Paste a YouTube URL and get the full transcript in seconds. Read along, search the text, export to PDF — works with auto-captioned and uncaptioned videos alike.
A YouTube transcript is the full written text of everything spoken in a video — the same words you'd hear if you watched it, but in a form you can read, search, copy, and study. Transcripts make long lectures skimmable, podcasts quotable, and language-learning videos far more useful.
YouTube Translate generates transcripts two ways. When a video has captions available — either auto-generated by YouTube or uploaded by the creator — we fetch them directly and clean them up for readability. When captions are missing, our AI transcription takes the audio track and turns it into a precise transcript using Google's Gemini speech model, with punctuation, paragraph breaks, and proper nouns intact.
From the YouTube app or web, tap Share and copy the link. Standard youtube.com/watch?v=… and youtu.be/… URLs both work.
Open the app, paste the URL, and tap Submit. The transcript loads in seconds — typically under 5 for captioned videos, 1-3 minutes for AI-transcribed ones.
Scroll through the time-stamped transcript, jump to any phrase, copy the text, or export the whole thing as a formatted PDF.
Tap any line to copy a quote with its timestamp — perfect for citing podcasts and interviews.
Find every mention of a name, term, or phrase without scrubbing through the timeline.
Save a clean PDF of the transcript for offline reading, archiving, or sharing.
One tap converts the full transcript into your language. See YouTube Translator.
Skip to the key points. AI summaries turn an hour of video into a 2-minute read.
Turn the transcript into review cards automatically. See YouTube Flashcards.
Paste a YouTube URL into YouTube Translate, and the app fetches the full transcript in seconds. If the video has captions (auto-generated or manual) we pull them directly; if it doesn't, our AI transcription transcribes the audio for you.
Yes. Free users get daily credits for transcripts, translations, and summaries. Premium removes the daily cap for heavy users.
Yes. The full transcript can be copied to clipboard, shared, or exported as a formatted PDF for offline study, reference, or sharing with colleagues.
It works for any standard YouTube video, including long lectures, podcasts, and documentaries. Live streams must end and be archived before a transcript can be generated.
If captions are missing, YouTube Translate falls back to AI transcription — Gemini-powered speech-to-text turns the spoken audio into a clean transcript in 1-3 minutes for most videos.
Free on iOS and Android — no account required to try.
