SRT or VTT format if needed.

    Long lectures and podcasts can work when their captions are available. AI transcription has separate recording-length limits and its processing time depends on the recording.

    The text reflects the source captions. Auto-generated captions and AI transcripts can contain errors, especially with names, numbers and overlapping speech. Replay important passages before quoting them.

    Yes! Many users convert YouTube lectures, tutorials, and presentations to text for note-taking, studying, and research. Our AI can also generate summaries, study guides, and flashcards from the text.

    Reading available YouTube captions is free. Sign in to use credits for AI transcription, uploads and other AI tools. Check Pricing for credit allowances and usage limits.

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