Turn SRT or VTT subtitles into readable text

Read a transcript without cue numbers and timestamps. Extract text locally, keep repeated dialogue, then copy or download a TXT file for your notes.

Free · No account · Up to 5 MiB / 5,000 cues · UTF-8 SRT and VTT

Choose your subtitle file

Text extraction stays in this browser. Audio, video, YouTube links and image-based subtitles are not accepted.

From captions to reading notes

  1. Export an SRT or VTT caption file from your video editor or a source you are allowed to use.
  2. Extract and review the text. Repeated captions stay repeated; line breaks within each cue are retained.
  3. Copy or download TXT for study notes, editing or accessibility review. Keep the subtitle original when you still need timing.

What is removed?

Cue numbers, timestamps, styling tags and WebVTT metadata are removed. Speaker names present only in VTT voice tags are not added to the text. Dialogue and repeated lines remain in source order. This is extraction, not transcription, summarization, translation or automatic paragraph rewriting.

A TXT file cannot replace a timed caption track. For a format change, use SRT to VTT or VTT to SRT. For another language, inspect a real subtitle translation example.

Turn lecture captions into a study transcript

If your course offers a caption download, choose the SRT or VTT file. A video download or a link to a course player is not a caption file. If only the recording is available, ask the course team whether they can provide captions or a transcript.

  1. Keep the original. Save a separate copy of the timed captions before extracting text. The TXT result cannot synchronize with the recording.
  2. Check the words. Compare names, numbers and technical terms with the recording or course material. Extraction preserves caption errors and repeated lines; it does not correct them.
  3. Restore context. Check who is speaking and add relevant sounds or visual information that readers need. VTT speaker names stored only in voice tags are removed by this tool, so review them in the original captions.
  4. Make it readable. After downloading, group related cues into paragraphs in your editor, add headings and clearly distinguish your study notes from the transcript. Share only where you have permission.

For a published course resource, review the W3C WAI guidance on creating transcripts and place the reviewed transcript where learners can find it beside the recording. Removing timestamps alone does not establish accessibility compliance.

Extract text from your caption file