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Paste a public YouTube video link to extract its available captions as clean text, timestamped text, or an SRT subtitle file. Copy or download the result free, with no signup.
How to get a transcript
Choose the right format
Clean text
Reading, notes, summaries, and editing
Continuous text without timestamps
Text with timestamps
Research, quoting, and finding moments
One timestamp beside every caption cue
SRT subtitles
Video editors and subtitle uploads
Numbered cues with start and end times
This tool reads an available YouTube caption track. It does not listen to or upload the video itself.
Use clean text for reading, timestamps for research, and SRT when subtitle timing matters.
Names, accents, jargon, and overlapping speech can be misheard. Check important text before publishing.
Common questions
What the tool can retrieve, what each export contains, and when a transcript may be unavailable.
Create a timestamp linkThe video must be public and have an accessible caption track. Private, members-only, age-restricted, region-restricted, or uncaptained videos may not return a transcript.
No. Cutlark reads caption tracks that YouTube already makes available for the video. It does not upload the video or run a separate speech-to-text model.
Yes. Choose SRT subtitles before running the tool, then use Download SRT. The file includes numbered cues with start and end timestamps.
Clean text removes cue times for easier reading and editing. Timestamped text keeps a time marker beside each caption line so you can find the matching moment in the video.
No. Automatic captions can mishear names, accents, technical terms, overlapping speakers, or unclear audio. Review important quotations and subtitle files before publishing them.
Use the YouTube Chapters Generator to format timestamps or the YouTube Description Generator to draft publishing copy.
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