Get YouTube Text
Add to ChromeFreeTranscribe without leaving YouTubeGet the Japanese (日本語) transcript of any YouTube video. Paste a link to read, copy, or download the Japanese subtitles — no sign up.
This page defaults to Japanese captions, so when a video has a Japanese transcript you get it straight away — ready to read, search, copy, or download. If a video doesn't have Japanese captions, it shows whatever transcript is available and tells you, so you're never stuck.
Works with regular videos and Shorts. Export in TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV, JSON, or Markdown, send the text to ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, and jump to any moment with the synced player.
Grab the YouTube URL from the address bar or the Share button.
The tool pulls the Japanese captions when they exist, or the best available transcript otherwise.
Read along with the synced player, copy the Japanese text, or download it in your preferred format.
Paste the video link above and click Get Japanese Transcript. If the video has Japanese captions, you'll get them; otherwise you'll see the available transcript with a short note.
The page shows whatever transcript is available and displays a short notice that no Japanese transcript was found for that video.
Yes — download it as TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV, JSON, or Markdown, with or without timestamps.
Yes, completely free with no sign up and nothing to install.