Extract captions from a YouTube video.
Paste a YouTube link and 2outube turns the returned caption track into a searchable transcript. Copy the words or download them as .srt, .txt, .md, or .json.
Nothing is fetched until you submit a video link.
“Captions,” “subtitles,” and “transcript” describe closely related views of the same timed text here. 2outube reads the caption track returned for the video, lays it out as a transcript, and keeps the timing for subtitle export.
This is an extractor, not a caption editor or a speech-to-text studio. It does not burn subtitles into the video, download the video file, or let you rewrite caption timing on the page.
Language depends on the track returned by the supplier. 2outube currently asks for English first; if English is unavailable, the supplier can fall back to the first available track. There is no language picker or translation control in the reader today.
Questions, answered.
Is a YouTube caption extractor different from a transcript tool?
The source is the same timed caption text. 2outube presents it as a readable transcript and can also package the timing as an .srt subtitle file.
Which formats can I download?
SRT subtitles, plain text (.txt), Markdown (.md), and timestamped JSON.
Does this create new captions from the audio?
2outube shows the transcript its supplier returns. It is not an on-page caption editor, and it does not promise a new or corrected caption track.
Can I choose a caption language?
Not in the current reader. It requests English first; if English is unavailable, the supplier may return the first available track.
Is caption export free?
Yes. Once a transcript is open, reading, copying, searching, and exporting it are free with no account.