YouTube transcripts

Get YouTube transcripts, usually in seconds

Paste a YouTube URL and get a clean, AI-ready transcript, usually in seconds. Works with regular videos, Shorts, and auto-generated captions.

How it works

YouTube to text in 3 steps

No browser extension. No YouTube sign-in. No manual copy-pasting from the caption panel.

  1. 01

    Copy the YouTube URL

    Grab the URL from your browser address bar, the YouTube Share button, or a youtu.be short link. Common formats are supported: full URLs, shorts links, playlist items, and embed URLs.

  2. 02

    Paste and click Grab

    Paste the URL into ClawGrab and hit the Grab button. Our engine auto-detects YouTube, fetches official captions or runs speech-to-text if none exist.

  3. 03

    Get clean text

    Receive a clean transcript with timestamps, noise stripped out, ready to paste into ChatGPT, Claude, Notion, Google Docs, or download as a .txt file.

Honest note: ClawGrab works on most public videos, but not all. Some videos block transcript access by platform policy. When that happens ClawGrab tells you exactly what happened and offers a 30-second paste path. We never fake a result.
YouTube features

What ClawGrab handles

  • YouTube Shorts

    Paste a Shorts URL and get the transcript. Shorts use the same extraction pipeline as regular videos. Short videos usually come back in seconds.

  • Multi-language captions

    YouTube auto-generates captions in dozens of languages. ClawGrab pulls the best available caption track and delivers clean text regardless of language.

  • Noise removal

    Auto-strips [Music], [Applause], [Laughter], duplicate lines, and VTT formatting junk. What you get is pure spoken content, ready for AI.

  • Timestamps included

    Toggle timestamps on or off. When enabled, every line is tagged with its exact [H:MM:SS] position in the video for precise referencing.

  • No-caption fallback

    For videos without any captions, ClawGrab runs Whisper-based speech recognition to generate a transcript from the audio directly.

FAQ

YouTube transcript questions

Does ClawGrab work with YouTube Shorts?

Yes. Paste any YouTube Shorts URL (youtube.com/shorts/...) and ClawGrab will extract the transcript exactly like a regular video. Short-form content usually comes back in seconds.

Is the YouTube transcript accurate?

ClawGrab pulls the official caption tracks when available, whether manually uploaded by the creator or auto-generated by YouTube. For videos without any captions, ClawGrab uses Whisper-based speech-to-text to transcribe the audio. Accuracy depends on audio quality and the speaker's clarity.

Grab your first YouTube transcript

Free during beta (fair-use daily limit). No sign-up. No credit card. No extension to install.