YouTube transcript generatorTurn any YouTube video into text.

Paste a YouTube link and get a clean, readable transcript with a short summary, ready to copy or download.

  • Videos up to 3 hours
  • With or without captions
  • Turn it into a step-by-step guide

The price is shown before you start.

A screen playing a YouTube video, with its transcript coming out on a strip of paper

How it works

From a link to text in three steps.

  1. Step 1

    Start with a link

    Paste a YouTube video link.

  2. Step 2

    It is read and written out

    The video is read, transcribed, cleaned up and summarised.

  3. Step 3

    Use the text

    Copy or download the transcript, share it with a link, or turn it into a step-by-step guide.

YouTube · 18:40Example

Summary

A walkthrough of setting up a home network for a small office: where to put the router, when a second access point helps, and how to name the guest network.

Transcript

Before you buy anything, walk the office with your phone and write down where the signal drops.

One access point in the middle of the floor beats two at the edges almost every time.

Give guests their own network. It keeps the printers and the shared drive off their list.

What you get

Everything in it, written down.

  • A summary and a clean transcript
  • A Markdown download, and a save to your brain
  • An optional guide with numbered sections, a checklist and a next action
Try it with your own link

What people use it for

Text you can do something with.

  • Study a lecture or a talk

    Read an hour-long lecture in minutes, search it, and keep the summary with your notes.

  • Quote an interview

    Find the exact sentence without scrubbing back and forth through the video.

  • Turn a tutorial into steps

    The optional guide rewrites a walkthrough as numbered steps with a checklist.

  • Give a video to your assistant

    Paste the transcript into the assistant you use and ask it questions about a long video.

About YouTube Transcript

Read any YouTube video as text

Paste a YouTube link and get a clean, readable transcript with a short summary. Use it to study a talk, quote an interview or turn a tutorial into steps you can follow.

Price From 75 credits. One credit balance works across every HivemindOS Mini app.

Questions

Does the YouTube video need captions?
No. A video's captions are used when it has them, and its audio is transcribed when it does not.
How long can the video be?
Up to 3 hours. Longer videos cost more, and the price is shown before you start.
Does it work on Shorts?
Yes. Paste a Shorts link, a normal video link or a youtu.be link.
Do I need to sign up or log in to get a YouTube transcript?
No. There is no sign-up and no login before you start, and nothing to install. The YouTube transcript generator runs in the browser on a phone or a computer.
Does a YouTube transcript have timestamps?
No. A YouTube transcript is clean text in paragraphs, made for reading, quoting and reusing, with a short summary above it.
Which languages does the YouTube transcript generator understand?
The spoken language is detected for you, so there is nothing to choose. The transcript is written in the language that was spoken.
How much does a YouTube transcript cost?
A YouTube transcript starts at a small fixed price, and a longer video costs more. The price of yours is shown before you start.
Does it work with links from other sites?
Yes. The same box takes public Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X and Facebook links, and you can upload a video file of up to 90 MB and 3 hours.

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