A drop-down menu should appear asking for the file type for the subtitles, along with the language. Once the video has loaded, click on the extension button you just pinned.

Now open the YouTube video whose subtitles you want.

Select the ‘pin’ next to the extension you installed, in the puzzle piece drop-down menu Select the ‘ pin‘ button next to the extension you just installed, so that the extension appears next to the puzzle piece icon for easy use. A list should drop down, displaying all your extensions.

Once the extension has been installed, click the puzzle piece icon near the search bar.

Select ‘ Add extension‘ on the pop-up that appears Install the extension by selecting the ‘Add extension’ buttonĬlick ‘ Add extension‘ on the pop-up that appears. Install the extension by clicking on the ‘ Add to Chrome‘ button. Click on this link to go to the extension page. Check out our list for the best browsers of 2023 if you’re trying to find one.

We will be using Chrome itself for this tutorial, so anytime we refer to Chrome, do note that you can substitute it for any other up-to-date Chromium browser. So basically any extension that is designed for Chrome should work with all Chromium browsers, including Edge and Opera. One of the nice things about Chrome is that it is built on the Chromium open-source engine that a lot of other browsers have adopted as well. Now simply copy the transcript and paste it on to Notepad or anywhere you like and save it as a text file.Options for multiple languages should appear if the video has subtitles in multiple languages

(This option is only available if the video has subtitles available in multiple languages)Ĭlick on the language near the bottom of the transcript. Select your desired language to change the transcript to that language. Click on the language on the bottom of the transcript panel.Select ‘Toggle timestamps’ from the drop-down menu On the drop-down menu, select ‘T oggle timestamps‘ to remove the timestamps from the transcript. The transcript should be present at the right hand side of the videoĬlick on the three-dot button next to the ‘ Close‘ button on the transcript. The video’s transcript should appear on the right-hand side, with the timestamps.Select ‘Show transcript’ from the drop-down menu

Click on the three-dot buttton next to the ‘ Save‘ option.Method 1: Extracting subtitles from the video transcript

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