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YouTube Transcript to PDF

Paste a YouTube link to save the video's full transcript as a clean, printable PDF, with or without timestamps, in any language.

How to download a YouTube transcript as PDF

  1. 1

    Paste the YouTube link

    Any video or Short with captions, manual or auto-generated.

  2. 2

    Choose the format

    Keep timestamps or turn them off for plain text. Pick another caption track or translate into 150+ languages.

  3. 3

    Click PDF

    Your browser's print window opens with the transcript laid out on clean pages. Choose Save as PDF.

Save any YouTube transcript as a PDF

A PDF is the easiest way to read, print, annotate, or share what was said in a video. This free tool pulls the captions YouTube already has and lays them out on clean pages, with the title, channel, and video link at the top.

Translate before you save

Pick any of 150+ languages and the transcript is translated before you save it, so you can read or print a lecture or interview in your own language. Show original puts both languages side by side.

Transcripts for study, research, and records

Students print lecture transcripts to annotate, researchers keep interviews on file, and teams share talks with people who won't watch the video.

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Need transcripts at scale? Use the API

The same transcripts are available through the YouTube Transcript API: timestamped JSON, text, SRT, VTT, CSV, or Markdown, 150+ languages, and AI transcription for videos without captions. Or connect the YouTube MCP server to Claude, Cursor, or Codex and just paste links in chat.

curl "https://transcript-yt.com/v1/transcript?url=5f3Pn-N6yLc&format=text" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ts_live_..."
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Common questions

Is it free to convert a YouTube transcript to PDF?

Yes. A few videos a day are free with no account, and signing in with Google raises the limit.

Can I remove the timestamps?

Yes. Untick Timestamps before clicking PDF to get plain paragraphs of text.

Does it work for non-English videos?

Yes. The PDF keeps every script, including Hindi, Arabic, Chinese, and Japanese, because your browser renders it with its own fonts.

Can I save the summary or notes as PDF?

Yes. Switch to the Summary or Notes tab, then click PDF to save that instead of the full transcript.

Which other formats can I download?

TXT, SRT, VTT, JSON, CSV, and Markdown, all from the same page.

Can I convert many videos at once?

Yes, with the TranscriptYT API: fetch a playlist's or channel's transcripts in one call as text, then make PDFs in your own pipeline.