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How to Get a Transcript from a YouTube Video (Even Without Captions) – 2025 Guide

Step-by-step tutorial: Extract accurate text from any YouTube video in under 10 seconds – works when auto-captions are disabled.

December 7, 2025

5 min read

How to Get a Transcript from a YouTube Video in 2025 (Works Without Captions)

YouTube removed the old “Show transcript button for many videos. Here’s the only method that still works perfectly:

Works on videos with no captions at all. Takes 3–8 seconds.

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