To get a YouTube transcript, paste the video link and click Get transcript. The tool reads the video's captions, auto-generated ones included, and returns the text with a timestamp on every segment. Copy it or download TXT or SRT. Shorts and multi-hour videos work too, and your first run is free, no sign-up.
Paste a YouTube link and you get what is said in the video as text, with a timestamp on every segment.
[ What you get ]
The full text of a YouTube video, with timestamps
A YouTube transcript is the speech of a video written out. It is not a summary and not a translation: you get the words as spoken, in the language of the captions.
What comes out:
- Text with timestamps. Each segment starts with the time it was spoken, so you can check a quote against the video.
- A TXT file. The same transcript as plain text, ready to paste into a document, a note or a prompt.
- An SRT subtitle file. The same segments and timings, ready for a video editor or for upload to YouTube.
Automatic captions are machine-made, so check names and brand terms before you quote them.
[ How to use it ]
YouTube transcript generator: three steps
Paste the link
Copy the video address from your browser or the Share button and paste it above. Watch, youtu.be and Shorts links all work.
Click Get transcript
If the video has captions in several languages, pick one first; the original language is selected for you.
Copy or download
The transcript appears on the same page, usually within half a minute. Copy it, or download TXT or SRT.
To transcribe a video that is not on YouTube, or one without captions, use Video to text converter below.
[ Limits ]
Free version limits
Your first run is free, no sign-up. Leave your email for one more, then create a free Spytrend account and pay only for what you use.
Long videos work too, from Shorts to multi-hour recordings.
A run is not used when the link cannot be read, the video is private or removed, or something fails on our side.
[ Why marketers use it ]
Read a competitor's video ad instead of watching it — hook, offer and CTA on one screen
YouTube transcription lets a marketer read a competitor's video ad instead of watching it. The transcript shows the hook in the first seconds, the offer, the objection the ad answers and the call to action, in a form you can search, compare and quote.
One video is quick. A competitor is not: dozens of video creatives across several countries, and the question is which message they keep and which they dropped. Pasting links one at a time does not get you there.
In Spytrend the ads are already collected, so there are no links to hunt for: open a brand and, on a paid plan, turn any of its video ads into text with one click.
[ Go further with Spytrend ]
Every Facebook and TikTok video ad a brand runs, one click from a transcript
Spytrend is an ad intelligence platform for Facebook and TikTok advertising: a full five-year archive of ads, AI-classified into 33 business categories, with every advertiser assembled into a single card — all ads, pages, domains and countries in one place. On paid plans, any video ad in Spytrend can be transcribed in one click.
Who uses it this way
A creative strategist planning next month’s shoot reads the longest-running ads in the niche and briefs the team on the angle that keeps working. A brand manager reads what a rival says in each country without watching hours of video.
What you see next to the transcript
- Run time and reuse. Launch date, days running and how many times the same creative was uploaded again as a new ad. An ad that runs for months is the one paying for itself.
- The whole advertiser. All ads, pages, domains and countries of one player in a single card, with an ad-spend estimate as a from–to range.
How it works step by step
- Search a brand or a domain. Type a competitor’s name or website to open all of its ads.
- Transcribe the longest-running. Sort by run time and turn the top video ads into text: the hook, the offer, the objection they answer.
- Compare across countries. The angle that runs in every market is the one to brief your team on.
How to start
A free Spytrend account opens the ad library; paid plans add fresh ads and every filter. Start with a brand you know.