YouTube Shorts transcript generator
Paste the link to a public Short or a short YouTube video. The audio is fetched, written down by a speech model and shown here with timestamps, ready to copy or download as TXT, SRT or VTT.
A real run, word for word
We made this clip ourselves (voice by Kokoro, pictures by FLUX) so it can be published here and every word checked. It was not taken from any platform.
0:00Honey found in ancient Egyptian tombs was still edible, here is why it almost never goes bad.
0:06First, it is mostly sugar and very little water, so bacteria trying to grow in it lose their own
0:12water and dry out. Second, it is acidic and bees add an enzyme that slowly makes a little hydrogen
0:19peroxide, another thing microbes hate.
0:22Keep the lid on because honey pulls water from the air.
0:25If it crystallizes, warm the jar gently and it turns smooth again.
Checked against the script that was spoken: 1 of 83 words differ.
Where it differs
- said “crystallises” → written “crystallizes”
Written down by whisper-large-v3 on fal, 2026-10-31. The live tool runs whisper-large-v3-turbo on Groq; this sample was recorded before launch with Whisper large v3, the larger model of the same family.
How do you get the transcript of a YouTube Short?
Copy the Short's link from the share button or the address bar, paste it above and press the button. The server fetches the audio, Whisper large v3 turbo writes it down, and the text comes back with timestamps as plain text, SRT or VTT. This works whether or not the video has captions of its own. Three runs a day are free without an account for videos up to 3 minutes; after that it is 3 credits a minute, up to 10 minutes.
- Links accepted
- youtube.com/shorts/…, youtube.com/watch?v=…, youtu.be/…
- Free
- 3 a day, up to 3 min
- Then
- 3 credits a minute, up to 10 min
- Not read
- Private and members-only videos
How to transcribe a YouTube Short
Copy the link
Tap Share under the Short and copy the link, or copy the address from the browser. youtu.be short links work too. The video must be public or unlisted.
Paste it here
Leave the language on automatic, or name it when the video opens with music. No account is needed for the first three videos a day.
Copy or download
Read the text with or without timestamps, copy it, or download .txt, .srt or .vtt.
YouTube Shorts transcript questions
Is this YouTube Shorts transcript generator free?
Three runs a day are free without an account, for videos up to 3 minutes. After that it is 3 credits a minute, rounded up, with videos up to 10 minutes; see pricing. A run that fails is not charged.
How accurate is it?
The sample above lists every word the model wrote differently from our script. It was a clean voice we recorded ourselves; real posts with music or several voices will do worse, and we have not measured those yet.
Is my transcript published anywhere?
No. A transcript is private to the browser or the account that asked for it. ClipScript is not affiliated with YouTube Shorts.
Does it use YouTube's own captions?
No. The audio is transcribed by the speech model whether the video has captions or not, so a Short with no captions, or with auto-captions in the wrong language, still comes back as text.
Can it do a long YouTube video?
Links up to 10 minutes. For an hour-long video, use a tool built for long YouTube videos; this site is for Shorts and short videos.
Transcribe a Short
Paste a public YouTube link. The first three today are free.
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