Extract clean text from WebVTT files and remove timestamps, the WEBVTT header, NOTE blocks, STYLE/REGION metadata and cue settings.
Your VTT file is converted locally in your browser. No upload required.
A VTT to TXT converter extracts the spoken text from a WebVTT file and removes technical parts such as the WEBVTT header, timestamps, cue settings, comment blocks and styling metadata. The result is a readable transcript you can use for blog posts, documentation, translations or video notes.
WebVTT files often contain more than subtitle text. This example shows which parts are removed and which text remains at the end.
WEBVTT - export from HTML5 video
NOTE Generated by a video platform
This note should not appear in the transcript.
STYLE
::cue { color: yellow; }
REGION
id:bottom
width:80%
lines:3
intro-1
00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:04.000 line:90% position:50% align:center
<v Anna><i>Welcome</i> to this tutorial.</v>
00:00:04.500 --> 00:00:07.000 position:50%
Today we export WebVTT as text.Anna: Welcome to this tutorial.
Today we export WebVTT as text.SRT files usually contain only numbers, timestamps and text. WebVTT is more flexible: it can include headers, comments, CSS-like styles, regions, cue settings and speaker tags. That is why VTT to TXT needs a different cleanup process than SRT to TXT.
| Element | In SRT | In WebVTT |
|---|---|---|
| WEBVTT Header | Not present | Must be removed |
| NOTE / STYLE / REGION | Rare or not standardized | Can appear regularly and is skipped |
| Cue Settings | Not present | Controls position, line and alignment; removed for TXT |
| <v Speaker> | Usually written as normal text | Can be kept as a speaker name or removed |
Many websites use WebVTT files inside the HTML5 <track> element so subtitles appear directly in the browser. When you want a readable transcript, you do not need timecodes, positions or CSS cues. This tool removes the technical WebVTT structure and creates a clean TXT file.
WebVTT can mark speakers with <v Name>. For interviews, podcasts or training videos, keeping those names in the text is often useful. For plain body text, you can remove speaker cues so only the content remains.
<v Anna>Good morning.</v>
<v Max>Welcome to the webinar.</v>
becomes:
Anna: Good morning.
Max: Welcome to the webinar.WebVTT can also contain chapters, notes, STYLE blocks and REGION blocks. This information is useful for player display, but not for a clean text transcript. The converter skips those blocks and only keeps real cue text with timestamps.
Export HTML5 subtitles as a readable transcript for a website or documentation.
Use subtitle text as a basis for blog posts, summaries or YouTube descriptions.
Turn WebVTT files into clean text that translators or editors can review more easily.
The entire VTT-to-TXT conversion runs locally in your browser. Your WebVTT file is not uploaded, stored or sent to a server.
Choose your WebVTT file or drag and drop it into the upload area.
Decide whether speaker cues should be kept and whether the text should be exported as paragraphs, lines or continuous text.
Download the cleaned subtitle text as a .txt file and use it for transcripts, translations or content recycling.
Yes. The converter removes the WEBVTT header, timestamps and cue settings so only readable subtitle text remains.
This WebVTT metadata is skipped because it is not needed in a plain text transcript.
Yes. When the option is enabled, speaker cues are converted into speaker labels such as “Anna: Text”.
No. Both tools extract text, but VTT contains extra WebVTT elements such as headers, NOTE blocks, STYLE, REGION and cue settings.
By default, yes. Tags such as <i>, <b>, <c.yellow> or <v Speaker> are cleaned up or, for speaker cues, optionally converted into text labels.
Yes. You can choose between paragraphs, one line per cue and continuous body text.
No. The conversion runs completely locally in your browser. Your VTT file stays on your device.