YouTube transcript generator
Paste a YouTube link and get the video’s transcript as text, with timestamps. Free, with no sign-up.
5 free transcripts a day. Works with TikTok videos, Instagram Reels and YouTube videos.
How it works
How to get a YouTube transcript
- Step 1
Copy the link
Copy the address of the video, or tap Share and Copy link. Watch links, Shorts links and youtu.be links all work.
- Step 2
Paste it here
The text comes from the video’s captions, the ones the creator added or the ones YouTube makes automatically. It takes a few seconds.
- Step 3
Copy or download
Take the plain text, or switch on timestamps to see when each line is said.
What it is for
What people do with a YouTube transcript
- Skim a long video
- Read an hour-long video in minutes, and use the timestamps to jump to the part you need.
- Repurpose a video
- Turn what you said on camera into a caption, a newsletter section or a blog post without typing it out again.
- Quote a creator exactly
- Pull the exact words for a brief, a report or a pitch, with the timestamp to find the moment.
- Summarize or translate
- Paste the text into any AI assistant to get a summary, key points or a translation.
One transcript is a quote. Glystn compares whole videos.
Paste YouTube links into Glystn’s chat and it compares the videos: what each one says, its numbers and how viewers react. Glystn’s AI analyzes millions of creator videos on TikTok and Instagram too, so you can ask what people are saying about any topic and get counts, trends and the exact quotes.
Questions
YouTube transcript FAQ
- Is it really free?
- Yes. You get 5 transcripts a day with no account. A free Glystn account comes with 100 credits to search across millions of videos, not one link at a time.
- Which YouTube links work?
- Public videos and Shorts: youtube.com/watch?v=…, youtube.com/shorts/… and youtu.be/… links. Private and age-restricted videos cannot be read.
- Does it work on any video?
- It works on videos that have captions, which is most of them, because YouTube captions videos automatically. A video with captions turned off, or one with no speech, has no transcript to return.
- How accurate is the transcript?
- It is as accurate as the video’s captions. Captions the creator uploaded are usually exact. YouTube’s automatic captions are close but slip on names, slang and words under music, so check a quote against the video before you publish it.
- Does it download the video?
- No. It returns the spoken words as text. You can copy the text or save it as a .txt file, with timestamps when they are available.
- Do you keep the links I paste?
- No. Glystn does not save the links you paste here. It keeps only a daily count per visitor, to apply the free limit.
- Can Glystn compare several YouTube videos?
- Yes, with an account. Paste the links into Glystn’s chat and it compares what the videos say, which brands they name and how viewers react in the comments.
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