Video to Text
Convert video into clean, timestamped text you can search, quote, and paste anywhere. Free, no sign-up.
Free · No sign-up · Works on any public YouTube video
Text is the useful format
Once a video is text, everything else gets easier: you can search it, quote it accurately, translate it, feed it to an AI, or keep it as a reference long after you have stopped thinking about the video.
Paste a YouTube link above and the spoken content comes back as ordinary text with timestamps. Nothing to install, no account.
Instant conversion
Reads the existing caption track rather than re-processing audio, so results arrive in seconds.
Clean output
Formatted for reading, with timestamps you can keep or strip.
Goes anywhere
Plain text pastes cleanly into documents, notes apps, translation tools, and AI chats.
How to convert video to text
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Copy the video URL
Take the link to the YouTube video you want as text.
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Paste and convert
Drop it into the box above and run the conversion.
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Use the text
Copy it into notes, a document, a translation tool, or an AI assistant.
Common uses
Writers
Quote a talk or interview accurately without transcribing it by ear.
Accessibility
Offer a readable alternative for anyone who cannot watch the video.
Students
Turn a two-hour lecture into text you can search, quote, and revise from — far faster than scrubbing the video for one definition.
Creators
Mine podcasts and interviews for quotes, scripts, and references, or repurpose your own videos into blog posts and show notes.
Video to text FAQ
How do I convert a video to text?
Paste the YouTube link above. The spoken content is extracted from the video's caption track and returned as timestamped text.
Is it free?
Yes, and no account is required.
Can I convert a video file from my computer?
Not currently. The tool works from YouTube links, reading the caption track that already exists for the video.
Do I need an account or an extension?
No. Transcripts here are free with no sign-up. The free JumpWatch Chrome extension adds AI summaries and chat directly on the YouTube page if you want them.
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