Strips the clutter
Cue numbers, timing lines, HTML-style tags and VTT headers are removed.
FREE SUBTITLE TOOL
Turn an SRT file into clean, readable text.
Remove cue numbers, timing lines and formatting tags from SRT or VTT subtitles. Get one block of text for reading and editing, one line per cue, or lines with timestamps.
What the text extractor does
Joins broken lines
Two-line captions become one sentence, and repeated consecutive cues are merged.
Optional timestamps
Keep the start time of each cue when you need to refer back to the video.
How it works
- Open or paste subtitles. SRT and VTT files both work.
- Choose the layout. Leave both options off for one block of text, or choose one line per cue or timestamps.
- Extract and download. Copy the text or download it as a TXT file.
Why convert subtitles to text?
Subtitle files are full of numbers and timing lines that get in the way when you want to read, quote or edit what was said. Plain text is easier to paste into a document, translate, summarise or search. Writers use it to turn a video into an article, students to study a lecture, and editors to review a script.
Three output layouts
One block of text
Best for reading and editing. Lines are joined with spaces and duplicate consecutive cues, common in auto-generated captions, are removed.
One line per cue
Keeps the original segmentation, which helps when you need to match text back to captions or translate line by line.
Lines with timestamps
Adds the start time of every cue, in hours, minutes and seconds, so you can find a quote in the video.
Subtitles vs a real transcript
Captions are often shortened to fit the screen and rarely include speaker names. If you have the original audio or video, a transcript from video to text gives you the full wording with speaker labels and paragraph structure, ready to export as TXT, DOCX, PDF or Markdown.
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Questions and limits
Can I convert VTT to text too?
Yes. The extractor reads both SRT and WebVTT, including voice tags, which are removed.
Why is the text one long paragraph?
Subtitles do not contain paragraph breaks. Choose one line per cue, or add paragraph breaks yourself where the topic changes.
Does it include speaker names?
Only if the speaker names were written in the subtitle text. A Media2Text transcript exports speaker labels directly in TXT, DOCX and other formats.
Is my file uploaded?
No. The text is extracted in your browser.