YouTube Transcript AI – Generate & Translate Any Video for Free

Extract the full text of any YouTube video in seconds — then translate to Chinese or any language. Free YouTube Transcript AI tool, no sign-up required.

Try an example:
Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator
How Great Leaders Inspire Action
What is Imposter Syndrome?

How to Use the YouTube Transcript Generator

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Paste a YouTube link — any URL format works, or just the video ID. Click Get Transcript.
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Read the transcript — the full text loads instantly, clean and easy to read.
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Copy & paste into AI — drop the transcript into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. Ask it to summarize, translate, extract key points, generate notes, or answer your questions about the video.

Use it inside Claude, ChatGPT and Muse

Connect our MCP server and your AI assistant can read the transcript of any YouTube video on its own. Paste a link and ask.

https://youtube-transcript.ai/mcp

Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Meta Muse, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and other MCP clients. In Muse, paste the address above into a chat. You'll need a free API key.

Setup guide Get a free API key

What People Use YouTube Transcripts For

Note Taking

Stop pausing and rewinding. Get the full transcript and paste it into your note app or ask an AI to make structured notes for you.

Translation

Learning from a video in another language? Copy the transcript and ask ChatGPT or Claude to translate it into your native language.

Quick Summary

No time to watch the full video? Paste the transcript into an AI and get a concise summary in seconds.

Content Creation

Repurpose YouTube video content into blog posts, social media threads, newsletters, or show notes — with AI doing the heavy lifting.

Research

Extract quotes, find specific information, or ask an AI to pull out every fact mentioned in a long lecture or interview.

Study & Learning

Turn any educational video into a study guide. Ask AI to generate flashcards, quizzes, or an exam-ready summary from the YouTube transcript.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is YouTube Transcript AI free to use?

Yes, YouTube Transcript AI is completely free. No sign-up, no account, no limits.

Which YouTube videos are supported?

Any YouTube video that has subtitles — either manually added by the creator or auto-generated by YouTube. Most videos in English have auto-generated captions.

How do I use the YouTube transcript with ChatGPT or Claude?

Click the copy button, then paste the transcript into any AI chat. You can ask the AI to summarize it, translate it, extract key points, answer questions, or turn it into a blog post.

How long does it take to get a YouTube transcript?

Transcripts load in a few seconds regardless of video length.

Can I translate a YouTube transcript to Chinese?

Yes. Copy the transcript, paste it into ChatGPT or Claude, and ask it to translate to Chinese (or any other language). This YouTube transcript translator workflow works for any language pair in seconds.

Can I get YouTube transcripts in other languages?

Yes — if the video has subtitles in multiple languages, all tracks will be available. You can also use the transcript as input for an AI translator to convert it into any language.

Can I download the YouTube transcript as a text file?

Yes, copy the full transcript text and paste it into any text editor to save it. The tool extracts closed captions from YouTube and displays them as clean, readable text — also known as a youtube video to text conversion.

How is this related to SubKun?

Same team. If you want real-time bilingual subtitles or AI summaries while watching, give SubKun a try.

Let our AI do the heavy lifting

Submit a YouTube link, then add your email. Our AI cleans up the captions, writes a summary, and translates them — and a few minutes later emails you a ready-to-read docs page. No copy-pasting into ChatGPT.

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    Submit a YouTube URL at the top of the page
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    Enter your email and submit — AI gets to work
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    Check your inbox in a few minutes — your docs link is ready

Get clean subtitles + summary + translation in your inbox.

User Reviews

4.7 Based on 1967 reviews
Alex

Honestly didn't expect a free tool to be this clean. Pasted a 40-min video link, got the full transcript with timestamps in seconds, copied it straight into ChatGPT for a summary. No signup, no paywall popup, no garbage ads. This is what the web used to feel like.

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Anonymous

Used to get content for Instagram. Directly uploaded the transcription to AI tools and got the carousel copy. Which with the video would never have been possible.

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VenkatesanP

I have used many transcription books on Google, all of them are websites that take money from us and provide data, but this site seems to be a convenient way to copy the original transcript in a second after pasting our URL. This is very helpful for studying and increasing our knowledge. Congratulations for providing such a service. Heartfelt thanks.

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Xama

Thank you so much. What i am gonna do is my mom doesn't know English but i found so good video where every supplements are explained so i gonna translate it into russian and send her

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Tony C

This is one of the best tools I found online super helpful and I also may extract the text and read the videos instead of having to watch the whole thing I love it.

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Ron

Simple, easy to use, extremely accurate, highly recommended. Great product.

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