Get YouTube transcript or audio to text from any site — use Transcribe Video to Text, the fastest transcript generator for Chrome.
Users
1,000
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Ratings
21
+4 in 30 days
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Version
1.3.4
updated 14 Oct 2026
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About Transcribe Video to Text
Transcribe video to text right in your browser: get a clean YouTube transcript, an AI transcript of any video, and a short video summary in one click.
Transcribe Video to Text works on YouTube and on most course, webinar and streaming sites. When a video has subtitles, the transcript is ready in seconds. When it has none, the extension listens to the tab audio and turns it into text with AI speech recognition. No file uploads, no extra software.
📝 How to transcribe video to text
1. Open any page with a video or a recording
2. Click the Transcribe Video to Text icon
3. Press Transcribe and watch the text appear
4. Copy it, search it, or export it as Word, TXT or SRT
🎯 YouTube transcript generator in one click
Getting a YouTube transcript used to mean copying subtitles line by line or jumping between unreliable sites. This YouTube transcript generator does it inside the video page: open a video, click once, and the full YouTube video transcript is ready with timestamps. YouTube videos with subtitles are free to transcribe with no limits.
Many people search how to get a transcript of a YouTube video without extra tools. This is the answer: YouTube to transcript in one click, in the original language or in any language YouTube can translate to.
🧠 YouTube video summarizer
A long lecture or a two hour webinar does not always need to be read in full. Open your transcript in your online library and get an AI summary: the main points first, and for long recordings the topics in the order they appear, each with a timecode so you can jump back to the right moment. The video summarizer works in the language of the recording.
▶ Key points of a long recording in a minute
▶ Topics with timecodes for long recordings
▶ Summary saved next to its transcript
🎙 Works even without subtitles
Most tools stop when a video has no captions. Here the video transcriber captures the audio of the tab and runs audio to text transcription instead. Online courses, private lessons, recorded meetings and embedded players work the same way. Speaker labels show who is talking when there are several voices.
1️⃣ Lectures and online courses behind a login
2️⃣ Webinars and conference talks
3️⃣ Recorded meetings and interviews
4️⃣ Podcasts and video essays
AI transcription is included every month. After the first few AI transcriptions, sign in with Google to keep going: your transcripts are kept for 90 days instead of 30 and open from any device.
📚 Learn, research and create faster
When you transcribe video to text, spoken content becomes searchable and reusable. Students capture lecture notes without rewinding. Researchers document expert interviews. Creators turn recordings into blog posts, captions and scripts. Journalists get a transcript of any video interview on the spot.
- Search inside a long recording in seconds
- Quote exact words instead of paraphrasing
- Reuse the text in notes, posts and documents
- Export with or without timestamps
🗂 Your online library
Every transcript is saved to your personal library on the web. Open it later, read it with timestamps, download it as Word or TXT, or generate a summary. Sign in with Google and the library follows you to any computer.
🌍 Languages
Video transcription works in 50+ languages: the AI transcription engine handles accents, technical terms and fast speech. You can let it detect the language or pick one yourself.
🔒 Privacy
Audio is sent over an encrypted connection to a speech recognition service only to produce your transcript and is not stored on our servers. Your data is never sold. Details are in the privacy policy.
❓ Frequently asked questions
🎤 Which sites are supported?
💡 YouTube and most sites with video or audio, including online courses and embedded players. It is a transcript of any video tool, not limited to one platform.
🎤 How much does it cost?
💡 YouTube videos with subtitles have no limits. AI transcription of other videos is included every month; after the first few, sign in with Google to continue.
🎤 How to transcribe video to text in Chrome?
💡 Install the extension, open a recording and press Transcribe. That is how to transcribe video to text in under 10 seconds, with no file uploads.
🎤 How to get a transcript of a YouTube video?
💡 Open the video, click the extension icon and press Transcribe. The transcript appears in seconds, with timestamps.
🎤 Can it summarize a video?
💡 Yes. Open the transcript in your online library and press Summarize to get the key points; long recordings also get topics with timecodes.