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Use Case · Extract Subtitles

Extract the Subtitles From Any Video

Get a video's caption track as clean, readable text — and when there is no caption track at all, have Scrivi write one from the audio.

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How It Works

1

Paste the Video Link

Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X/Twitter, and Facebook. The platform is detected automatically.

2

Scrivi Pulls the Captions

Existing subtitles are extracted in their original language. If the video has none, AI speech-to-text generates the text from the audio instead.

3

Copy or Export

Copy the text straight out, or export it as a PDF. Saved extractions stay searchable in your dashboard.

Features

Original Language Preserved

Subtitles come back in the language they were written in, not machine-translated into English behind your back.

Falls Back to Audio

A missing caption track usually ends the job for subtitle extractors. Scrivi transcribes the spoken audio instead, so you still get text.

Clean, Readable Output

No timestamp clutter or broken line breaks — the text arrives as continuous prose you can read or paste straight into a document.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I extract subtitles from a video?
Paste the video's public link into Scrivi. The caption track is extracted and shown as readable text you can copy or export — no download, no software.
What if the video has no subtitles?
Scrivi transcribes the audio with AI speech-to-text and produces the text anyway. On the free plan that covers one video per day, up to 15 minutes long.
Can I get subtitles with timestamps?
The reading view presents the text as clean prose without timestamp clutter. The full transcript is always available to copy or export as PDF.

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Paste a video URL and get the full transcript in seconds. Free to start, no credit card required.

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