How do I get the transcript of a YouTube video?

Copy the video's link, paste it here and press Get transcript. You get the whole video as paragraphs, with a summary above it.

Can I get a transcript of a YouTube video without captions?

Yes. A video's captions are used when it has them, and its audio is transcribed when it does not.

Is this YouTube transcript generator free?

Your first transcript each day is free for a video up to 10 minutes. A longer video costs by its length: at most 195 credits ($0.39) up to 30 minutes and 860 credits ($1.72) up to 3 hours.

How long can the video be?

Up to 3 hours. A longer one is turned away before anything is charged, and the price of yours is shown before you start.

Does it work on Shorts and live streams?

Yes. Paste a Shorts link, a normal video link, a youtu.be link, or a /live/ link once the stream has ended.

Why not use YouTube's own transcript?

YouTube's Show transcript panel is free and fine for a video with captions. This adds the videos without them, paragraphs in place of timed lines, a summary and a file to download.

Can I ask questions about a long video?

Yes. Paste the transcript into the assistant you use, or ask Scout in HivemindOS chat with the link.

Do I need a Google account?

No. Nothing asks you to sign in to YouTube or to sign up here.

YouTube transcript generatorTurn any YouTube video into text.

Paste a YouTube link and get a readable transcript in paragraphs, even for a video without captions, with one free transcript a day for links up to 10 minutes and from 75 credits ($0.15) after that.

Videos up to 3 hours
With or without captions
Turn it into a step-by-step guide

The price is shown before you start. Updated 16 October 2026

How it works

How to get a YouTube transcript

Step 1
Start with a link
On YouTube, tap Share under the video and choose Copy link, or copy the address from your browser. Shorts links work too.
Step 2
It is read and written out
Paste it here. The video's captions are used when it has them and its audio is transcribed when it doesn't, then the text is tidied and summarised.
Step 3
Use the text
Read it, copy it, download it as Markdown, turn a tutorial into a step-by-step guide, or save it to your brain.

YouTube · 18:40Example

Summary

A walkthrough of setting up a home network for a small office: where to put the router, when a second access point helps, and how to name the guest network.

Transcript

Before you buy anything, walk the office with your phone and write down where the signal drops.

One access point in the middle of the floor beats two at the edges almost every time.

Give guests their own network. It keeps the printers and the shared drive off their list.

What you get

An hour of video, in minutes of reading

Paragraphs instead of caption lines and timestamps
A short summary for a long video
An optional step-by-step guide with a checklist for tutorials, priced before it is made
A Markdown download, a link to the transcript and a save to your brain

Try it with your own link

What people use it for

What YouTube transcripts are for

Study a lecture or a talk
Read an hour-long lecture in minutes, search it, and keep the summary with your notes.
Quote an interview
Find the exact sentence without scrubbing back and forth through the video.
Turn a tutorial into steps
The optional guide rewrites a walkthrough as numbered steps with a checklist.
Give a video to your assistant
Paste the transcript into the assistant you use and ask it questions about a long video.

Before you paste

YouTube links it reads

VideosWorks
Tap Share under the video and choose Copy link (youtu.be/…), or copy youtube.com/watch?v=… from the browser. YouTube Music links to a video work too.
ShortsWorks
youtube.com/shorts/… links are read like any other video.
Past live streamsWorks
Paste a youtube.com/live/… link once the stream has ended.
Long lectures and podcastsWorks
Up to 3 hours. A longer video is turned away before anything is charged.
Playlists and channelsNot supported
Paste one video at a time; a playlist or a channel page has no single video to read.
Private, members-only and age-restricted videosNot supported
Videos YouTube only plays to signed-in viewers can't be read.

Limits and price

YouTube transcript: what is free and what it costs

Free: One transcript a day covers a video or Short up to 10 minutes, with no sign-up and no YouTube login. Free ones are counted per device, while the day's last.
Price: From 75 credits ($0.15). A YouTube video up to 30 minutes is at most 195 credits ($0.39); A YouTube video up to 3 hours is at most 860 credits ($1.72). Yours is shown before you start.
Longest: A YouTube video of up to 3 hours; a longer one is turned away before anything is charged.
Uploads: Never free. Instead of a YouTube link, upload an MP4, MOV or WebM file of up to 90 MB and 3 hours, priced by its length. The file is not kept.
Credits: 500 credits are $1, and one balance works in every HivemindOS Mini app.

Paste a link Upload a video file, up to 3 hours

Compared

YouTube transcript tools compared

	HivemindOS	YouTube's Show transcript	Tactiq's free YouTube tool
Sign-up	None	None	None, its page says
Videos without captions	The audio is transcribed	No transcript to show	Reads a video's captions, so none
What you read	Paragraphs with a summary on top	Caption lines with timestamps	Caption text
To keep	Copy, Markdown file or share link	Select and copy	Copy or a .txt download
Other sites	Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook and your own files	YouTube only	YouTube only

Checked in October 2026. Other products change, so check their own pages before relying on a detail.

About YouTube Transcript

YouTube transcript generator, with or without captions

Paste a YouTube link and get a clean transcript with a short summary, even when the video has no captions. Lectures, interviews, tutorials and Shorts up to three hours come back as paragraphs you can read, search and quote, instead of caption lines and timestamps.

Price From 75 credits. One credit balance works across every HivemindOS Mini app.

Questions

How do I get the transcript of a YouTube video?: Copy the video's link, paste it here and press Get transcript. You get the whole video as paragraphs, with a summary above it.
Can I get a transcript of a YouTube video without captions?: Yes. A video's captions are used when it has them, and its audio is transcribed when it does not.
Is this YouTube transcript generator free?: Your first transcript each day is free for a video up to 10 minutes. A longer video costs by its length: at most 195 credits ($0.39) up to 30 minutes and 860 credits ($1.72) up to 3 hours.
How long can the video be?: Up to 3 hours. A longer one is turned away before anything is charged, and the price of yours is shown before you start.
Does it work on Shorts and live streams?: Yes. Paste a Shorts link, a normal video link, a youtu.be link, or a /live/ link once the stream has ended.
Why not use YouTube's own transcript?: YouTube's Show transcript panel is free and fine for a video with captions. This adds the videos without them, paragraphs in place of timed lines, a summary and a file to download.
Can I ask questions about a long video?: Yes. Paste the transcript into the assistant you use, or ask Scout in HivemindOS chat with the link.
Do I need a Google account?: No. Nothing asks you to sign in to YouTube or to sign up here.