Convert VTT to text
Strip the timecodes and tags from WebVTT captions and get a clean, plain-text transcript.
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free to start · project to project: $5 · every other conversion: $3 · Pro $9/month · pricing
Converting as a guest. A free account has no monthly cap on files within the free size limit.
How to convert VTT to Text
Convert WebVTT (.vtt) captions to plain text in seconds. CutConvert strips the cue timings and inline tags and joins the dialogue into a clean, readable transcript.
Add your VTT files
Drag your .vtt caption files onto the drop zone, up to 10 at once, or click to browse.
Convert VTT to text
Press Convert. CutConvert removes the timestamps and WebVTT tags and returns just the spoken text.
Download your result
Download the converted file instantly, or a single ZIP archive when you convert a batch of files.
WebVTT and plain text, explained
WebVTT files carry timing and styling you may not want when you just need the words. This converter turns a .vtt caption file into a plain-text transcript for scripts, notes, or pasting elsewhere.
Strip the timecodes and tags from WebVTT captions and get a clean, plain-text transcript. It is free to start, encrypted in transit, and converts a whole batch into one ZIP — sign in when you need large, high-volume jobs.
VTT to Text FAQ
What gets stripped from the VTT file?
The cue timings and inline WebVTT tags are removed, along with any styling. What comes back is just the spoken text, joined into a clean, readable transcript.
Why convert VTT captions to plain text?
WebVTT files carry timing and styling you may not want when you just need the words for scripts, notes, or pasting elsewhere. This gives you a plain-text transcript instead of a caption file.
I need SRT, not plain text. Is there a converter for that?
Yes. The VTT to SRT converter at /vtt/srt keeps the timing and rewrites every WebVTT cue as a standards-compliant SRT cue.
How many files can I convert, and is it free?
Free to start, and batches come back as a single ZIP. Guests convert 5 files a month at up to 100 KB each; a free account has no monthly cap on files within the free size limit and batches up to 100 files, and paid plans start at $9/month for 100 conversions with 50 MB files.
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Why editors trust it
Free to start
Convert everyday batches for free. Create an account when you need large, high-volume jobs.
Batch in, one ZIP out
Convert a batch within your allowance and download a single ZIP, or one file if that is all you need.
Made for editors
Whole timelines from Premiere, Final Cut and Avid with transitions, markers, titles, keyframes, levels, nests and bins; captions that keep their italics, colour, placement and speakers across SRT, VTT, ASS, TTML, iTT, SCC and STL, any of them in, any of them out; transcripts into Premiere with the words the engine timed. Frame rates and timecode handled the way post expects.
Private by design
Files are converted in your browser. Queued files can be saved locally to restore your job after checkout. Conversion metadata helps us diagnose errors; file contents are not uploaded.
Questions, answered
Where are my files processed?
In your browser. The converter runs on your own machine and the file never leaves it; the site only records that a conversion happened. CutConvert never sees, stores, sells or shares your media.
Is it free? Do I need an account?
About an hour of footage per file is free, on every converter: 100 KB of subtitles or captions, 500 KB of Word transcript, 2 MB of transcript JSON, 1 MB of Resolve project, 5 MB of Final Cut XML, with Premiere projects and Avid AAF a little under the hour. Guests get five conversions a month, a free account has no monthly cap within those sizes, and above that project-to-project transfers are $5 per file. Every other conversion is $3, including project files to captions, reports or cut lists, and captions or transcripts into an editor. Pro is $9 a month ($39 a year) for every file type up to 50 MB; Studio is $19 a month ($79 a year) for files up to 500 MB. Paid-file access lasts 24 hours.
What do I get when I convert multiple files?
Drop several files and you get back one ZIP archive containing every converted file. Convert a single file and you get that one file back, no ZIP. Tick extra formats under the output chips and the same ZIP carries every one of them, and a file counts as one conversion whatever it is written to.
Which formats are supported?
Timelines: Premiere .prproj, DaVinci Resolve .drp (as exported, or gzip- or Zstandard-wrapped), Avid AAF and Final Cut FCPXML in; FCP7 XML, FCPXML, Resolve .drp, CMX 3600 EDL and shot-list CSV out. A Premiere or Final Cut edit travels with its transitions, markers, titles, opacity and scale keyframes, clip volume, speed changes, nested sequences, bins, audio channel routing and each file's own frame rate, wherever the output has a place for them; an Avid AAF brings its transitions, markers, clip levels with their keyframes, muted tracks, nested stacks and each clip's own rate. Captions and transcripts, read and written: SRT, WebVTT, SBV, ASS, TTML, DFXP, iTT, SCC, MCC (a second 608 channel comes out as its own file), EBU-STL, Avid caption TXT, CapCut drafts of any size, timed CSV, Word, plain text, Whisper, WhisperX, AssemblyAI, Deepgram, Rev.ai and CapCut JSON, TwitchDownloader chat logs as a chat replay, Premiere transcript JSON and .prtranscript, Rev, Otter and Word-style transcripts, with italics, colour, placement and speakers kept where the output can hold them and measured word timing into Premiere. EDLs become event CSV reports. The capability table lists what every pair keeps.
Can I pick a frame rate?
Yes. For EDL and Avid caption output you can choose 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, or 30 fps, or let CutConvert auto-detect it from your source.