Turn YouTube videos into text.
Extract captions in Bangla, English, and any spoken language. Organize into readable paragraphs or translate to your target language.
How to Get a YouTube Transcript in 3 Steps
No browser extensions, no command-line tools, and no account required for instant extraction.
Paste Any YouTube Link
Provide any public video link: standard watch URLs, shortened youtu.be links, YouTube Shorts, or embed links.
Clean Paragraph Assembly
Transcriptly parses the caption stream and uses speaker pauses to eliminate choppy breaks, assembling coherent sentences.
Read, Save & Export
Copy to clipboard with one click, download SRT/TXT/JSON files directly, or save to your personal library to read distraction-free and export formatted PDFs.
Engineered for Real Reading & Research
Designed to help students, researchers, journalists, and language learners digest video information quickly.
Readable Paragraphs
Raw subtitle tracks display 2–4 words per line. We assemble them into natural paragraphs suitable for reading and article drafting.
Native Unicode & Bangla
Complete font and encoding integrity for Bangla (বাংলা), Hindi, Arabic, and other non-Latin scripts without unwanted machine rewriting.
Side-by-Side Translation
Translate video transcripts while maintaining aligned original and translated paragraphs side-by-side for language study.
Digital Book Reader
Save long transcripts as permanent digital books. Read page-by-page with Light, Sepia, and Dark themes and progress memory.
Timestamped SRT Subtitles
Switch to the timestamped tab to cross-reference video moments, or export standard SubRip (.srt) files for video editors.
Privacy & Ephemeral Utility
Guest transcripts are never stored in our database, only briefly cached in server memory. Saved books in member accounts are private to you.
Caption Availability & Transparency
Transcriptly extracts publicly available creator-uploaded subtitle tracks and YouTube auto-generated captions. If an uploader disables subtitles or the video is restricted, Transcriptly will inform you clearly. For videos without captions, you can try the optional speech-to-text fallback, which transcribes the audio on our server (shorter videos only), or import captions with the Chrome extension if YouTube blocks the request.
Learn more from the videos you already watch
Video is a great way to be taught and a slow way to revise, search or quote. Transcriptly turns a YouTube link into text you can read, keep and work with. Here is how people use it.
Students revising recorded lectures
Preview a lecture in two minutes, review it in text instead of rewatching, and turn it into notes and self-test questions with timestamps that lead back to the explanation.
Turn lectures into study notesLanguage learners using real video
Read what you just heard, check difficult passages in a side-by-side translation, and save English words with Bangla meanings to a personal word list you review as flashcards.
Learn English with transcriptsResearchers and writers quoting video
Screen many talks by searching their text, capture quotes with timestamps, and export JSON that records the language and whether captions were auto-generated.
Research with video transcriptsReaders who prefer text to video
Save long talks as books you can read on your phone in light, sepia or dark mode, pick up where you left off, and export a PDF that renders Bangla correctly.
Build a personal libraryExplore the Transcriptly knowledge base
26 practical guides on transcripts, study workflows, language learning and how captions and speech recognition work.
Getting transcripts out of YouTube, choosing export formats, and keeping a tidy personal library.
Turning lectures and tutorials into notes, exam material and readable study texts.
Using real video transcripts to build vocabulary, listening skills and reading fluency.
How captions and speech recognition work, why they fail, and what you can do about it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to common questions about using Transcriptly.
How do I extract a transcript from a YouTube video?
Copy the link of any public YouTube video, paste it into the URL box at the top of the page, and click “Get Transcript”. Transcriptly fetches available caption tracks and assembles them into clean reading paragraphs within seconds.
Why are YouTube captions normally so hard to read?
YouTube subtitle files are split into tiny chunks synchronized to video timing (typically 2 to 4 words per segment) without proper punctuation. Transcriptly uses speaker pause analysis to reconstruct natural sentence boundaries, creating fluent paragraphs.
Does Transcriptly support non-English languages like Bangla?
Yes! We support native Unicode scripts for languages such as Bangla (বাংলা), Hindi, Arabic, Spanish, French, and more. Complex conjunct characters and original punctuation are preserved verbatim.
Can I save transcripts and read them as digital books?
Yes. Log in or create a free account to save transcripts directly into your private library. Our digital book reader includes page-by-page reading, Sepia/Dark modes, progress tracking, and formatted PDF book downloads.
Is Transcriptly free to use?
Yes. Transcriptly is completely free to use. We do not require paid subscriptions or credit card information. For more answers, check our complete FAQ Page.