YouTube video to text
Transcribe your own videos from the original file for better captions, descriptions and repurposed content.
Free: 60 min per 30 days, files up to 30 min / 50 MB · Paid plans: 10 to 100 hrs, files up to 2 GB. Big video? Upload just its audio track: same transcript, much faster upload.
Encrypted in transit · audio & video auto-delete in 30 days · never used to train AI
Optional settings
Set this for the most accurate result on quiet or mixed audio.
Get a second copy translated into another language (Pro).
Uncommon words the AI might misspell. List them so they come out right.
Last updated 21 July 2026
YouTube's auto-captions are convenient but rough: no punctuation discipline, mangled names, and awkward line breaks. Creators who care upload their own SRT, and the fastest way to get an accurate one is to transcribe your original video file (or its audio export) with Trustample, fix the few misses inline, and export.
The transcript pays for itself beyond captions: paste it (or an AI-generated summary) into the description for search, and turn one video into a blog post, community post and newsletter section with the built-in AI actions.
Timestamps do double duty on YouTube specifically. The transcript's time-codes make chapter markers quick to assemble: skim the text, note where each section begins, and paste the list into the description. And because every word is editable before export, the SRT you upload in Studio gets channel names, product terms and technical vocabulary right instead of YouTube's phonetic guesses. If you work from an audio export, the MP3 to SRT route covers it; starting from the full video file, how to get SRT from MP4 walks through each step.
How it works
- 1Upload your original video file or its audio export (before or after publishing).
- 2Correct names and niche terms inline, one click per word.
- 3Export SRT for YouTube Studio's subtitle upload, plus content drafts from AI actions.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Can I paste a YouTube link instead of uploading?
No, and for your own channel you don't need to: YouTube Studio → Content → the three-dot menu → Download hands you back the video file for any of your uploads. Trustample transcribes files you upload and is built for videos you own; your original render from the editor is better still, because its audio never went through YouTube's compression.
Why upload my own SRT instead of using YouTube auto-captions?
Accuracy and presentation: correct names, real punctuation, clean cue lengths. Viewers watching with sound off are exactly the ones your captions keep, and auto-captions fail badly on niche vocabulary. Trustample lets you boost custom terms before transcribing, so your product names come out right in every cue.
Does this work for Shorts and vertical video?
Yes. Resolution and orientation don't matter, only the audio track. Short clips transcribe in seconds.
What about videos in other languages?
Pick the spoken language before uploading (16 are supported). Pro can also translate the transcript to English, which is the raw material for translated captions.
How long a video can I upload?
A typical 12-minute video processes in well under a minute. For long-form, Basic's 3-hour per-file cap covers podcast episodes published to YouTube and most livestream VODs, and Pro stretches to 6 hr 40 min for the marathon streams.
What's an efficient caption workflow for a weekly upload schedule?
Transcribe the audio export while the final video renders: the audio mix is usually locked before the render finishes, so the transcript and SRT are ready by the time the video is. Upload video and subtitle file to Studio together, paste the AI summary into the description, and the accessibility work adds minutes, not another session.
An honest note: Trustample intentionally doesn't ingest YouTube URLs, because downloading other people's videos sits in a legal gray zone. It's built for transcribing your own recordings, which you already have as files.
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