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WebVTT to Plain text

Turn WebVTT captions into a plain-text transcript

Get the words of your .vtt files without the WEBVTT header, cue identifiers, timings, settings or tags. Handy for show notes, translation quotes and search.

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VTT to TXT converterFree: 3 files per batch

Drop subtitle files or a folder here

.srt .vtt .ass .ssa .sub, any number of files

Convert to
Options auto encoding, no offset, keep tags

Sample batch2 files

  • lecture-03.vttReadyWebVTT · UTF-8 · 4 cues → lecture-03.txt
  • webinar-q-and-a.vttReadyWebVTT · UTF-8 · 3 cues → webinar-q-and-a.txt
Or drop your own files above.
Output previewlecture-03.txt
Welcome back. Today we look at colour grading.

First, set the white balance
on a neutral grey card.

Then adjust exposure before saturation.

Pause the video and try it on your own clip.

Converted in this tab. Nothing is uploaded.

How to

How to convert VTT to TXT

  1. Drop your .vtt files

    Drop files or a whole folder onto the converter. Each file is checked and listed with its encoding and cue count.

  2. Keep Plain text selected

    Plain text is preselected on this page. Set a time offset or strip tags under Options if you need to.

  3. Download

    One file downloads as .txt; several come as one zip with your folder structure kept.

Details

What changes in the conversion

  • The WEBVTT header, NOTE comments and STYLE and REGION blocks are removed.
  • Cue identifiers, timing lines and cue settings (align:, line:, position:) are removed.
  • Voice tags such as <v Instructor> are removed and the spoken text kept; entities like &amp; become the characters they stand for.
  • Each cue becomes one paragraph with a blank line between cues.

FAQ

Questions

Does the transcript keep speaker names?

No. WebVTT stores the speaker inside the <v> tag, and the tag is removed with the other markup. Speaker names typed into the text itself are kept.

Can I turn the text back into captions?

No. Plain text has no timings, so it is an output format only. Keep the .vtt as your source.

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