How do I get a YouTube transcript?

Paste any YouTube video URL into GetYouTubeText and click Transcribe. The full transcript will appear in seconds — no sign up required.

Can I convert YouTube videos to text for free?

Yes. GetYouTubeText is completely free. You can convert any YouTube video to text, copy it, download it as a .txt file, and send it to any AI tool — all at no cost.

Do I need to sign up to use the YouTube transcript tool?

No. There is no account required, no paywall, and no ads. Just paste a YouTube link and get your transcript instantly.

Can I download the YouTube transcript?

Yes. After the transcript loads, click the Download button to save it as a .txt file to your device.

Can I use this to feed a YouTube transcript into ChatGPT or Claude?

Yes. GetYouTubeText has a built-in AI Summary feature. Click the AI Summary button, choose ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, and you will be redirected with the transcript ready to paste.

Does this tool work for all YouTube videos?

It works for any YouTube video that has captions or auto-generated subtitles enabled. If a video has no captions at all, a transcript cannot be extracted.

Can I get YouTube subtitles or captions as text?

Yes. GetYouTubeText extracts the full captions and subtitles from any YouTube video and converts them into clean, readable text you can copy or download.

YouTube to Markdown — Convert a YouTube Transcript to MD Free

YouTube to Markdown

Paste a YouTube link and get a clean Markdown (.md) transcript. A title heading and readable text, perfect for Obsidian, Notion, docs, or AI tools.

WHY THIS EXISTS

Transcripts that drop straight into your notes

Markdown is the plain-text format behind Obsidian, Notion, GitHub, and most note apps. This YouTube to Markdown tool fetches a transcript and formats it as clean Markdown, with a title heading up top and readable body text, so it pastes neatly into your knowledge base or a prompt for ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.

Keep timestamps for reference, or turn them off for flowing paragraphs that read like an article.

TIMESTAMPS OR PROSE

Format it the way your notes need

Turn timestamps on and each line is tagged with its time in bold, which is ideal for study notes where you want to jump back to a moment in the video. Turn them off and you get clean, flowing paragraphs, perfect for turning a video into a draft, a summary, or an article.

Either way the output is standard Markdown, so headings, bold text, and line breaks render correctly the moment you paste it into your editor.

GREAT FOR

Notes, second brains and AI prompts

Students and researchers drop lectures and talks straight into Obsidian or Notion as source notes. Writers turn videos into blog drafts. And because clean Markdown has no stray timestamps to confuse a model, it is the ideal input for an AI summary in ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.

Need a different export? Save a printable copy with YouTube to PDF, get subtitles with YouTube to SRT, or read and search the transcript first with the main YouTube transcript tool.

HOW TO

How to convert a YouTube video to Markdown

1. Paste the video link

Copy the YouTube URL and paste it in, then click Get Markdown.

2. Choose timestamps

Keep bold timestamps for reference, or switch them off for clean prose.

3. Review the Markdown

Check the formatted output, with a title heading and readable text.

4. Copy or download the .md

Copy the Markdown straight into Obsidian, Notion, or your docs, or download a ready-made .md file.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I convert a YouTube video to Markdown?

Paste the video link and click Get Markdown. The transcript is fetched and formatted as clean Markdown you can copy or download as a .md file.

Can I remove the timestamps?

Yes. Turn off “Include timestamps” to get flowing paragraph text instead of timestamped lines.

Does it work with Obsidian and Notion?

Yes. The output is standard Markdown, so it pastes cleanly into Obsidian, Notion, and any other Markdown editor.

Is this good for feeding into AI tools?

Yes. Clean Markdown pastes neatly into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini for summaries and notes, with no stray timestamps to confuse the model.

Does the video need captions?

Yes. The Markdown is built from the video’s transcript, so it works with any video that has captions or auto-captions.

Is it free?

Completely free with no sign up. The Markdown is generated right in your browser.