Paste any YouTube link and get the full transcript with timestamps — even for videos without captions. Free every day, no signup.
On YouTube, tap Share → Copy link. Regular videos, Shorts and youtu.be links all work.
Open the free Transcribe app and paste the link on the home screen.
AI listens to the audio and returns the full text with timestamped segments in 1–3 minutes.
Most "transcript generators" just copy YouTube's auto-captions — and fail when a video has none. We transcribe the audio itself with AI, so every video works.
Every segment is timestamped. Jump to any moment, quote with precision, or turn the transcript into subtitles.
Download ready-to-use subtitle files or plain text — perfect for captions, notes, articles and translations.
Automatic language detection, plus one-tap translation of any video to English.
Interviews and podcasts get labeled speakers (Speaker 1, 2, …) so you always know who said what.
The same app transcribes links from Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X and more — plus your own video/audio files.
Copy the video link, paste it into the free Transcribe app and tap Transcribe. The full transcript with timestamps arrives in about 1–3 minutes.
Yes — that is the main difference from caption-scraper tools. We run real AI speech-to-text on the audio, so videos with no subtitles transcribe just as well.
Yes. The app includes free transcriptions every day, with no signup and no credit card. PRO is optional for unlimited use and power features.
Yes — every transcript exports as TXT, SRT or VTT with timestamps included.
Yes, youtube.com/watch, Shorts and youtu.be short links are all supported.
Long-form content is fine — a 30-minute video typically completes in a couple of minutes.
Yes — our MCP server lets Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT transcribe YouTube videos directly in chat.
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