Facebook video transcript
A Facebook video transcript makes a long upload skimmable and quotable, which the player itself never does. Paste a link, read the whole thing as text, then lift the parts you need or keep proper subtitles. Videos and reels turn into a readable transcript, free.
See the transcript flow, step by step
A walkthrough of speech turning into clean, timed text.
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What you get
- Plain text transcript
- Timestamped lines you can jump through
- Subtitle file, .srt or .vtt
Why people use it
Files stream straight to your device. We keep no copy of the video or the link.
No sign up, no email, no tracking pixel. Paste a link and save the file.
Every tool on the site is free to use, with no daily download cap.
We pick the highest stream the source offers, up to 4K where it exists.
One paste, one click. No queues, no waiting rooms, no forced ads between steps.
Runs in any modern browser on phone, tablet and desktop. Nothing to install.
How to transcribe a Facebook video
Click the timestamp on the post or use the share menu and Copy link. A watch link, a reel link and an fb.watch short link all work. Paste it above and press Get transcript.
The text comes back split into short lines with timings, so you can jump to the right moment in the original while you read.
Watch videos, reels and live replays
Public videos, reels and finished live replays all resolve. Posts limited to friends, private groups and removed videos do not, because the audio is not reachable from a link.
Very long recordings take longer to read than a short reel, so give a webinar replay a moment before assuming it stalled.
Common uses
Pulling notes out of a group meeting replay, quoting a public statement accurately, writing subtitles for a cross post, or feeding a long session to a summariser instead of watching it twice.
Where the words come from
Facebook video runs long, so a transcript is often the only practical way to find one line.
When a caption track already exists it is read directly, which is fast and matches what the platform shows on screen.
When there is none, the audio itself is transcribed, which takes a little longer and depends on how clearly the speaker was recorded.
Reading beats rewatching
Skimming a page of text for the one sentence you needed takes seconds, where scrubbing a Facebook video back and forth takes minutes.
A transcript is searchable, so a recipe quantity, a price or a name is found with a browser find rather than a replay.
It also gives you something quotable, since the wording is in front of you instead of half remembered.
What to check before you use it
Names, brands and places are the usual errors, because they are guessed by sound.
Background music and two people talking at once both lower accuracy noticeably, so busy clips need a read through.
Punctuation is inferred from pauses rather than heard, so long stretches of speech come back with fewer full stops than you would write.
Good to know
Public videos, Reels and live replays
Any Facebook video that plays without logging in can be turned into text, including Reels and finished live streams.
Download Facebook videosUseful for long live replays
Live streams can run for an hour or more. Reading the transcript is the quickest way to find the part you actually need.
Translate a videoFriends only posts stay private
Videos shared to friends or inside private groups need a Facebook login, so they cannot be read from a link.
Questions people ask
Does this work with fb.watch links?
Yes. Short fb.watch links, full watch links and reel links are all accepted.
Can I transcribe a private group video?
No. Only publicly reachable videos can be read. For anything private, download the file and use the upload tool.
How long can the video be?
Short clips and reels are fastest. Long replays work but take longer, and very large files may need to be uploaded as audio instead.
Do you keep anything?
No. The video is read once to produce the text and nothing is written to our storage.
Does the video need captions turned on?
No. If Facebook has a caption track it is used, and if not the audio is transcribed instead.
Can I get the text with timestamps?
Yes, timings come through where the source carries them, and the plain text version is there too for pasting into notes.
Does it work on private posts?
No. Only content that is already public can be read, since nothing signs in on your behalf.