YouTube™ Transcript & Subtitle Exporter – TXT, SRT, Markdown

Export YouTube transcripts & subtitles to TXT, SRT, VTT or Markdown (Obsidian), or copy to ChatGPT or NotebookLM. Free, no login.

Save the transcript of a YouTube video as TXT, SRT, VTT or Markdown, or copy it to your clipboard. Exporting a single video is free. There is no daily limit and no account. The text is fetched from the video page and turned into a file inside your browser. It is not sent to me or to any server. If you report a problem, only your message and a few technical details are sent, and only when you click Send. How it works 1. Open a video. A "Transcript" button shows up to the right of the Subscribe button. On Shorts it sits at the top of the buttons on the right. 2. Click it. The video's original language is already selected, and you see the first few lines and a word count. 3. Click TXT, SRT, VTT or Markdown to save a file, or "Copy text to clipboard". You can also open it from the extension icon in the toolbar. Don't want the button on the page? Click the small × on it (you can undo right after), or turn it off at the bottom of the popup. What you get • TXT: plain text, with or without timestamps. • SRT and VTT: subtitle files with the original timing. They open in video editors and media players. • Markdown: a note that starts with the title, channel, link, duration and export date, followed by the video description, chapter headings (if the video has chapters) and the text. With timestamps on, each one links to that second of the video. Works well in Obsidian and Notion. • Readable paragraphs: auto-generated captions arrive as short, broken lines. This option joins them into sentences and paragraphs. Turn it off to keep the original lines. • Remove [Music], [Applause]…: on by default. Takes sound tags such as [Music], [Applause] and ♪ out of TXT, Markdown and copied text, so they don't end up in your notes. SRT and VTT keep them. • Copy for ChatGPT / Copy for Claude: copies your prompt, the video title and link, and the text, then opens chatgpt.com or claude.ai. You paste with Ctrl+V. No API key. The prompt is editable. • Language: pick any caption track the video has, including auto-generated ones. On videos with AI dubbing it still picks the original language, not the dub. • Translation (optional): 16 target languages, using the translator built into Chrome. It runs on your computer. Needs Chrome 138 or later on desktop. • It remembers your settings: timestamps, paragraphs, translation language and prompt. Light and dark mode follow your system. When YouTube changes something Transcript extensions often break for a while when the site changes how captions load. They then report "no transcript" on videos that clearly have one. This extension has three ways to get the text. If the first one is refused or comes back empty, it moves to the second, then to the third, which reads the same data as the "Show transcript" panel under the video. You don't have to do anything. The popup shows a short note when a backup way was used. With the third way, the language is the one that panel shows, and timing is rounded to the second. If it still can't get the text, the popup says why: the video has no captions; it is private, removed, members-only or blocked in your region; it is age-restricted; or there have been too many requests and you should try again later. When something fails, the popup shows "Try again", or "Reload page" if the tab needs to be reloaded. What it doesn't do • It doesn't download videos or audio. Only the caption text. • It doesn't summarize or rewrite anything with AI. If you want a summary, "Copy for ChatGPT / Claude" hands the text to your own chat. • It doesn't upload your transcripts anywhere. No accounts, no ads, no analytics. • It can't make a transcript for a video that has no captions at all. There is no speech-to-text. FAQ How do I get the transcript of a YouTube video? Open the video and click "Transcript" next to the Subscribe button. Then click TXT to save it, or "Copy text to clipboard". Two clicks. How do I copy a transcript into ChatGPT or NotebookLM? For ChatGPT or Claude, click "Copy for ChatGPT" or "Copy for Claude". The site opens in a new tab. Press Ctrl+V (Cmd+V on a Mac) and send. For NotebookLM, click "Copy text to clipboard", then add a new source in NotebookLM and paste it as text. You can also save the TXT or Markdown file and upload that as a source. How do I download subtitles as an SRT file? Pick the language in the popup and click SRT. The file is named after the video and keeps the original timing. VTT works the same way. How do I get the text without timestamps? Uncheck "Include timestamps". This applies to TXT, Markdown and copied text. SRT and VTT always keep their timing. How do I remove [Music] and [Applause] from a transcript? It's on by default: the option "Remove [Music], [Applause]…" in the popup. It applies to TXT, Markdown and copied text. SRT and VTT keep the tags. Uncheck it if you want them back. Why does it say "This video has no transcript"? The video has no uploaded captions and no auto-generated ones. Not every video gets auto captions. If the player shows no CC button, there is nothing to export. Why does it ask me to reload the page? Tabs that were already open when you installed or updated the extension are now set up automatically, so this should be rare. If you do see it, click "Reload page" in the popup (or reload the tab yourself) and it works. Can I translate the transcript? Yes, if your Chrome has the built-in translator (Chrome 138 or later on desktop). Choose a language under "Translate to". The first time, Chrome downloads a language pack, which takes a few seconds. Translation happens on your computer. Something doesn't work. How do I tell you? Click "Report a problem" at the bottom of the popup, write what happened and click Send. With your message I get the extension version, your browser language and, if there was an error, what kind it was and which way the text was fetched. The video link is not included, so paste it into the message if you want me to look at that video. Your email is optional, only if you want a reply. Is it free? Yes. Exporting a single video is free and will stay free. Batch export, such as a whole playlist at once, is planned. Notes • Works only on videos that have captions (uploaded or auto-generated). • Age-restricted videos and videos that require sign-in are not supported. • Works on regular videos and Shorts. • Requires Chrome 127 or later. This extension is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube or Google LLC. YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC.