Subtitle to text converter
Get a clean transcript from a subtitle file. Numbers, timing lines and tags are removed, and the words are joined into readable paragraphs. Keep a timestamp on every line instead when you need to find a moment in the video.
Your subtitle file
Drop subtitle files here
SRT, VTT, ASS, SBV, TTML, SUB, SMI, LRC and more · up to 100 files
Or paste subtitle text
Your file is read by this page in your browser. It is not uploaded anywhere.
Letters look wrong? Choose the language group the file was made for.
MicroDVD and Spruce STL files count video frames. Choose the frame rate of the video the subtitles belong to.
The preview shows the beginning of the file. The download contains everything.
How to use it
Open your subtitle file
Choose or drop one or more subtitle files, or paste the text of one.
Choose the layout
Join captions into paragraphs for reading, or add timestamps to keep one line per caption.
Copy or download the text
Copy the transcript in one click or download it as a TXT file.
Paragraphs or timestamps
Join into paragraphs puts captions together into flowing text and starts a new paragraph after a pause of two seconds or more, or after a long run of sentences. This is the easiest layout for reading, quoting or pasting into a document.
Add timestamps writes one caption per line with its start time, such as [01:24] in front. Use it for notes, show notes or when you want to jump back to a moment in the video.
What is removed
Caption numbers, timing lines, WebVTT headers and notes, and ASS style information are left out. Italic, bold and other tags are removed, and a caption that repeats the one before it, as automatic captions often do, appears only once.
Sound descriptions such as [applause] are kept, because they can matter in a transcript. Run the file through the subtitle cleaner first if you want them gone.
Accuracy
The transcript contains exactly the words in the subtitle file. Automatic captions can get names, numbers and quiet speech wrong, so check important quotes against the recording before you rely on them.
Questions and answers
How do I convert SRT to TXT?
Open the SRT file on this page and download the result. Numbers and timestamps are removed, and the lines are joined into paragraphs.
Can I keep the timestamps?
Yes. Tick Add timestamps to keep the start time of every caption at the beginning of its line.
Does it work with YouTube subtitles?
Yes, if you have the subtitle file. YouTube caption files in SBV, SRT or VTT format all work.
Is my file uploaded?
No. The page reads the file in your browser and creates the text there. Nothing is sent to a server.