What video formats do you support for transcription?

We accept MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, and other major video formats, along with audio files like MP3 and WAV. For YouTube videos you skip the file entirely: paste the video's URL and we fetch the audio straight from the link, so there is nothing to download or convert first.

How accurate are the transcripts?

Scribe leads accuracy benchmarks and holds up in the conditions YouTube throws at it: compressed livestream audio, screen-recording narration, background music, and a wide range of accents. Every transcript includes speaker labels, word-level timestamps, and audio event tags, so laughter and applause get marked instead of garbling the dialogue.

Can I edit the transcript after it's generated?

The transcript opens in an editor where you click any word to fix it in place. Correct names, technical terms, and channel-specific jargon, split or merge segments, and reassign speakers, and every edit stays anchored to the video's timeline, so exports and captions remain accurately synced.

What export formats are available?

Seven formats cover the usual YouTube workflows: TXT and DOCX for turning a video into a blog draft or newsletter, SRT and VTT for caption files you re-upload to YouTube, PDF for sharing, and JSON or HTML for archives and custom tooling. One transcript feeds all of them, so you export once per destination instead of retranscribing.

Can I use this for multilingual content?

Scribe transcribes 90+ languages and detects the spoken language automatically, so a Hindi tutorial, a Spanish video essay, or a stream that switches between English and Cantonese mid-sentence all come back with strong accuracy. That includes underserved languages like Malayalam and Serbian, with no manual language selection before you paste the link.

Generate YouTube transcripts with AI

Paste a YouTube link and ElevenLabs delivers a clean, speaker-labeled transcript of any tutorial, video essay, or livestream in minutes.

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Generate YouTube transcripts in seconds

Paste a YouTube URL and our AI handles the rest. Get accurate, speaker-labeled text you can edit, download, or share instantly.

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Paste a YouTube link or upload a video

Copy any YouTube URL and paste it in; we fetch the audio straight from the link with no downloads or conversion. Uploading from your device or cloud storage also works.

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Edit your transcript instantly

Scribe returns speaker-labeled text with word-level timestamps. You can correct names, tighten phrasing, and split or merge segments while every edit stays anchored to the video's timeline.

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Export in any format you need

Download TXT or DOCX for blog drafts and newsletters, SRT or VTT for captions, or JSON and HTML for your own tooling and archives.

Not just transcription. Audio understanding

ElevenLabs YouTube Transcript Generator identifies who's speaking, when they're speaking, and what's happening around them - delivering structured, actionable transcripts every time.

#1 Accuracy

Scribe tops accuracy benchmarks, so screen-recorded tutorials, compressed livestream audio, and heavily accented narration come back as clean, editable text.

Edit the transcripts

Jump to any timestamp, correct a term, and split or merge segments without scrubbing through the video. Reassigned speakers and retimed lines stay synced to the original footage.

Amidst the outer atmosphere of the planet Aurora, the sky shimmered with fractured light, as though the planet's veil were made of stained glass suspended in space.

Sensors pulsed with irregular patterns, the kind no algorithm could quite reconcile.

Amidst the outer atmosphere of the planet Aurora, the sky shimmered with fractured light, as though the planet's veil were made of stained glass suspended in space.

99+ Languages and accents

Scribe detects the spoken language automatically and transcribes 90+ of them, including underserved ones like Serbian and Cantonese.

Japanese

Hindi

Polish

Swedish

Mandarin

Vietnamese

French

Wide variety of formats

Paste a YouTube URL, or upload MP4, MOV, MP3, WAV, and other major formats. Export to TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT, JSON, or HTML.

Audio Event Tagging

Scribe marks non-speech moments such as laughter and applause, so a livestream transcript reads the way the stream actually felt.

Speaker Timestamps

Scribe separates up to 32 speakers with word-level timestamps, keeping hosts, guests, and callers distinct across a full video essay or stream.

YouTube Transcript Export Formats

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Transcribe YouTube Video to TXT

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Transcribe YouTube Video to DOCX

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Transcribe YouTube Video to PDF

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Transcribe YouTube Video to JSON

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Transcribe YouTube Video to HTML

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Transcribe YouTube Video to SRT

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Transcribe YouTube Video to AVID

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Transcribe YouTube Video to VTT

Millions of words transcribed, and counting

“I use ElevenLabs primarily for transcribing audio messages, and I find its accuracy to be a major highlight. This precision allows me to analyze students' reading fluency effectively, even when the speaker is a young student still learning to read, which is crucial for understanding each student's progress.”
Pedro A.
Head of technology
“Perfect for transcribing interviews - and the voice quality is amazing when preparing for a speech.”
Izabela M.
Customer Experience Researcher
“Remarkable inference speed of the Scribe v2 model by ElevenLabs, delivering near real-time latency on transcription requests, significantly faster than other models we've tried.”
Vedaswaroop I.
Founder