--- title: "Home" description: "Free transcripts for any video or audio, with AI summaries, notes, mind maps, and translation." canonical: "https://transcript.im/" markdown: "https://transcript.im/index.md" --- # Home Free transcripts for any video or audio, with AI summaries, notes, mind maps, and translation. ## Links - [Canonical HTML](https://transcript.im/) - [Markdown](https://transcript.im/index.md) ## Built for Instagram, TikTok & YouTube Paste your Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube link, or upload a video or audio file up to 5 GB, and get clean, timestamped text in return. The free YouTube transcript generator, free TikTok transcript generator, and free Instagram transcript generator all follow one flow: pull existing captions when they exist, or transcribe the spoken audio with AI when they don't. ## What You Can Do Next Once it's ready, it becomes the starting point — translate it, summarize it, or turn it into something new. ### Rewrite or Create a New Script Turn a YouTube transcript, a TikTok transcript, or an Instagram transcript into a fresh script without going back to the footage. Rewrite it in your own voice, tighten a long recording down to a punchy script, or repurpose the whole thing as a blog post, a newsletter, or a thread. Every line stays timestamped, so you can return to the exact moment a quote came from while you rewrite. Paste one link, get the text, and hand it to AI as a brief that keeps what worked instead of starting from a blank page. ### Translate Into Supported Languages Translate the transcript you just generated into 7 supported languages in one click, with timestamps preserved so subtitles still line up. Localize the YouTube video without re-recording the audio, caption the TikTok clip for another market, or hand the finished text to a voice actor. You can compare the original text and the translation side by side, fix names and product terms, and export the version you want as TXT, SRT, or VTT. ### Summarize, Outline & Mind Map Ask AI for a summary, an outline, or a mind map built from your transcript, whatever the source — YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram are all supported. Use it to decide whether a long recording is worth watching in full, to skim a lecture before an exam, or to pull the key points out of a podcast episode. Clean, timestamped text comes first, so every line of the summary traces back to the moment it was spoken and the outline stays editable instead of locked inside a video player. ## Ways to Put It to Work It powers work well beyond the original recording. These are the most common ways people use a YouTube transcript, a TikTok transcript, or an Instagram transcript once it is ready: ### Re-create Videos in New Scripts or Languages Use your YouTube transcript to script a fresh take, a different angle, or a fully localized version of a video you already published. The text stays timestamped, so nothing is lost between the original recording and the new edit. ### Capture Study & Meeting Notes Turn lectures, tutorials, and meetings into summaries, outlines, or mind maps you can review at a glance. The YouTube transcript generator writes down what was said while you listen, so the notes stay complete and searchable afterwards. ### Build Personalized Sales Pitches Spin your TikTok transcript into tailored pitches for different customers, industries, or segments, so the same recording speaks to the person reading it. Keep the proof points and change the framing. ### Create Localized Ad Variations Produce localized ad variations for different countries and languages from your Instagram transcript, with the same offer and a different script. ## How the Transcript Generator Works 1. **Paste a Link or Upload a File** - Paste your YouTube, Instagram, or TikTok link, or drag in a local video or audio file up to 5 GB, on the Video, Audio tab. 2. **AI Transcribes What's Missing** - We check for existing captions first; when none exist, AI transcribes the audio with timestamps in your chosen language. 3. **Review, Translate, Summarize, or Export** - Read the finished result, then download it as TXT, SRT, or VTT, or use AI to translate or summarize. ## Features ### TXT, SRT and VTT Exports Every result exports three ways. TXT is plain reading text for notes, briefs, and pasting into a doc. SRT carries numbered cues with start and end times for editors like Premiere and Final Cut. VTT is the WebVTT format browsers and HTML5 players read natively for captions. ### Captions First, AI Second When a clip already carries a caption track, that track is used — it reflects what the creator published. Only when no captions exist does AI listen to the spoken audio and write the text itself, with timing attached to every line. ### Links or Local Files Paste a link from YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram — a full upload, a Short, a Reel, or a playlist. Or upload from your own drive: MP4, MOV, MP3, M4A, WAV, and FLAC are all accepted, at sizes reaching 5 GB. ### Timestamps on Every Line Each line keeps the moment it was spoken. Click a timestamp to jump straight to that point in the recording, search for a phrase to find where it appears, or cut a clip without scrubbing through the whole recording. ## FAQ ### What is a transcript? A transcript is a written, timestamped copy of everything said in a video, audio file, meeting, lecture, or podcast. Our transcript generator builds one automatically from your YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram link, or from an uploaded file. ### How do I get a transcript of a YouTube video? Paste the YouTube link into our free YouTube transcript generator, which pulls existing captions first and falls back to AI transcription when none exist, so you get a clean, timestamped YouTube transcript. ### How do I get a transcript of a TikTok video? Paste the TikTok link into our free TikTok transcript generator, which turns the spoken audio into clean, timestamped text even when TikTok's own captions are missing or incomplete. ### Can I get an Instagram Reel transcript from just the link? Yes — paste the public Reel or video link into our free Instagram transcript generator and it turns the spoken audio into clean, timestamped text you can copy, translate, or summarize. ### Does the YouTube transcript generator work without captions? Yes. When a YouTube video has no existing captions, our free YouTube transcript generator falls back to AI transcription and adds timestamps automatically. ### Is the TikTok transcript generator accurate for noisy audio? Accuracy depends on audio clarity: clear speech transcribes reliably, while heavy music or background noise can reduce accuracy in the free TikTok transcript generator's AI output. ### Can the Instagram transcript generator handle Reels and video posts? Yes — paste any public Instagram Reel or video post link into the free Instagram transcript generator, and it turns the spoken audio into clean, timestamped text. ### Can I use the transcript generator in bulk? Yes — paste a YouTube playlist or channel link, or many links at once, and the transcript generator queues them in parallel with retry and merged exports on paid plans. ### What is the difference between a transcript and subtitles? The full spoken text of a recording, meant to be read, is one thing; subtitles are that same text cut into short timed cues meant to be displayed on screen. Both come out of one pass here — read the text as a document, or export SRT and VTT when you need timed cues. ### Which video and audio formats does the generator accept? MP4, MOV, MP3, M4A, WAV, and FLAC, at sizes reaching 5 GB. Files with picture are processed for their audio track, so a screen recording, a lecture capture, and a podcast episode are all accepted. ### Which languages can a TikTok or Instagram transcript be translated into? Speech is transcribed in the language it was spoken in, and the result can be translated into 7 supported languages afterwards with timestamps preserved, so exported subtitles still line up with the footage. ### Does the free transcript generator work on podcast episodes and lecture recordings? Yes. Anything with a clear audio track works — podcast episodes, recorded lectures, interviews, and meeting recordings. Long recordings keep their timestamps, so you can jump to the section you need instead of listening again.