YouTube Transcript AI

YouTube Transcript AI is a free, browser-based tool that pulls the full text transcript from any YouTube video in seconds. You just paste a video link (or video ID), click a button, and the complete captions appear on screen — ready to copy, download, or send to an AI chatbot for summarization or translation. It works with auto-generated captions, manually uploaded subtitles, and videos of any length, from Shorts to multi-hour lectures. There's no account, no credit card, and no daily limit.

The tool stands out for its simplicity and speed. It accepts every YouTube URL format — standard watch links, youtu.be short links, embeds, and bare IDs — and resolves the video instantly. Once the transcript loads, you can choose from multiple export formats: SRT subtitle files with timestamps, bilingual SRT (original plus translation side by side), translated subtitles only, Markdown with timestamps, clean text without timestamps, or plain text copied to clipboard. The built-in AI feature lets you send the transcript directly to a summary or Q&A function, so you don't have to switch tabs to get key points or ask questions about the video's content.

This tool is ideal for students, researchers, content creators, and language learners who regularly work with YouTube videos. Students can grab lecture transcripts for note-taking, researchers can extract quotes and facts from interviews, creators can repurpose video content into blog posts or social media threads, and language learners can translate foreign-language videos into their native tongue. Because it's private by design — no login means no viewing history — it's also a good choice for anyone who wants a quick, no-fuss way to turn spoken video into editable text.