BlazescribeFree YouTube Transcription
Paste any YouTube URL and get a clean, accurate transcript with timestamps. Perfect for research, content creation, and accessibility.
How it works
Three steps to turn your file into text with the youtube transcription.
Paste YouTube URL
Copy the YouTube video URL and paste it into the tool. We handle the rest.
AI extracts and transcribes
We pull the audio and run it through our speech recognition engine.
Download transcript
Get timestamped text instantly, plus SRT subtitles and AI summaries from your content generations.
YouTube is the world's second-largest search engine, and millions of hours of valuable content live there without accessible transcripts. YouTube's own auto-captions are often messy, missing punctuation, incorrect words, no paragraph breaks.
Blazescribe's YouTube transcription tool gives you a clean, accurate transcript from any public YouTube URL. Just paste the link, wait a minute or two, and download. Every sentence is timestamped so you can jump to the exact moment in the video.
Whether you're a student researching a topic, a content creator repurposing videos into blog posts, or a journalist fact-checking a clip, this tool saves hours of manual work. Every account starts free: 1 transcription of any length and 2 AI content generations. No card required. Paid plans start at $12/mo when you need more.
What you get for free
Every account starts with one-time credits. Upgrade when you need more.
Freeto start
No card required. Credits are one-time — then $12/mo.
- 1 transcription — any length, no duration cap
- 2 AI content generations
- 1 translation to any of 100+ languages
- 1 meeting recording (up to 30 minutes)
- Unlimited subtitles — styled and exported in your browser
$12/ month
Or $9/mo billed annually. Unlimited transcription, AI content tools, and team features.
- More transcription minutes each month
- More AI content generations
- Unlimited videos
- Batch processing
- Priority processing
Why use the youtube transcription?
Accurate, fast, and built to turn recordings into usable text.
Questions, answered
Common questions about the youtube transcription.
You can transcribe any public YouTube video. Private and unlisted videos require you to upload the file directly instead.
Yes. YouTube's auto-captions are often 85-90% accurate. Our AI achieves 98%+ accuracy with proper punctuation and formatting.
Yes. Every sentence in the transcript includes a timestamp that matches the video timeline.
Absolutely. The timestamped transcript lets you cite specific moments. Many researchers, students, and journalists use this tool daily.
Our AI transcribes 50 languages with the same engine on every plan, including the free one. English gives the highest accuracy, but all supported languages work.
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