Occasionally it is necessary to extract subtitles from YouTube videos, such as lectures and interviews, where what the person said is more important than the videotape itself, and save it as a file.
Also, for those who practice singing while watching YouTube music videos, it would be more accessible if the subtitles (lyrics) of YouTube videos could be converted to text and printed out.
Also, if you want to translate subtitles for YouTube videos yourself, you need to extract the original subtitles from YouTube and convert them to text.
If you want to extract subtitles from YouTube and save them as text, WonderFox HD Video Converter Factory Pro is surely your best choice. The powerful “Download” feature allows you to download videos from YouTube up to 8K quality with subtitles. You can also batch download YouTube channel and playlist videos with super-fast speed. After downloading a YouTube video with subtitles, you can use the software’s subtitle extractor to save YouTube video subtitles as text. Also, you can burn text YouTube subtitles into your videos if you want.
Besides providing a solution to save YouTube subtitles as text, you can also use WonderFox HD Video Converter Factory Pro to extract sound sources from YouTube videos and save them as audio files like MP3. You can also easily convert video/music file formats, edit, compress size, and adjust parameters. You can also record computer screens and record system audio/microphone audio.
How to easily extract subtitles from YouTube videos with WonderFox HD Video Converter Factory Pro?
If the YouTube video you want has not been downloaded to the local disk, you can use its built-in downloader to save the video from YouTube to your computer. As the best YouTube video downloader for Windows 11, it allows you to download YouTube videos with subtitles directly via URL. Then follow the steps below to extract subtitles from YouTube videos.
Step 1: Go to the main screen of WonderFox HD Video Converter Factory Pro and open the “Toolbox”. Then select the “Subtitle Extractor” section.
Step 2: Click “+ Add Video” on the left, select a video file, and click “Open” to import it into the subtitle extractor.
Step 3: Select the subtitle track you want to extract and the subtitle output format from the two drop-down lists in the middle. WonderFox HD Video Converter Factory Pro can output subtitles in four formats: TXT, SRT, SSA, and ASS.
Step 4: Click the inverted triangle button at the bottom to specify the output path of the subtitle file. Now, press “Extract Subtitles” to instantly extract SRT from YouTube videos.
After the process is complete, you can examine the .srt files in the folder.
How to use online tools to extract subtitles from YouTube videos?
For users who don’t want to install a desktop program on their PC, here’s another way to extract subtitles from YouTube videos is to use the handy online subtitle extractor DownSub. It is a web application that can download subtitles directly from YouTube to SRT and TXT files.
Step 1: Find the video on YouTube that you want to extract subtitles from and visit DownSub.
Step 2: Paste the YouTube video link and copy it to DowbSub. Hit the “Download” button to analyze the video.
Step 3: All subtitle tracks are listed on the new interface. Just select the subtitles you want and save them to your computer.
Final words
That’s the whole process of converting and saving YouTube subtitles to text that we want to share with you. Both desktop and online subtitle extractor applications are great solutions. If you need to do more than extract subtitles and download online videos, HD Video Converter Factory Pro will be a better choice. Online tools are also useful if you have no interest in installing third-party software. You can choose according to your actual requirements.