TextToSpeechH AI
Works with youtube.com and youtu.be links, Shorts links, or a bare video ID. The video must have subtitles (a CC button on YouTube).
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100% Free
No sign-up, no daily cap, no watermark on your download.
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With Timestamps
Every line shows when it is spoken. Switch them off anytime.
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Copy or Download
One click to copy, or save the whole transcript as a .txt file.
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Any Caption Language
English is preferred automatically; other caption languages work too.
What is a YouTube Transcript Generator?
A YouTube transcript generator pulls the written text of a video's subtitles into a clean, readable transcript. Paste the video link above and you get every spoken line in order, with the time it was spoken - ready to read, quote, study, translate, or turn into fresh content. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is stored: the tool fetches the caption text YouTube already holds for that video and hands it to you.
How to Get a YouTube Transcript
- Copy the video link. On YouTube, open the video and copy its address - a watch link, a youtu.be short link, a Shorts link, or just the video ID all work.
- Paste it above and press Get Transcript. The tool finds the video's subtitles and builds the transcript, usually in a few seconds.
- Copy it or download it. Keep timestamps on if you need to jump back to exact moments, or switch them off for a clean reading copy.
Turn a Transcript Into a Voiceover
This is the workflow our YouTube visitors use most: take one of your own videos, fetch its transcript here, clean up the wording, and paste it into the free text to speech generator to record a fresh, clear voiceover without a microphone. Re-voicing an old video in a new language, fixing a badly recorded narration, or making a Shorts version of a long video all start with the transcript. Changing the pitch of an existing recording instead? That is what the Voice Pitch Changer is for.
Honest Limits
- Captions must exist. If a video has no subtitles (no CC button on YouTube), there is no transcript stored anywhere to fetch - for that video, nobody can generate one from the link alone.
- Auto-generated captions can have mistakes. YouTube's automatic subtitles sometimes mishear names and fast speech. Creator-uploaded subtitles are the cleanest.
- The words belong to the creator. Use transcripts of your own videos freely. For other people's videos, study notes and personal use are fine; republishing or selling their words needs their permission.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this YouTube transcript generator really free?
Yes. It is completely free with no sign-up and no daily limit. Paste a link, get the transcript, copy it or download it as a text file.
Which videos can I get a transcript for?
Any public YouTube video that has subtitles or captions - either uploaded by the creator or auto-generated by YouTube. If a video shows a CC button on YouTube, this tool can fetch its transcript.
The video has no subtitles. Can you still make a transcript?
No - and no transcript tool can. Without captions there is no text stored with the video; creating one would need speech-recognition processing of the audio itself. If the video has no CC button on YouTube, it has no transcript to fetch.
Do I get timestamps with the transcript?
Yes. Every line comes with the time it is spoken in the video. You can switch timestamps off with one checkbox before copying or downloading.
Which languages are supported?
Whichever languages the video's captions exist in. The tool prefers English captions and otherwise uses the first available language, and it tells you which language and type (creator subtitles or auto-generated) you got.
Can I use a transcript to make a voiceover?
Yes - that is exactly what many visitors do: fetch the transcript, clean it up, and paste it into our free text to speech generator to create a fresh voiceover. Only do this with your own videos or content you have permission to reuse; a transcript belongs to the video's creator.