Free YouTube caption extractor — get any YouTube video transcript instantly. Just paste a URL and get the text. Download YouTube subtitles as TXT, SRT, or VTT — no signup required.
[00:00] Welcome back to the channel.
[00:03] Today we're going to walk through how machine learning works.
[00:07] Let's start with the basics and build from there.
[00:11] First, what exactly is a neural network?
Copy any YouTube video URL and paste it into the tool. Works with youtube.com, youtu.be, Shorts, and raw video IDs.
We fetch the video's captions instantly — auto-generated or manually added by the creator. Choose your language if multiple are available.
Get your YouTube video transcript as text — copy directly, or download as TXT, SRT (with timestamps), or VTT. Ready in seconds.
Paste a YouTube URL, get captions in seconds. No processing delays, no waiting — just instant text.
Extract captions in any language YouTube supports — English, Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and more.
YouTube SRT download and VTT download with precise timestamps. Perfect for subtitles, notes, or finding specific moments in long videos.
YouTube subtitles download as plain text, SubRip (SRT), or WebVTT (VTT). All formats work with video editors and media players.
Get 2 free extractions daily without an account. Sign in to get 10 per day. No credit card, no hidden fees.
Works with youtube.com/watch, youtu.be short links, YouTube Shorts, and raw video IDs. Just paste and extract.
For videos without captions, use our AI transcription — upload the audio file and get a transcript
MP3, WAV, M4A, OGG, FLAC
MP4, MOV, WebM, AVI
OpenAI Whisper technology
Unlike many competitors, no Chrome extension required. Just a web tool — paste a URL and go.
YouTube SRT download, VTT download, or plain text. Most caption extractors only offer one format.
Start extracting immediately. No signup walls, no email verification — just paste and extract.
When a video has no captions, our Speech to Text Pro feature lets you upload audio for AI transcription.
Paste the YouTube video URL into our caption extractor and click Extract. We fetch the captions instantly and display the full transcript. You can then copy it or download as TXT, SRT, or VTT.
Yes! You get 2 free extractions per day without an account. Sign in to get 10 per day. Download captions as plain text, SRT subtitles, or VTT files — no credit card required.
Our tool works with YouTube's existing captions (auto-generated or manual). If a video has no captions, you can use our Speech to Text Pro feature — upload the video's audio and get an AI-powered transcript instead.
Plain text (TXT) for reading and notes. SubRip (SRT) with timestamps for video editing and subtitles. WebVTT (VTT) with timestamps for web video players. All three are standard formats that work everywhere.
All of them — youtube.com/watch?v= links, youtu.be/ short links, YouTube Shorts URLs, and raw video IDs. Just paste any YouTube link and it works.
We extract captions in whatever language is available on the video. YouTube provides captions in 100+ languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, and many more.
Yes. We extract publicly available caption data from YouTube videos. No video downloading, no audio processing — just text extraction. No account data is accessed or stored.
English • Spanish • French • German • Hindi • Arabic • Chinese • Japanese • Korean • Portuguese • Italian • Russian • Dutch • Turkish • Polish • Vietnamese • Thai • Indonesian • Swedish • Danish • Norwegian • Finnish • Greek • Czech • Romanian • Hungarian • Ukrainian • Hebrew • Bengali • Tamil • Urdu • Filipino • Malay • Swahili • and 70+ more...
Paste a YouTube URL and get the transcript instantly — free, no signup.
Extract YouTube Captions Free →