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English YouTube Transcript

Paste a YouTube link to get its transcript in English (English). Videos with English captions show them directly; any other video is translated into English, with the original above each line. Free, no sign-up.

How to get a YouTube transcript in English

  1. 1

    Copy the video link

    Any YouTube video, Short, or finished livestream, in English or any other language.

  2. 2

    Paste it above

    If the video has English captions you get them as they are. If not, the transcript is translated into English automatically.

  3. 3

    Copy, compare, or download

    Turn on Show original to see each line next to its source, then copy the text or download a English TXT or SRT file.

English captions or a English translation

Most English videos on YouTube have auto-captions, and many channels upload their own, so English transcripts are usually the most accurate. When a video has no English track, the tool machine-translates the transcript, which is accurate enough to follow along, study, or search. For publishing, have a English speaker review it.

Learn English with YouTube

Read a video's English captions with your own language underneath, click any line to replay it, and download the bilingual transcript to study offline. Pick videos with creator-uploaded captions for the most accurate text.

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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" \
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Common questions

How do I get a English transcript of a YouTube video?

Paste the link above. The tool uses the video's English captions when it has them and translates the transcript into English when it doesn't.

Can I translate an English video into English?

Yes. Any video's transcript can be translated into English. Turn on Show original to read both languages line by line, and download them together as a bilingual SRT or TXT.

Can I download English subtitles?

Yes. After the transcript loads, click SRT or VTT for a English subtitle file with the original timings.

Are English auto-captions accurate?

Most English videos on YouTube have auto-captions, and many channels upload their own, so English transcripts are usually the most accurate. Clear speech with little background noise gives the best results.

Is it free?

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