# 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.

Source: https://clipscript.app/youtube-shorts-transcript · Updated: 2026-10-31 · Publisher: ClipScript

## Paste a YouTube link

Paste a public video link; the audio is fetched and written down as text with timestamps, exported as TXT, SRT or VTT.

## 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

1. **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.
2. **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.
3. **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](https://clipscript.app/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.

[Paste a link](https://clipscript.app/)