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Best YouTube transcript generator

Best YouTube transcript generator: what to compare before you pick a service, what the file gives and what the engine adds to it. Free $0, 3 files a day.

3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short

Nothing from YouTube is needed after the download, because the file is the input. The text of the video from YouTube can be searched, quoted and handed over as it is. The free plan is $0, and the paid plan is $10 a month when you pay yearly.

How it works

Best YouTube transcript generator: what to compare

  1. 1

    Press Download

    The Download button under the video offers the file as an MP4 in 720p or in 360p.

  2. 2

    Send the file to the engine

    Drop the file of the video from YouTube on the widget above, set the language and switch the speaker split on when more than one person talks.

  3. 3

    Read the text, fix a name

    The text comes back one segment per line, with the start and the end time of every piece. A wrong name is fixed in the editor.

  4. 4

    Export and send it on

    Take TXT for a plain text, SRT or VTT when the video from YouTube has to become a subtitled video, and DOCX for a review on Pro.

The result

What comes back from the engine

  • TXT

    One segment per line, the way a person wrote it down. It is the format to paste into a ticket, a chat or a document.

  • TXT, CSV

    The start and the end time of every segment, and the speakers named separately when you ask for it.

  • SRT, VTT

    SRT and VTT with the time of every line, so the recording can carry its own subtitles.

  • Markdown, DOCX

    The transcript is edited through the API and exported as Markdown for a wiki, or as DOCX for a review.

The facts

What YouTube says about the file, and where the plans differ

What YouTube says about the file, and what the plans give
WhatWhat the platform says
Free plan$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card
Pro plan$10 a month when you pay yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month
The case

What the recording does not give you

YouTube keeps the file, and keeping the file is not the same as keeping the text. The minutes are written twice: once while people talk, and once a week later from a recording nobody wants to sit through. The engine takes the video from YouTube and gives back a text, and the text keeps the time of every part of it.

Tips

  • Do not guess the language of the video from YouTube: a wrong setting shows up in the names.

  • A YouTube file that is very small is normal: a voice message is short.

  • If the download of YouTube gives two files, take the one with the audio of it.

  • The text of the video from YouTube is a document, so a word in it can be found again.

  • The name of a speaker is written once in the editor and kept for the next file.

FAQ

Questions about the best YouTube transcript generator

Is the best YouTube transcript generator worth the money?

A file of the video from YouTube over the limit is cut into parts, and every part is sent on its own.

What matters most in the best YouTube transcript generator?

The text of the video from YouTube comes back as a document, so a word in it can be found again.

What should I ask about the price of the best YouTube transcript generator?

Bring the video from YouTube to your own disk first: the engine takes a file and not the address of a page.

Can I try the best YouTube transcript generator before I pay?

The work ends with a document, and the minutes of the meeting are written from it.

What should I compare in the best YouTube transcript generator?

The account of YouTube is not needed here, and neither is its app: the file of the video from YouTube goes into the widget, and the text comes back from it.

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Drop a recording — the text arrives in a minute

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