Subtitle converter
VTT to TXT converter
Upload or paste a .vtt file, such as a Zoom, Teams or YouTube caption export, and get the words only, grouped into paragraphs.
The converted file appears here.How to convert VTT to plain text
- Click Upload file and pick your .vtt file, or paste its contents into the box.
- The plain text version appears straight away. The tool also reads SRT, VTT and SBV, so any of them works as input.
- Copy the result or download it as a .txt file.
Example
The captions of “Me at the zoo”, the first video on YouTube, converted by the same code as the tool above.
VTT input
WEBVTT 00:00:01.200 --> 00:00:03.360 All right, so here we are, in front of the elephants 00:00:05.318 --> 00:00:07.974 the cool thing about these guys is that they have really... 00:00:07.974 --> 00:00:12.616 really really long trunks 00:00:12.616 --> 00:00:14.367 and that's cool 00:00:14.421 --> 00:00:15.733 (baaaaaaaaaaahhh!!) 00:00:16.881 --> 00:00:18.881 and that's pretty much all there is to say
plain text output
All right, so here we are, in front of the elephants the cool thing about these guys is that they have really... really really long trunks and that's cool (baaaaaaaaaaahhh!!) and that's pretty much all there is to say
Other converters
Starting from a YouTube video?
Skip the file: paste the link into YouTube to SRT, YouTube to VTT or YouTube to text.
VTT to TXT converter: questions
Does it work with Zoom and Teams transcripts?
Yes. Zoom and Microsoft Teams export transcripts as .vtt files. Speaker tags are removed and the text is kept.
Are repeated caption lines removed?
Consecutive duplicate lines, common in auto-generated captions, are kept only once.
Is my file uploaded anywhere?
No. The conversion runs in your browser, so the file never leaves your device. Files up to 5 MB work.
Can I get subtitles straight from a YouTube video?
Yes. Paste the video link into our YouTube to SRT or YouTube to VTT tool and download the captions without needing a file first.