Free YouTube Video Transcriber
Paste a YouTube URL to retrieve an accessible caption track as timestamped, searchable text. No account is required; limits apply.
Keep transcripts in a Libraryminds account
The Free plan includes 190 transcription minutes (one-time, lifetime) and up to 30 YouTube imports per month. Plus includes 250 transcription minutes per month and unlimited YouTube imports.
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How to transcribe a YouTube video
Paste the video URL in the tool above and select Get Transcript. The request succeeds only when the service can retrieve a caption track for that video.
How to get a transcript of a YouTube video
Use the complete youtube.com or youtu.be link. When captions are accessible, the result lists the caption text in timestamped segments.
How to get transcript from YouTube video
The tool requests an English caption track by default. A video without an accessible matching track returns an error rather than generated text.
How to get YouTube video transcript
You can also use YouTube's built-in transcript panel on videos where YouTube makes the transcript available. The comparison below separates that workflow from this tool.
How to transcribe a video on YouTube
This page retrieves existing captions; it does not listen to the video's audio. Creator-provided and automatic caption tracks can both be returned when accessible.
How to download transcript from YouTube video
This anonymous tool does not provide a transcript-file download. It provides a Copy action. Transcript exports are a named Free account plan feature in TXT, SRT, and VTT.
How to get full transcript of YouTube video
The result contains all segments returned by the accessible caption track. Restricted, private, age-gated, unavailable, or uncaptained videos can fail.
How to pull a transcript from a YouTube video
After retrieval, each displayed timestamp links to the corresponding time in the source video. Review important wording against the video.
How to transcribe YouTube video to text
Caption segments are displayed as text and can be searched in the browser result. This conversion does not improve or correct the source captions.
How to copy transcript from YouTube
Select Copy above the result to copy every returned segment with its timestamp. The search field filters the view, while Copy retains the complete returned transcript.
What this tool cannot do
- It cannot return text when its caption provider cannot supply an accessible matching caption track.
- It cannot correct automatic-caption errors. Names, accents, noise, overlapping speech, figures, and technical terms can be wrong, so verify important wording against the video.
- Anonymous use is limited to 20 requests per 24 hours. Failed requests can count, and the server limit is authoritative.
- It does not download a transcript file or save the anonymous result to an account.
Named plan gates
- Anonymous free tool: retrieve, search, timestamp-link, and copy; 20 requests per 24 hours.
- Free account plan: 190 transcription minutes (one-time, lifetime); up to 30 YouTube imports per month; TXT, SRT, and VTT exports.
- Plus plan: 250 transcription minutes per month and unlimited YouTube imports.
Libraryminds free tool vs YouTube transcript panel vs Notta
Undocumented means the cited first-party page did not document that point; it is not a claim that the feature is absent.
| Capability | Libraryminds free tool | YouTube built-in transcript panel | Notta |
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| Caption or transcript dependency | Requires an accessible matching caption track. [CODE] | Available on videos that have captions. [SOURCE: youtubeTranscriptHelp] | Supports transcription from a pasted YouTube link; provider constraints are documented by Notta. [SOURCE: nottaYoutube] |
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| Jump from text to video time | Yes. Each segment timestamp opens the source video at that time. [CODE] | Yes. Selecting a transcript line jumps to that part of the video. [SOURCE: youtubeTranscriptHelp] | Undocumented on the cited YouTube-import help page. [SOURCE: nottaYoutube] |
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| Search within the displayed transcript | Yes. The result has a segment-text filter. [CODE] | Available on some videos through the transcript search bar. [SOURCE: youtubeTranscriptHelp] | Undocumented on the cited YouTube-import help page. [SOURCE: nottaYoutube] |
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| Transcript file export | No. This anonymous tool copies text but does not download a transcript file. [CODE] | Undocumented on the cited transcript-panel help page. [SOURCE: youtubeTranscriptHelp] | Yes. Notta documents transcript export; available formats and options depend on plan. [SOURCE: nottaExport] |
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| Published anonymous allowance | 20 requests per 24 hours. [CODE] | Undocumented on the cited transcript-panel help page. [SOURCE: youtubeTranscriptHelp] | Undocumented on the cited YouTube-import help page. [SOURCE: nottaYoutube] |
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First-party comparison sources
Checked 2026-08-29.