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Convert subtitles into readable text

Extract the text from an .srt file: no numbering, no timestamps, no artificial breaks.

  1. 1File
  2. 2Conversion
  3. 3Download

About this tool

The content of a subtitle file isn't continuous text, but text broken up to fit on screen. Each sentence is interrupted every two seconds, and a paragraph can end up split across several numbered blocks. That's fine for watching a film, but impractical for reading, quoting or pasting into another document.

This tool reassembles the text: it joins the sentences where the subtitle had split them and creates a new paragraph only where appropriate — a silence longer than two seconds, or a line ending in a full stop. You can keep the timestamps if you need to locate yourself within the recording, or omit them if the goal is reading.

Features

  • Paragraphs are rebuilt from silences and punctuation, not from each individual subtitle.
  • The sequence number and timestamps are removed; if you prefer to keep the time reference, they appear as [1:23] at the start of the paragraph.
  • Formatting tags are completely removed from the text.
  • The speaker is preserved when the original file includes it.

How it works

  1. 1

    Upload the .srt file

    Or paste it directly. It also supports .vtt files.

  2. 2

    Set the output options

    With or without timestamps; by line or grouped into paragraphs.

  3. 3

    Copy or download

    Directly to your notes, your document, or wherever you need it.

In detail

Why subtitle content is hard to read

A subtitle's break doesn't look for the end of the sentence, but for the point where it stops fitting on screen. The usual convention is two lines of about forty characters, visible just long enough to read, which splits sentences without any regard for punctuation.

That's why opening an SRT in a text editor is hard to read: stray numbers, interleaved timestamps and sentences broken every two lines. This tool not only removes the numbers, but reassembles what was split to produce readable text.

What the text is used for once extracted

Searching content, extracting a quote for a document, sending it to someone who won't play the video, or feeding it to a language model for a summary. In none of those cases do timestamps add value.

They are useful when reviewing content. If the goal is to return to the video to verify a detail, keeping a timestamp at the start of each paragraph turns the document into an index. That's why this is offered as an option rather than applied automatically.

Frequently asked questions

Need to transcribe a video?

Upload it and get the text with timestamps, each voice identified and a summary. No account needed to start.

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