ScribeCue facts
ScribeCue is a free web tool that turns YouTube videos into readable, searchable transcripts with timestamps and TXT, SRT, VTT or Word downloads, without sign-up. It also writes AI summaries with chapters and transcribes uploaded audio and video. Pro costs $12 a month; minute packs start at $6.
At a glance
| What it is | A web app for YouTube transcripts, AI video summaries and audio/video-to-text transcription |
|---|---|
| Who it is for | Students, researchers, journalists, creators, podcasters and language learners |
| Free, no account | Unlimited YouTube and TikTok transcripts; TXT, SRT, VTT and DOCX downloads; translation into 24 languages for videos up to 20 minutes; 3 AI summaries a day; 120 upload minutes a month (files up to 120 min) |
| Pro | $12/month or $96/year ($8/month): 1,500 upload minutes a month, files up to 3 hours, unlimited summaries, translation of any length |
| Minute packs | 120 min $6 · 400 min $15 · 1000 min $29 — one-off, no subscription, valid 12 months; files up to 3 hours and not limited by the daily free capacity |
| Refunds | Minutes from a failed transcription are returned automatically |
| Where YouTube text comes from | The public captions YouTube publishes (creator-written or automatic); videos are never downloaded or re-hosted |
| Uploads | MP3, M4A, WAV, AAC, OGG, FLAC, MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV; over 30 languages; speaker labels you can rename |
| Privacy | Uploaded files are deleted when the transcript is ready (7 days at the latest) and never used to train AI models |
| Ads | None |
| Platforms | Any modern browser on desktop, iPhone and Android; no app or extension to install |
| Affiliation | Independent; not affiliated with YouTube, Google or TikTok |
How it differs from other transcript tools
- Everything a transcript needs is free without an account — reading, search, all four downloads and translation of videos up to 20 minutes — where most tools ask you to sign in before exporting.
- Readable paragraphs next to a player that follows along, instead of line-by-line caption fragments.
- When a video has no captions you can still get a transcript: upload the file and it is transcribed with speaker labels.
- Pay per minute with packs that never renew, or subscribe — most transcript tools sell subscriptions only.
- No ads on any page.
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Frequently asked questions
Is ScribeCue free?
Yes. Free with no account: unlimited YouTube transcripts, all four export formats, translation of videos up to 20 minutes, 3 AI summaries a day and 120 upload minutes a month. Pro is $12/month (or $96/year) for 1,500 minutes; minute packs start at $6 for 120 minutes and never renew.
Does ScribeCue download YouTube videos?
No. It only reads the captions YouTube publishes with a video. It is not a video or audio downloader.
Does ScribeCue use my files to train AI?
No. Uploaded files are stored privately, deleted as soon as the transcript is ready (7 days at the latest), and never used for training.
Who makes ScribeCue?
A small independent team. Write to the address on this page for questions, corrections or takedown requests.
Contact
Questions, corrections or a takedown request: hello@scribecue.com. ScribeCue is independent and not affiliated with YouTube, Google or TikTok.