saved to Memories, to the camera roll or to both, the way you set it
Snapchat Spotlight
Transcribe a Snapchat Spotlight clip to text
Snapchat Spotlight to text: the voice of a clip as text with the start and end time of every line, exported as TXT, SRT, VTT or CSV. Up to 30 minutes a file on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short
A clip of Spotlight is a short video with a voice in it, and a transcript holds that voice. Put the file on the widget above and the speech comes back as text, one line per segment, with the time of every line. One file holds 30 minutes.
How to transcribe a Snapchat clip
- 1
Save your own clip
Press and hold the clip while you are looking at it and choose «Save in Chat». What happens next is set in the app: Memories, the camera roll or both of them.
- 2
Take the file of the clip
A snap saved in the chat is kept on the servers of Snapchat, and from there it is exported to the camera roll of the phone. The file of the clip is what goes on the widget.
- 3
Know what is not there
Snapchat has no button for saving the clip of another author, and only a public post can be read. A screenshot of a private snap is reported to the sender.
- 4
Upload and export
Put the clip on the widget above and leave the language on automatic detection. A clip of a minute is a small file. The export shows the second of every line: TXT for the words, SRT for the video.
What you get
- TXT
Plain text for an email, a note or a chat
- SRT
Subtitles for video editors and platforms
- VTT
Subtitles for a browser and a website
- CSV
A table: time, speaker, text
- DOCX
A Word document with speakers and times
- Markdown
Text with headings for notes
What the transcript of a clip holds
there is no save button for it; only a public post can be read
up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro
99+ languages; the language is detected on its own
The case
Why a clip needs a text
A clip of Spotlight is short and the words in it are quick: the sense of a sentence often sits in the last three seconds, and the text drawn on the screen is not spoken at all. A transcript keeps the voice and leaves the picture out.
Tips
Check in the settings where your snaps are saved.
A transcript of the voice, not of the text on the screen.
Name the file with the name of the author.
Export SRT to put the words under the video of the author.
Questions this page answers
Can I save a clip of somebody else?
Snapchat gives no button for that. The share arrow gives a link to the public post, and the file has to be taken from the app or from a recording of the screen.
What about the text written on the clip?
A transcript holds the speech only. The words drawn on the video are a picture and they stay in the frame; a subtitle file that repeats them is written by hand.
Does Snapchat know that I saved the clip?
Snapchat reports a screenshot or a recording of the screen of a private snap and of a message in a chat. For a public post the sender is not told.
How long may one file be?
up to 30 minutes, on every plan. A clip is far below that, and a recording of the screen of a long stream is cut into parts.
Sources
- HSnapchat: how to save a Snap to Memories and Camera Rollhelp.snapchat.com · checked 24 October 2026
- HSnapchat: where a saved Snap is storedhelp.snapchat.com · checked 24 October 2026
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Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps