Turn YouTube Video to Text

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Convert audio or video into text transcriptions - a free online service for speech recognition

Key Advantages

Accuracy
Accuracy

Turn any audio into accurate text, no matter the sound quality (example) and (example)

Speaker Diarization
Speaker Diarization

Get a transcription with speakers identified — you can rename them (example)

Lightning Fast
Lightning Fast

Transcribe one hour of audio or video in just 10 minutes!

Many languages
Many languages

Transcribe audio and video in 90+ languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, etc.

Security & Privacy
Security & Privacy

Your privacy is our top priority. We do not store your files or transcriptions after you delete them. All data is encrypted during uploading to ensure your information remains secure.

Subtitles Ready
Subtitles Ready

Download transcript as subtitles and use them with your video.

Turn YouTube video to text with Speech2Text. It’s an online tool that can quickly convert any clip — interviews, lectures, podcasts, tutorials, reviews — into a readable transcript. The service handles recognition for you so you can focus on using the content, not typing it out.

6 reasons to turn a YouTube video into text with Speech2Text

— Works with popular video formats and streaming platforms, including links from YouTube.

— Supports 90+ languages and accents, so you can process international channels and speakers.

— Delivers high recognition accuracy, even with moderate background noise or fast speech.

— Can separate different speakers in the recording, which is especially useful for interviews and panel discussions.

— Adds timestamps so you can jump from the transcript back to exact moments in the video.

— Processes long videos quickly, turning hours of material into text in just a fraction of real time.

How to turn YouTube video into text online

  1. Upload a video file from your device or paste the YouTube link you want to convert.

  2. Choose the language and, if needed, enable speaker separation and timestamps.

  3. Start recognition and wait while the service turns the YouTube video into transcript form.

  4. Review the text, make quick edits, and download it as a document or subtitle file.

Turn YouTube video into transcript… why?

  • Use the transcript to write blog posts, newsletters, landing pages, or video descriptions without rewatching the whole clip.

  • Do research and analysis by reviewing the text version of interviews, focus groups, talks, and expert panels.

  • Create captions and multilingual subtitles to make your YouTube content accessible and easier to watch on mute.

  • Share key fragments with teammates, clients, or students without sending the entire video.

Turn YouTube video to text online for free

Stop pausing and retyping every sentence. Use Speech2Text to turn a YouTube video into text in a few clicks, then keep editing and formatting directly in the YouTube to Text workspace.

FAQs

Upload the file or paste the YouTube link into Speech2Text, select the language and options, start recognition, and then download the finished transcript as a document or subtitle file.

Yes. You can start turning YouTube video to text on a free tier, which is ideal for testing accuracy and processing a limited number of clips before upgrading.

Not necessarily. In most cases you can paste the video URL, and the service will pull the audio track directly from YouTube and convert it to text.

Yes. When you turn YouTube video into text with Speech2Text, the system restores punctuation, casing, and paragraph breaks so the result reads like a normal document.

Yes. The tool is designed to handle long-form content. Timestamps make it easier to navigate the transcript and jump back to key parts of the original video.

You can enable speaker separation so that when you turn a YouTube video to text, the transcript shows who is talking in interviews, podcasts, or roundtable discussions.

Speech2Text supports more than 90 languages and accents, allowing you to turn YouTube video into text for global channels and multilingual audiences.

You can turn it into articles, summaries, scripts, social content, study notes, internal documentation, or use it as a basis for captions and localized subtitles.