YouTube Caption Downloader

Meet YouTube Caption Downloader: it turns the captions a video already has into a transcript in a panel beside the player. Go from YouTube to text without leaving the page: read the YouTube video transcript, copy it or save it as a file. 🚀 Get YouTube transcript text in 4 steps 1. Open a video that has subtitles or CC. Refresh tabs that were open before you installed. 2. Press Show transcript in the YouTube Caption Downloader box above the suggested videos, or under the player in a narrow window. 3. The panel picks a track for you, preferring the creator's. Switch language or track with the globe button. 4. Press Copy, or pick TXT, Markdown, SRT or VTT in the Download menu. ⭐ Why keep YouTube Caption Downloader open while you watch 1️⃣ It converts youtube captions to text: readable paragraphs, not broken lines 2️⃣ Each paragraph starts with a timestamp; click it to jump to that moment 3️⃣ Copied text and TXT or Markdown files start with the title, channel and link 4️⃣ Original marks the spoken language and Auto marks automatic tracks 5️⃣ Multi-hour courses, interviews and podcasts work too 6️⃣ Search the transcript: every match is highlighted, and Enter jumps to the next one 7️⃣ The paragraph being spoken is highlighted, and Follow scrolls along with the video 📄 Download YouTube transcript and subtitle files ▸ TXT: clean paragraphs for reading, notes and quotes ▸ Markdown: the same text, with timestamps that link to each moment ▸ SRT: numbered cues with the original timing, for editing ▸ VTT: WebVTT for web players Each youtube transcript download uses the track you picked, and its file name carries the video title and the track. File names are safe on Windows, and SRT and VTT files use Windows line endings. 🎯 The right track in every available language Many videos have several tracks: CC from the creator, automatic subtitles, sometimes two in one language. The panel lists them separately, so when you download subtitles from youtube, you know which track you get. Long language lists have a search box, and right-to-left scripts display correctly. 🔍 Clear results - No subtitles at all: the panel says so at once, not with an empty file. - A track that fails to load gets its own message and a Try again button. - The coverage line shows the time span of the loaded lines, not a promise of every spoken word. Downloaded files hold only those lines. - Caption file unavailable: the panel shows the site's own transcript instead and says so; SRT and VTT cannot be saved then. - Next video: the old result clears and the new one loads. ⚡ Why an extension A web-based youtube caption downloader makes you paste a link into another site and wait. This extension opens the transcript on the watch page itself, with no copied links and no extra tabs. Going from YouTube to SRT needs no converter site. 🔒 Privacy and limits • YouTube Caption Downloader works without an account • Caption requests go straight to YouTube, and transcripts never reach the developer or an AI service • It reads subtitles that already exist and never runs speech recognition • Regular watch pages only: Shorts and live streams are not supported yet, and some restricted videos may not provide a transcript • To fetch a track, it may briefly switch the player's subtitles, then it tries to restore your choice ❓ FAQ Q: How to copy youtube transcript with timestamps or without them? A: Timestamps are on by default. Switch them off, then press Copy; saved text files follow the same switch. Q: Does this youtube caption downloader work with automatic captions? A: Yes, and Auto marks them. They are made by machine, so check names and numbers before you quote them. Q: Does it download video or audio? A: No. It saves only text and subtitle files. Q: Can I download youtube captions as text only? A: Yes. Choose TXT or Markdown to convert youtube subtitles to text without cue numbers. Q: How to download captions from youtube video pages for editing? A: Pick SRT or VTT. Both keep each original cue and start time; a missing end time is inferred from the timing around it. Q: Can I download youtube subtitles in another language? A: Yes, if the video has a track in that language. The extension never translates, so a language missing from the list is not available. Install the youtube caption downloader extension and keep the words of lectures, talks and podcasts at hand. YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC. This independent extension is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.