Convert YouTube Videos to Text

Any YouTube video. Full text. Instantly.

Or just change youtube.com to 2outube.com in your browser

Convert any YouTube video to text by replacing 'youtube' with '2outube' in the video URL. The complete spoken content appears as readable text alongside the video player. Search, copy, or download the text. Works with any captioned video, completely free, no signup required.

✓ Free✓ No signup✓ Works with any video

The Trick

Before: youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID

→

After: 2outube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID

Just change 'y' to '2'

Works with any YouTube video that has captions

How It Works

Find any YouTube video

Go to the video you want to convert. Copy the URL.

Change youtube to 2outube

Replace 'youtube.com' with '2outube.com' in the URL. Press Enter.

Or paste your URL in the box above

Read or copy the text

The full text appears instantly. Read, search, copy, or download it.

What You Can Do

Instant conversion

No waiting. Text appears the moment you load the page.

No upload needed

Works directly with YouTube URLs. No file uploads.

Copy or download

Copy text to clipboard or download as a file.

Press C

Clickable timestamps

Jump to any moment by clicking the timestamp.

Timestamp navigation

Every text line links to its moment in the video. Click to jump and verify the conversion.

AI chapter generation

Generate a table of contents from the converted text to see the video's structure.

Press H

Perfect For

Content Creators

Turn videos into blog posts and articles

Students

Convert lectures to study notes

Accessibility

Read video content instead of watching

Accessibility Teams

Convert videos to text to make content accessible for hearing-impaired audiences.

Questions

Does this work with any YouTube video?

Yes, any video with captions. Most YouTube videos have auto-generated captions.

Is it really free?

Yes, completely free. No account, no limits, no watermarks.

Do I need to upload the video?

No. Just change the URL. No uploading, no waiting for processing.

How long does conversion take?

Instant. The text loads as fast as any web page.

How accurate is the video-to-text conversion?

Manual captions are very accurate. Auto-generated captions are good but may miss technical terms or proper nouns.

Can I convert long videos?

Yes. Videos of any length convert to text. The full content loads regardless of duration.

What format is the text output?

Plain readable text. You can copy it or download as a .txt file.

Does it work with non-English videos?

Yes. If the video has captions in any language, those captions convert to text.

Can I convert multiple videos?

Yes. Convert as many videos as you need, one at a time, with no usage limits.

Do I need to install anything?

No. Everything runs in your browser. Just change the URL and the text appears.

Can I convert the text to other formats?

Yes. After converting the video to text, you can copy and paste it into any document format you need.

Ready to convert a video?

Paste any YouTube URL above

Try Demo

Try it: youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ → 2outube.com/...