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Tamil YouTube Transcript

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

How to get a YouTube transcript in Tamil

  1. 1

    Copy the video link

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

  2. 2

    Paste it above

    If the video has Tamil captions you get them as they are. If not, the transcript is translated into Tamil 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 Tamil TXT or SRT file.

Tamil captions or a Tamil translation

Tamil videos often have auto-captions in Tamil script, and many film and music channels upload their own subtitles. When a video has no Tamil track, the tool machine-translates the transcript, which is accurate enough to follow along, study, or search. For publishing, have a Tamil speaker review it.

Learn Tamil with YouTube

Read a video's Tamil 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.

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Common questions

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

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

Can I translate an English video into Tamil?

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

Can I download Tamil subtitles?

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

Are Tamil auto-captions accurate?

Tamil videos often have auto-captions in Tamil script, and many film and music channels upload their own subtitles. 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.