Convert any YouTube video into text instantly. Paste a link and get the full transcript in seconds. Copy, download, or export as TXT. No signup, no limits, completely free. Perfect for saving time, taking notes, creating content, or quickly understanding long videos without watching everything. Fast, simple, and built for everyday use.
Hey everyone 👋,
I built getyoutubetext.com because I kept needing transcripts from YouTube videos, and most tools were either slow, cluttered, or behind a paywall.
This is a simple tool where you paste a YouTube link and instantly get the full transcript. You can copy it, download it, or quickly scan it instead of watching the entire video.
It’s completely free and doesn’t require signup.
I’m planning to add more features like better summaries and search inside transcripts.
Would really appreciate your feedback on what to improve or add next.
Honestly the no-signup thing sold me immediately. Every tool like this I've come across either hits you with a paywall after video #3 or makes you create an account just to see if it even works. This one just... works. Paste the link, get the transcript, done.
Only tried it once but it did exactly what it said it would. No complaints there.
One thing I kept wanting while using it, autoscroll synced to the video. So as the video plays, the transcript follows along automatically. Would make it way more useful for following along in real time rather than just grabbing the text and leaving. A "click a line, jump to that timestamp" feature would be a nice bonus too.
Good stuff, keep building.
Cool tool. I use CLI to download my videos to transcript for my RAG. One feature you could add is to collate the text every 30 seconds for RAG - this is my chat https://dosa.dev
Would be interesting to know if you're planning to add search inside transcripts or highlights.
Yeah! I was looking for this tool. I needed to create content based on videos and it simplyfies x100 that process. Happy to see you helping on this!!! All the best here
Transcripts are so underused For research and repurposing. does it handle non-English videos as well? 
Free instant transcripts without a paywall or queue is the right starting point. Most tools cap you at a few videos then push a subscription. The real test is whether this handles videos without built-in captions, since that's where most free options fall apart.
