What is your refund policy?

We will refund your purchase, no questions asked.

What happens if I cancel mid-month?

You can cancel anytime. Your plan stays active until the end of the current billing period. You keep full access to paid features until then, and you won’t be charged again. Your transcripts and account remain accessible even after you downgrade.

How accurate are the transcripts?

We consistently achieve over 95% accuracy on most videos. Results may vary slightly based on audio quality, accents, and background noise — but we’re built for real-world use, not perfect studio conditions.

How do we ensure quality?

In comparison to similar tools, our transcriptions are accurate because we use the higher quality Scribe model by ElevenLabs. After trying several models, we found that ElevenLabs's model works best for Youtube transcripts. Scribe is also very good at speaker detection, which isn't supported by Whisper.

What if the speaker labels are wrong on my interview?

Speaker diarization is hard, especially with overlapping speech, similar voices, or poor mic setups. You can rename and reassign speakers directly in the transcript editor, so a one-time clean-up fixes the whole transcript. If the result still looks off, reach out and we’ll re-run it with adjusted settings.

What happens to my data?

We store your transcripts privately. You can share them via a secure url with friends, but they are not 'discoverable'. We do not store any user information, other than your email, ourselves. You can connect to our website via your Google or Apple account, and all your billing information is stored securely by Stripe, and not on our own servers. We also do not share or sell any data with third parties.

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Everything you need from a YouTube video, in minutes.

Paste any YouTube link. Get a 95%+ accurate transcript, subtitle file, or translation, in 90+ languages, in under 2 minutes.

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00:04

Speaker 1: So the first thing people get wrong about this is that they assume you need expensive gear to start.

00:11

Speaker 2: Right, and that's exactly the myth we want to break down today.

00:18

Speaker 1: Your phone is genuinely enough

Transcription

Every word. Every speaker. No rewatching.

Drop a YouTube link. Get a full transcript in under 2 minutes: speaker labels, timestamps, and your choice of verbatim or AI-cleaned output. Ready to search, quote, or repurpose.

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Raw or cleaned mode

Keep every filler word for the record, or let AI strip them for a cleaner read.

Speaker labels

Automatic multi-speaker detection. Rename speakers once, it updates everywhere.

AI summarization

The TL;DR without the DR. Key points, pull-quotes, and timestamps, done.

90+ languages

Get your text in Spanish, French, Japanese, Arabic, and 85+ more.

Subtitles

Subtitles that go wherever your video goes.

Export SRT or VTT for YouTube and Vimeo, or burn captions directly into the video for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. No editor required.

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SRT & WebVTT export

Industry-standard formats. Upload to YouTube Studio, Vimeo, or any player.

Burn-in + video download

Captions rendered into the file. Download and post anywhere, no editor needed.

Vertical or horizontal

Subtitles sized for the format: vertical for Shorts and Reels, 16:9 for long-form.

Use cases

What will you do with it?

Five ways people are using it right now.

Students
Study smarter, not longer
Paste a lecture, get searchable notes. Find that one thing your professor said without scrubbing through an hour of video.
LecturesTED talksLanguage learningExam prep
Content Repurposers
One video. Ten pieces of content.
Paste a podcast or interview. Walk away with a blog post, social quotes, a newsletter draft, and a speaker-labeled transcript, all in one run.
PodcastsInterviewsLong-formNewsletters
International Users
Borders stop people. Not videos.
YouTube auto-captions failing you in your language? We recognize 90+ languages, and translate into them too.
ItalianSpanishFrenchArabicKorean+85 more
Creators
Subtitles that work as hard as your content does
Upload SRT to YouTube Studio or burn captions straight into the file. The algorithm reads them. Your viewers appreciate them. Your reach grows.
YouTube SEOSubtitlesShow notesAccessibility
Researchers
The unedited, unfiltered version
Verbatim mode keeps every “uhm”, every false start, every speaker, exactly as said. Citable, archivable, court-of-record ready.
InterviewsArchivesAcademicNews
You
Your move.
10 free minutes. No credit card. Paste a link, see what comes out, then decide if it's worth paying for.
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Used it on French and Spanish videos, shockingly accurate. Total game changer for localization.

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Love the built-in timestamps. Makes repurposing clips for social so much faster.

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Quality of the transcript is high, great for what I need.

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I use this to create material for my classes. The transcriptions are surprisingly good. Great time saver.

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Teacher

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Transcribed a 4 hour medical conference meeting that I missed. Did the job well.

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Feature	Free	Credits	SubscriberMost popular
High-accuracy transcription	Included	Included	Included
Multi-speaker identification (speaker labels)	Included	Included	Included
AI cleanup (filler words)	Included	Included	Included
AI summarization	Included	Included	Included
Export (SRT, WebVTT)	Included	Included	Included
Rename speakers	Not included	Included	Included
Web-hosted share link	Not included	Included	Included
Process long videos (up to 6 hours)	Not included	Included	Included
MCP access	Not included	Included	Included
API access	Not included	Included	Included
Priority support	Not included	Not included	Included

Free

High-accuracy transcription
Included
Multi-speaker identification (speaker labels)
Included
AI cleanup (filler words)
Included
AI summarization
Included
Export (SRT, WebVTT)
Included
Rename speakers
Not included
Web-hosted share link
Not included
Process long videos (up to 6 hours)
Not included
MCP access
Not included
API access
Not included
Priority support
Not included

Credits

High-accuracy transcription
Included
Multi-speaker identification (speaker labels)
Included
AI cleanup (filler words)
Included
AI summarization
Included
Export (SRT, WebVTT)
Included
Rename speakers
Included
Web-hosted share link
Included
Process long videos (up to 6 hours)
Included
MCP access
Included
API access
Included
Priority support
Not included

SubscriberMost popular

High-accuracy transcription
Included
Multi-speaker identification (speaker labels)
Included
AI cleanup (filler words)
Included
AI summarization
Included
Export (SRT, WebVTT)
Included
Rename speakers
Included
Web-hosted share link
Included
Process long videos (up to 6 hours)
Included
MCP access
Included
API access
Included
Priority support
Included

FAQ

Questions.
Answered.

Can't find what you're looking for?
Email us. We reply within 24 hours.

How fast will I get my transcript?

Most transcripts are ready in under 2 minutes. Even longer videos (1+ hour) are processed in a few minutes — no waiting around.

Why this over YouTube’s free auto-captions?

YouTube’s auto-captions are unpunctuated, have no speaker labels, and aren’t available on every video. Our transcripts come fully punctuated, with speaker detection, timestamps, summaries, and clean exports (TXT, SRT, VTT), ready to drop into your workflow.

Can I use this for non-English videos?

Yes! We support 90+ languages, including Spanish, Hindi, French, Japanese, and more — with excellent accuracy across the board.

What’s included in the free plan?

Free users get access to core features like accurate transcripts, speaker labels, TXT/SRT/VTT exports, and summaries. Upgrade for more hours of transcription and advanced features like speaker renaming, shareable links, longer videos, and API/MCP access.

What kind of Youtube videos work best?

Any public or unlisted video with clear audio. We’re optimized for everything including tutorials, seminars, podcasts and interviews.

Is there a maximum video length?

Yes, but we can process videos of up to 4 hours. Long lectures, full conference talks, and multi-hour podcasts are all handled in a single transcript, no chunking or stitching required.

Why this over running Whisper myself?

Running Whisper yourself means setting up GPUs, downloading audio, chunking long files, and stitching results together. Whisper still doesn’t do speaker diarization (labels) out of the box. We use ElevenLabs Scribe model (which we found beats Whisper on accuracy and speaker detection), wrapped in a pipeline that just works from a YouTube link.

What do I do if something goes wrong or the transcript is wrong?

If you experience errors, we offer support via info@youtubetotext.ai and we’ll review transcript issues manually. We also encourage users to report problematic videos so we can improve our models.

Can I use this for video's I don't own?

As long as the Youtube video's are public, we can create the transcript.

Everything you need from a YouTube video, in minutes.