Free YouTube Transcript Generator for Any Video

Generate a YouTube transcript from any public video or Short. Copy clean text, export SRT or VTT subtitles, search timestamps, and keep notes in one workspace.

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How to get a YouTube transcript

Use a public YouTube video, Short, youtu.be share link, or video ID. YTText reads the available caption track and opens it as clean, searchable text.

  • Paste one public YouTube link
  • Search lines and jump to timestamps
  • Copy text or export TXT, SRT, and VTT

Common questions

Does it work with YouTube Shorts?

Yes. Paste a public Shorts URL into the same field. The transcript workspace handles Shorts like standard YouTube videos.

What if the video has no captions?

If speech recognition is configured for the account, the audio can be transcribed. Otherwise the tool returns a clear no-subtitles result.