YouTube Transcript Generator

Transcribe your YouTube videos with ease using Descript's near-instant YouTube transcript generator. These automatic YouTube transcripts even include speaker labels, timecodes, and YouTube chapter names. Improve the accessibility and discoverability of your content on the world's second-largest search engine.

How to generate YouTube video transcripts

Step 1

Upload your YouTube video

In a new Descript project, drag and drop your YouTube video file to upload it, or start creating one from scratch. Descript will prompt you to generate a transcript.

Step 2

Generate your YouTube transcript

Descript’s speaker detective will ask you how many speakers are in your YouTube video and what language you want to transcribe, from English to Norwegian. After identifying the voices and assigning names, it'll generate your transcript and label your speakers automatically.

Step 3

Edit & export your transcript

With your fresh new YouTube video transcript, you can take advantage of Descript's bulk transcription editing features, like one-click filler word removal and bulk correction. When you’re ready, go to Publish > Export > Transcript to copy or export your transcript as a .txt, .rtf, .md, .html, .docx, or even a subtitle file.

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YouTube Transcript Generator

YouTube Transcript Generator

Transcribe your YouTube videos with ease using Descript's near-instant YouTube transcript generator. These automatic YouTube transcripts even include speaker labels, timecodes, and YouTube chapter names. Improve the accessibility and discoverability of your content on the world's second-largest search engine.

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How to generate YouTube video transcripts
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Step 1
Upload your YouTube video

In a new Descript project, drag and drop your YouTube video file to upload it, or start creating one from scratch. Descript will prompt you to generate a transcript.

Step 2
Generate your YouTube transcript

Descript’s speaker detective will ask you how many speakers are in your YouTube video and what language you want to transcribe, from English to Norwegian. After identifying the voices and assigning names, it'll generate your transcript and label your speakers automatically.

Step 3
Edit & export your transcript

With your fresh new YouTube video transcript, you can take advantage of Descript's bulk transcription editing features, like one-click filler word removal and bulk correction. When you’re ready, go to Publish > Export > Transcript to copy or export your transcript as a .txt, .rtf, .md, .html, .docx, or even a subtitle file.

Get ready-to-go YouTube transcripts for all your videos
Improve accessibility & SEO

Broaden your YouTube audience by providing a text alternative for those who need or prefer it. Descript empowers creators to make their content more accessible and better optimized for YouTube SEO with as little effort as possible.

Bulk-edit and polish YouTube transcripts with AI

Descript's text-based editor streamlines transcript generation and correction. Our AI automatically flags filler words and repetition, letting you edit it out in one click. And correction mode lets you find and replace common transcription errors easily. 

Your entire YouTube workflow in one place

Descript is a YouTube video editor where you can go from script to final video in one workflow. That includes generating transcripts, descriptions, chapters, and YouTube shorts to go with every video. When you're ready to go live, you can even publish your video directly to YouTube.

Questions? We have answers
How quickly can Descript generate YouTube transcripts?

Descript can generate transcripts for an hour-long video in just a few seconds. Our AI is pretty accurate, but with our streamlined transcript editor, it's easy to fix any errors you find.

Will my Descript transcripts be accurate?

Descript's transcription boasts an accuracy of up to 95%, or better with clear audio and high-quality recordings. There's also a transcription glossary where you can add uncommon words like the names of people and brands to reduce transcription errors over time. 

Can Descript's transcription handle multiple speakers in a YouTube video?

Yes, Descript's speaker detective can detect and separate several speakers in the transcript and assign each one its own speaker label, improving its readability.

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