YouTube Transcript Copy and Download

YouTube transcripts in one click. Copy captions as text with or without timestamps, or download SRT/VTT. Shorts too. No sign-up.

Turn YouTube videos into plain text. A panel appears on the right side of every video page: click "Get captions" and you're done. No account, no sign-in. Free for 5 videos a day. Pro (¥980/month) removes the limit and adds whole playlists and channels. Great for - Notes and summaries of lectures, webinars and training videos - Pasting into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini to summarize or ask questions - Finding the moment you need in a long video by timestamp - Drafting blog posts or documents from what was said - Reading an English video as text while you learn Features - Two formats: With timestamps: "[00:12] text", one line per segment Plain text: joined into continuous text, ready for AI or reading - Choose the language (Prefer Japanese / Prefer English / Original language). Auto-generated tracks are labeled - A header with title, channel, URL, duration and date - Edit the text in place before copying, or download it as a .md file - Videos without subtitles show a clear message instead of failing silently - Show or hide the panel with the toolbar icon, or collapse it. It never changes playback or player settings How to use 1. Open a video page (the panel appears on the right) 2. Click "Get captions" 3. Copy or download Free and Pro - Free: one video at a time, 5 videos a day (resets at midnight Japan time). The panel shows how many you have left - Pro (¥980/month): no daily limit, plus bulk export of up to 200 videos from a playlist or channel into one file. The same plan unlocks the Pro features of all our other extensions FAQ Q. Does it work on videos without subtitles? A. No. It only works when the video has subtitles, including auto-generated ones. It does not transcribe audio. Q. Do I need to sign in? A. No, and there is no account for this extension either. Q. What about Shorts? A. Yes. On Shorts, the panel appears at the bottom right of the screen. Q. Is my data sent anywhere? A. No. See Privacy below. Notes - Age-restricted and members-only videos and private playlists are not supported - The video site may change at any time, which can temporarily break fetching - Bulk export fetches one video per second to avoid putting load on the site - Please respect the rights of each video's owner and the site's Terms of Service Privacy Text is requested only from the video site, from the tab you have open. The text, the videos you watch and page content are never sent anywhere else, including our own servers. No analytics, ads or external scripts. Only panel settings (shown or hidden, language, format, collapsed) and usage counts (today and in total) are stored, in your browser only. For Pro users only, the Pro key alone is sent to our server about once a day to check that the plan is active. Made by AI Content Hub LLC (Japan). YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC. This extension is not affiliated with YouTube or Google LLC.