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Paste any YouTube URL — get the full YouTube video transcript with speaker labels and a Studio-ready SRT. No download required.

95–98% AI accuracy Speaker labels + timestamps 3-day retention · no training Free 10 min · no signup · no credit card

How to get a transcript of a YouTube video — 3 steps

Paste, let the AI work, then tune the export to your workflow.

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Paste the YouTube URL

Drop in any YouTube link — public videos, Shorts, livestream replays. Up to 3 hours per video.

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AI transcribes

We pull the audio track and run it through our model: 95–98% accuracy, timestamps on every line, automatic speaker labels.

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Configure & export

Tune paragraph rhythm for blog repurposing, set phrase timestamps for clip cutting, then download a YouTube-Studio-ready SRT or paste the text into your show notes.

Privacy and data handling — straight talk

YouTube content can be unlisted, embargoed, or otherwise sensitive. Here's exactly how we handle the audio we pull and the transcript we send back.

Encrypted in transit

When you paste a YouTube URL, we fetch only the audio stream over an encrypted YouTube API channel. The resulting transcript ships back over the same TLS tunnel.

Auto-deleted after 3 days

We never archive the YouTube audio we pull — it's discarded the moment your transcript is built. The text itself expires from your account 3 days after generation.

No training on your data

The audio we extract from YouTube is processed once for your transcript and discarded — never stored, never used as training data, never fingerprinted against future runs.

GDPR-aligned

EU creators retain full control: request a transcript copy or wipe at any time. Each YouTube transcript URL is unguessable and tied to the channel account that requested it.

Your YouTube transcripts stay private, encrypted, and entirely under your control.

Why bother — what YouTube's auto-captions miss

YouTube generates auto-captions for free. Here's exactly where they fall short, and where ours fill the gap.

YouTube auto-captions Typical output
yeah so um what got you started in tech journalism originally honestly by accident i was covering city hall and one of my sources kept saying things i had to translate
No punctuation, no capitalization
No speaker labels — interview becomes one wall of text
Mangles accents, music, overlapping voices
Locked to YouTube — can't export clean SRT, DOCX, PDF
One language at a time — no code-switching
No paragraph control — useless for show notes or blog repurposing
SpeechGen YouTube transcript 95–98% accuracy
[Speaker 1] What got you started in tech journalism originally? [Speaker 2] Honestly, by accident. I was covering city hall, and one of my sources kept saying things I had to translate for readers — that was the click.
Full punctuation, sentence case, proper nouns
Auto speaker labels (up to 8 voices) — rename in editor
Handles accents, light music, overlap with 95–98% accuracy
Export TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT, CSV — or copy clipboard
Auto-detects language and handles code-switching
Configurable paragraph length, timestamp toggle, speaker merge

The SRT we export drops straight into YouTube Studio's caption uploader to replace the auto-captions — same workflow, much cleaner result. Paste a URL ↑

YouTube formats supported

Public videos, Shorts, livestream replays — every common transcript format on the way out.

URL in
youtube.com/watchyoutu.beyoutube.com/shortslivestream replays
Length
30-second Shortsup to 3 hours
Transcript out
TXTDOCXPDFSRTVTTCSVClipboard

Configure your YouTube transcript the way you need it

Most YouTube transcript generators dump a single wall of text. Ours formats specifically for the YouTube workflow — chapter-friendly paragraph rhythm, clip-friendly phrase timestamps, channel-style speaker naming.

Timestamps

Chapter markers or clip cues — your call

The biggest win on YouTube. Paragraph timestamps drop straight into the description as chapters; phrase timestamps mark every clip-worthy line for short-form repurposing.

Paragraphs → chaptersPhrases → clip cuesBothOff
Speakers

Host, guest, or merged solo block

Critical for podcast and interview channels. Auto-labelled by voice, then rename to your hosts and guests — or merge consecutive turns when one voice dominates a stretch.

Speaker namesMerge by speakerHide
Paragraph length

Tuned for show notes & blog repurpose

Auto-detect or fix every paragraph at 1, 2, 3, 4, or 8 lines. Tight rhythm for chapter descriptions; longer paragraphs for blog-post repurposing of the YouTube transcript.

Auto1 line2 lines3 lines4 lines8 lines
Plain text mode

Bare text for the description box

One toggle strips timestamps, labels and formatting. The result is ready to paste into your video description, hand to a translator, or feed into an AI summarizer.

Plain text mode

Two more controls — pause-threshold breaks and one-click clipboard — round out the panel. See all 6 on the hub.

YouTube languages handled natively

These languages return clean YouTube transcripts straight away — auto-detect picks the right one, and code-switching between two of them in the same video works fine.

  • English
  • Spanish
  • Mandarin Chinese
  • Portuguese
  • German
  • French
  • Italian
  • Russian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Hindi
  • Arabic

If your channel publishes in a less common language, transcribe a 60-second clip on the free tier first.

Perfect for every YouTube workflow

One transcript pulled from a single URL — repurposed across every channel you publish.

Educational content & lectures

Convert YouTube courses, tutorials, and academic talks into study notes — searchable, citable, accessible.

Content repurposing

One YouTube video transcript powers a blog post, newsletter, social clips, and chapter timestamps. The same YouTube transcript generator output drives every channel.

Research & interview analysis

Pull transcripts from webinars, conference recordings, and interview videos — ready for coding, quoting, or summary.

Podcast & talk show transcription

Convert long-form podcast videos into show notes with automatic speaker identification — guests separated and labeled.

Subtitle & caption creators

Use this YouTube transcript extractor to pull a clean SRT/VTT from any URL — already segmented to caption-friendly line lengths for YouTube Studio, TikTok, Shorts, and reels.

Localization & translation prep

Get a clean source transcript in the original language — the foundation for human translation or LLM-assisted dubbing.

Free tier — try before you commit

Test transcription quality on your own audio. No credit card. Top up only when you need more minutes.

Free

10 minutes / month Full features. No signup. No watermark. No subscription.

Top-up

From $4.99 Single payment for a minute pack. Minutes never expire — no monthly reset, no subscription.
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YouTube transcript FAQ

The questions we hear most from creators and researchers — answered straight.

How accurate is the YouTube transcript, really?
95–98% on clean studio audio with proper punctuation and capitalization — well ahead of YouTube's built-in auto-captions. Music, overlapping voices, thick accents, or low-bitrate streams pull accuracy below 95%. For anything you'll publish or caption, plan a review pass.
How long does YouTube transcription take?
It depends on the video length and current load. You'll see live progress on the page and can leave the tab — we keep working in the background and queue the result for download.
Can I transcribe private or unlisted YouTube videos?
Public and unlisted videos work directly via URL. Fully private (members-only / sign-in-required) videos aren't accessible — for those, download the MP4 and use the video transcription page instead.
Does it work on copyrighted or live-stream YouTube videos?
Yes for finished livestream replays. Live streams while still broadcasting aren't supported — wait until the broadcast ends and the replay is published, then paste the URL. As for copyright, only transcribe content you have the right to use; we don't host or redistribute the audio.

Not on YouTube? Other ways to get a transcript

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