Transcripts

What do you do with a video's transcript?

SnapDub writes down every word of the video it cuts your clips from. That text is yours to download: the whole video as plain text or an SRT subtitle file, and every clip's own captions as SRT, VTT or text. Here is what that is actually good for.

What the SRT looks like
1
00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:03,900
I almost didn't go to that audition.

2
00:00:04,100 --> 00:00:06,800
I thought I was too late for it.

3
00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,400
And it turned out to be the one.

Six things people do with it

Subtitles on YouTube

Upload the SRT to the full video in YouTube Studio. Viewers with the sound off can follow it, and the words become text YouTube can read.

Show notes and descriptions

Skim the transcript for the three points worth listing under the episode, instead of watching it back.

A blog post or a newsletter

A 40-minute interview is a 6,000-word draft. Cut it down rather than starting from a blank page.

Finding the line to clip

Search the text for the quote you remember, and you know exactly where in the video it is.

Translating

Hand a translator the SRT and get the subtitles back in another language, with the timing already done.

Proof of what was said

For a campaign brief or a sponsor, the transcript shows the required mention was in the clip, word for word.

What you can download, and where

Every clip's captions - free

In each clip's Share menu: the captions as SRT or VTT, split and timed exactly like the ones burned into the clip, and the same words as plain text. Censored words stay masked, as they are on screen.

The whole video - on paid plans

On the project page: the full transcript of the source video as text, and as an SRT for the whole thing. Free accounts see the button; it opens the plans.

Already have subtitles in the file?

If a video carries its own subtitle track, you may not need a transcript at all - the subtitle extractor pulls it out for free, in your browser.

FAQ

Questions, answered

Which languages does the transcript work in?

The speech is transcribed in the language it is spoken in, across the major languages, and the captions follow it.

Do I get the transcript for videos I processed before?

Every clip's captions, yes - they have always been kept. The full-video transcript is kept for videos processed from October 2026 on; older projects show the clip captions only.

Can I edit the transcript?

Clip captions can be corrected in the clip editor before you download them. The downloaded files are plain text, so any editor or subtitle tool opens them.

Does it work from a YouTube link?

Yes. Paste a YouTube, Twitch, Kick, Rumble or Zoom link, or upload a file; the transcript comes with the clips.

Get the clips and the words

Paste a link. SnapDub cuts the clips, captions them, and keeps the transcript ready to download.

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