How to get the transcript of a YouTube video

A transcript lets you skim a long video in a minute, quote it accurately or study it at your own pace. YouTube creates automatic captions for most videos, and many creators upload their own subtitles — Klipova turns either into clean text.

Steps

1. Copy the link of the YouTube video.
2. Open YouTube Transcript, paste the link and press Get transcript.
3. Choose a language. Subtitles added by the creator are listed first; automatic captions come from speech recognition.
4. Switch timestamps on or off, then Copy text or download TXT or SRT.

Which language should I choose?

If the creator added subtitles in your language, use those — they are usually the most accurate. Otherwise the automatic captions in the video's original language are a good starting point; you can paste the text into a translator.

TXT or SRT?

• TXT is plain text for reading, notes and translation.
• SRT keeps the timing for each line, so it works as a subtitle file in video players and editors.

When there's no transcript

Some videos have no captions at all — music without speech, very new uploads or videos where captions are turned off. In that case there's no text to show.