YoutubeToTranscript is a free web tool that turns a YouTube video URL into readable text by pulling the captions YouTube already has (manual or auto-generated). It is not affiliated with YouTube or Google.
What It Does
Paste a YouTube link and it returns a transcript, usually within seconds. Typical features:
- No account required for basic web use
- One-click copy
- Timestamps, with click-to-jump in an embedded player
- Language switching and translation into 125+ languages
- Option to cut sections (intros, outros, sponsored bits)
- A small AI prompt library for summaries, notes, quizzes, quotes, etc.
- No stated limit on video length or number of transcripts
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