Timing removed
Cue numbers, timestamp lines and WebVTT header or settings blocks are all dropped.
SRT to text converter
Pull a plain transcript out of a subtitle file.
Paste an SRT or VTT file and get the words without the cue numbers, timestamps or markup. Choose whether the text keeps its caption line breaks or runs together as paragraphs, then copy or download a .txt file.
Browser transcript extractor
Turn a subtitle file into plain text.
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Extraction happens in your browser. The subtitle text is read locally so you can copy or download the transcript.
A finished caption file is already most of a transcript
If you have captioned a video, the hard part is done. The reviewed wording sitting in that SRT file is the same text you need for show notes, a blog version of the episode, a description box, a client deliverable or a searchable archive. What stands in the way is the formatting.
Two things make a raw subtitle file awkward to read. Every cue carries a number and a timestamp line, and the caption text is broken to fit a screen rather than a sentence. Deleting all of that by hand across a few hundred cues is the kind of job people put off. The options above handle both in one pass.
Keep the per-cue breaks when you want the transcript to stay aligned with the pacing of the video, which helps if you are going back to find a moment. Switch to paragraphs when you want something a person will actually read end to end.
What the extractor does
Line breaks your choice
Keep the caption breaks, join each cue onto one line, or run the file together as paragraphs.
Browser workflow
The file is read locally in the page and gives you a copy or download action.
Related subtitle tools
If the captions are out of sync with the video, fix that before you extract anything, using the subtitle timing shifter. To move the file between formats instead, use the SRT to VTT converter or the VTT to SRT converter.
To create captions from a video rather than read an existing file, start in the AutoCaption caption generator, which exports SRT, VTT, text, or a captioned video. For a transcript in another language, run the video subtitle translator first and extract the text afterwards. For what to do with the transcript once you have it, read the guide to pulling a transcript from a caption file. For how the two subtitle formats differ, read the SRT vs VTT guide.
SRT to text questions
What does this SRT to text converter remove?
Cue numbers, timestamp lines and inline markup such as italic tags. What is left is the spoken text on its own, ready to paste into a document, a description box or a script.
Why are the line breaks in the wrong places?
Caption line breaks are set for screen width, not for reading. A single sentence is often split across two lines and sometimes across two cues. Turning on the option to join the lines inside each cue fixes most of it, and the paragraph option runs the whole file together as flowing text.
Can I keep the speaker names?
Yes. Speaker labels are kept by default. Switch on the removal option only when the labels were added for accessibility and you want a clean reading transcript instead.
Does my subtitle file upload to AutoCaption?
No. The extraction runs in your browser. The file text is read locally so you can copy or download the transcript.
Does this work on a VTT file too?
Yes. The WEBVTT header, NOTE and STYLE blocks and cue settings are all dropped along with the timestamps, so a WebVTT file gives you the same plain text an SRT file would.
Can I get a transcript straight from a video?
Not on this page. This page reads a subtitle file you already have. To transcribe a video and then export the text, use the AutoCaption caption generator. Open the caption generator.
Start from the video instead?
Transcribe, edit the wording, review the timing, then export text, SRT, VTT, or a captioned video.