📝 YouTube Transcript & Subtitle Extractor
Turn a video’s transcript — copied from YouTube’s “Show transcript” panel or downloaded from YouTube Studio — into clean, searchable text and subtitle files, linked to the video’s timestamps.
youtube.force-ssl permission), which CreatorAiHub does not request, and the tool does not scrape YouTube. Step 1 shows the video’s public details; step 2 works with a transcript you paste from YouTube or a subtitle file you upload.1 · Video details
2 · Transcript
.srt, .vtt, .sbv or .txt · several languages allowed · read locally
How to use the YouTube Transcript & Subtitle Extractor
- Optional: paste a YouTube watch, Shorts or youtu.be link and press Check video to see its public details and load the player for clickable timestamps.
- Get the transcript text: on YouTube open the video, click …more under the title → Show transcript, select all the text in the panel and copy it. For your own videos you can instead download .srt/.vtt/.sbv files in YouTube Studio → Subtitles.
- Paste the text or upload the files. Search, click timestamps to jump in the player, switch to paragraphs, hide timestamps.
- Copy the text or download TXT, SRT or VTT.
Why creators use it
- Turn your own videos into blog posts, show notes and newsletters.
- Create clean SRT/VTT files for re-uploads or other platforms.
- Find the exact moment a topic is mentioned to make clips or chapters.
Good to know
- No automatic transcript download: YouTube’s official captions.list and captions.download methods require OAuth authorisation by the video owner (youtube.force-ssl scope). This site does not request that permission, and unofficial transcript scraping breaks YouTube’s terms, so neither is used.
- Whether a video has captions is shown only when the site’s YouTube Data API key is configured (it comes from the public video data); everything else works without it.
- Text copied from “Show transcript” has start times only, so SRT/VTT end times are set to the next line’s start (max 10 s).
Frequently asked questions
Why can’t you just download any video’s transcript?
Because YouTube’s API does not allow it: listing and downloading caption tracks require OAuth authorisation by someone who can edit the video. Tools that do this for any video scrape YouTube in ways its terms of service forbid. We show what is officially available and make the transcript you have far more useful.
Does it work with auto-generated captions?
Yes. Text copied from YouTube’s “Show transcript” panel works for both auto-generated and uploaded captions.
Is my transcript uploaded?
No. Files and pasted text are processed in your browser. Only the video ID is sent to CreatorAiHub’s server to read the public video details.