Paste a YouTube URL and turn the spoken content into a transcript you can search, summarize, translate, annotate, and export.
Start with a link
Bring a video into PlainScribe
0.25 credits per video
Up to 4 hours
Failed jobs are refunded
One source, several outputs
YouTube's built-in transcript is useful when you only need to read along. PlainScribe turns the video into a working document—organized alongside your uploaded recordings and ready for the next step.
A finished YouTube transcript
Searchable · timestamped · exportable
How it works
Enter a standard video, Shorts, youtu.be, or live replay link on this page.
Sign in or create an account. Your link arrives prefilled, and you decide when to start.
Search, summarize, take notes, translate, or download the format you need.
Built for real follow-up work
Search lectures, talks, interviews, and hearings. Preserve timestamps so important passages are easy to verify.
Turn a video into captions, show notes, article material, or translated subtitle tracks.
Keep YouTube transcripts beside uploaded meetings, recordings, and interviews in one queue.
Paste the YouTube URL above, create or sign in to your PlainScribe account, and confirm the job in your transcription dashboard. PlainScribe adds the video to your queue and returns a searchable, timestamped transcript when processing finishes.
The landing page is public, but transcription requires a PlainScribe account and 0.25 credits per video. New accounts include starter credits, and a failed YouTube job is automatically refunded.
PlainScribe accepts supported YouTube videos up to 4 hours long. Standard watch URLs, youtu.be links, Shorts links, and live replay URLs are recognized.
Search the transcript, adjust paragraph length, show speaker labels when available, create a summary, write or enhance notes, translate the text, and export TXT, Markdown, CSV, SRT, or VTT files.
If you only need to read a captioned video, YouTube’s built-in transcript may be enough. PlainScribe is useful when you want a reusable document, search, summaries, notes, translation, or downloadable transcript and subtitle formats in one workspace.
Paste it above. We'll carry it into your dashboard so you can confirm and start the transcription.
Start with a YouTube URL