Captions

Captions & transcripts

Best-effort transcript from public caption tracks (including auto captions when exposed). Paste a standard watch, Shorts, or youtu.be link.

You are responsible for rights and attribution. Transcripts may be incomplete; verify against the video for critical work.

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Answers focused on this tool. The homepage has a broader FAQ for the whole site.

Which transcripts can this fetch?: Public caption tracks YouTube exposes via timedtext—often including auto-generated captions when available for the video and region.
Why is there no transcript for some videos?: The creator may have disabled captions, the track may be unavailable in your server’s context, or the video may be private or restricted.
How accurate are auto captions?: Variable. Use transcripts as a draft for editing, accessibility checks, or search—not as a legal or medical verbatim record without human review.
Can I download the text?: Use the on-page copy or .txt download actions after a successful fetch. Respect rights and attribution for how you republish derived text.