Drop an SRT or VTT file
SRT or WebVTT. The file is read on this page and never uploaded.
What it's for
- Show notes and video descriptions from a podcast or YouTube video's subtitles.
- A blog post or newsletter from a talk you've already captioned.
- A script to check, translate or feed to a writing tool, without timing lines in the way.
- A transcript for an accessibility page next to the video.
What it keeps and drops
Every word of every caption is kept in order. Caption numbers, the timing lines, WebVTT headers, NOTE and STYLE blocks and tags such as <i> are dropped, and a caption's line breaks become spaces so sentences read straight through.
Paragraphs follow the speech: a pause of two seconds or more between captions starts a new one, which is usually where a speaker moves to a new point. Choose A caption a line to keep one caption on each line instead.
No subtitle file yet
Cuecaps transcribes the video itself: drop it in the studio, it finds every word with its timing, and Copy transcript text puts the whole transcript on your clipboard. On-device transcription is free and unlimited, and the Free plan includes 10 cloud minutes a month.
Questions
Is my file uploaded?
No. The page reads it in your browser and the text is made there. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Does it work with YouTube's auto captions?
Yes. Download the captions from YouTube Studio as SRT or VTT and drop the file here.
Can I get the text with timestamps?
Use the SRT to VTT converter to keep the timing, or the studio's word timing export for every word's start and end.