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Practical Guide · Instant Audio Extraction
Convert Any Online Video to Clean Text Files (.txt & .md)
Paste any video link from YouTube, Vimeo, Coursera, or 1,000+ platforms. Extract clear spoken words in seconds, skip the filler, and download structured Markdown or plain text. Audio is never stored.
- ✓ 1,000+ Supported Sites
- ✓ Official Subtitles First ($0)
- ✓ Zero Audio Stored
Walkthrough
How to convert video to text in three steps
No video downloads, no heavy file uploads, and no complex command-line tools.
Paste into Side Panel
Open the extension side panel next to your active tab. Paste the link and press Transcribe. Watch live progress as audio chunks process in real time.
Download clean text
Download your finished transcript as structured Markdown (.md) or clean plain text (.txt). Each file includes clean paragraphs and metadata headers.
Output Format
Clean, structured files ready for notes & AI
Every transcript arrives neatly formatted with title, URL, duration, and clean prose.
# Stanford CS229: Machine Learning Lecture 1
Welcome to CS229. In today's introductory lecture, we're going to define supervised learning, unsupervised learning, and reinforcement learning.
Supervised learning is the machine learning task of learning a function that maps an input to an output based on example input-output pairs. It infers a function from labeled training data consisting of a set of training examples...
- Full spoken content normalized and stripped of timestamp artifacts and duplicate caption lines
- Document header with title, source link, transcription date, method, and duration
- Clean Markdown paragraphs with proper casing and punctuation, ready for Obsidian, Notion, or ChatGPT
- Automatic server deletion after 7 days, or instant manual deletion with one click
Fidelity & Quality
What guarantees high transcription accuracy
Our dual-engine pipeline delivers maximum speed and precision on every link.
Official Subtitles First
When the platform offers official or human-reviewed captions, our extractor pulls them directly in seconds with near-perfect fidelity for $0.
Neural Speech Recognition
For uncaptioned videos, our whisper-large-v3 turbo speech-to-text pipeline generates accurate text with true casing and punctuation.
Parallel Chunk Processing
Long videos are split into parallel blocks, ensuring transcription speed stays fast whether your video is 5 minutes or 2 hours long.
50+ Spoken Languages
Automatic language detection handles English, Spanish, German, French, Russian, Japanese, and dozens of other languages seamlessly.
Compatibility
Works across your entire learning stack
Any site supported by the yt-dlp extractor engine works out of the box.
YouTube
Vimeo
Coursera
Udemy
Twitter / X
Twitch
Kinescope
VK Video
TED Talks
Loom
1,000+ Others
Fail-Closed Guarantee: If a video source is DRM-protected, private, or rejected by the engine, the job fails safely and zero minutes are deducted from your account.
Pricing summary
Simple, credit-based transcription plans
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How do I convert a video to text?
Install the Video to Text Chrome extension, paste the video URL into the side panel, and click Transcribe. When processing finishes, download your clean .txt or .md file.
Is it really free to convert a video to text?
Your first transcript (up to 10 minutes of video) is 100% free with no account or credit card. After a free sign-up you receive 30 minutes every month; Pro is $9/month for 10 hours.
Which video sites are supported?
YouTube, Vimeo, Coursera, Udemy, Twitter/X, Twitch, Kinescope, VK, TED, Loom, and thousands of others: any site supported by the yt-dlp extractor engine.
How accurate are the generated transcripts?
If the source platform provides official captions or subtitles, they are extracted directly for near-perfect text. Otherwise, audio is transcribed using our neural speech-to-text pipeline with high accuracy for clear speech.
Do you store the video or audio files?
No. Video audio is processed in temporary storage and deleted immediately when the transcription job finishes. We never store audio files and never train AI models on your data.
Can I download subtitles with timestamps (SRT/VTT)?
The current release generates structured Markdown (.md) and clean plain text (.txt). Timestamped subtitle formats (SRT and VTT) are actively planned for an upcoming release.
Ready to convert your first video?
No card required, no account to register, and your first transcript (up to 10 minutes) is completely free.