TikTok · caption extractor

Extract TikTok captions — from any video.

Pull the spoken audio and on-screen overlay text from any public TikTok — clean, timestamped, and ready to copy, export as SRT, or cross-post to Reels and Shorts.

No signup to try Free for 3 videos / month SRT · VTT · TXT · PDF

2.4M

Videos transcribed

41K

Active creators

98.7%

Accuracy benchmark

12s

Median turnaround

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Why Jiro's sushi costs $400 a person

Transcript Summary Repurpose

00:00:01 People ask me why Jiro's sushi costs what it costs. They think it's the rice.

00:00:07 It's not the rice. Rice is cheap. It's the seventy years spent on the rice.

00:00:14 The tuna ages for three days. The octopus is massaged by hand for forty minutes.

00:00:22 Time is the ingredient. You can't buy the time.

Copied · transcript .srt .vtt .pdf .txt

What you extract

Every TikTok caption extracted clean.

Paste a URL and the extractor handles the rest — timestamps, formats, and both caption layers your video carries.

Spoken audio + on-screen text

Captures both the burned-in overlay and the spoken transcript — so you never miss the hook, punchline, or CTA.

Hook extraction

The first three seconds are flagged separately — perfect for building a swipe file of viral TikTok hooks.

Clean export

SRT for cross-posting to Reels, TXT for repurposing into threads, PDF for team review decks.

Caption workflow

Extract a TikTok caption in three steps.

Paste, extract, export. No Chrome extension, no signup to try — your first caption is on the house.

Paste a TikTok URL

Copy the share link from the TikTok app (three-dots menu → Copy link) or your browser. Both tiktok.com and vm.tiktok.com short links work.

We extract the caption

Spoken audio and burned-in on-screen text are pulled in parallel — word-level timestamps baked in. Median turnaround: twelve seconds.

Copy, export, or translate

Copy the transcript to clipboard, export as SRT/VTT/TXT/PDF for cross-posting, or translate to 40 languages — every cue window preserved.

Beyond extraction

More than a caption extractor.

Every caption can be summarized, translated, or remixed into eight content formats — without leaving the page.

Download videos

Save the TikTok as an MP4 without the watermark baked over your edits.

AI summaries

One-line take — ready to drop into a tweet or a strategy doc.

40-language translation

Translated packs for global audiences with cue windows preserved.

Repurpose to 8 formats

Threads, LinkedIn, blog drafts, YouTube Shorts scripts — from the same paste.

Who this is for

Built for teams that extract captions every day.

Cross-posting TikToks to Reels and Shorts

Building a swipe file of viral hooks

Captioning for accessibility compliance

Translating for international audiences

Pulling scripts from trending TikToks

Analyzing competitor hooks at scale

How it works

Inside the TikTok caption extractor pipeline.

Paste any public TikTok URL. The extractor pulls spoken audio and on-screen overlay text — timestamped, clean, and ready to export in under twelve seconds.

How to copy a TikTok caption (step by step)

To copy a TikTok caption, open the video and tap the three-dots menu, then choose Copy link — and paste that link into the box at the top of this page. In about twelve seconds you get the full caption as clean, copy-and-paste text: hit Copy to grab it for a post, or export it as SRT, VTT, TXT, or PDF. Copying the description straight from the TikTok app only gives you the text the creator typed — this pulls the spoken audio and the on-screen overlay text as well, so you copy the complete caption, not just the visible description. No screen-recording, no retyping, and no Chrome extension to install.

Works with any TikTok URL

Long-form tiktok.com URLs, short vm.tiktok.com share links, and mobile deep links all work. Paste one, and within seconds the full caption appears. No browser extension, no Chrome extension, no account required.

Spoken caption vs. on-screen overlay

Most tools only pull the auto-generated caption file TikTok exposes — which misses everything the creator typed as on-screen text. We capture both, so the output is the complete picture: hooks, jokes, and every CTA the creator meant to show. If you only need the spoken words rather than the on-screen overlay, our TikTok transcript generator returns just the clean audio transcript.

Export captions as SRT, VTT, TXT, or PDF

Every caption can be downloaded as SRT (Premiere, Final Cut, DaVinci, CapCut), VTT (web video), TXT (plain text), or PDF (formatted caption transcript). Cue windows land clean — no re-timing, no reformatting.

Translate captions into 40 languages

Paste an English TikTok and get the caption in Spanish, French, Mandarin, Japanese, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, and 33 more languages. Cue windows stay preserved across translations — one paste, every major market.

Build a swipe file of viral hooks

The first three-second line is flagged separately — so you can build a hook swipe file by running a dozen trending TikToks through the extractor in a single session. Extract, sort, remix, repeat.

Bulk runs — no API key, no Chrome extension

Sequential URLs work without an API key or rate limit to babysit. Paste, extract, next. Paid plans unlock batch runs from a CSV of URLs.

FAQ

Common questions.

What is a TikTok caption extractor?

A tool that pulls the spoken audio and on-screen overlay text from a public TikTok as timestamped text. Ours runs in the browser — paste a URL, get the transcript in twelve seconds, export as SRT, VTT, TXT, or PDF. No install, no Chrome extension, no account.

How do I extract a caption from a TikTok?

Copy the share link from TikTok (three-dots menu → Copy link) or your browser, paste it into the caption extractor above, and click. The full timestamped caption appears in seconds — no signup to try your first run.

Does it capture on-screen text as well as the spoken audio?

Yes — we pull both the spoken audio and the burned-in on-screen overlay. You never lose the hook, the visual punchline, or the CTA the creator only showed as on-screen text.

Can I run this on private or unlisted TikToks?

No — the extractor only works on public TikToks. Private and friends-only posts return an error, since TikTok blocks third-party access to non-public content.

Is the caption extractor free?

Your first caption extractions are free — no credit card, no signup to try. Paid plans unlock unlimited runs, batch processing from a CSV, and watermark-free video downloads.

What caption formats can I export?

SRT (Premiere, Final Cut, DaVinci, CapCut), VTT (web video), TXT (plain text), or PDF (formatted caption transcript). Pick one or grab all four in a zip.

Will the timestamps sync with my TikTok in CapCut?

Yes. Cue windows are frame-accurate — every caption line is timestamped to the audio track, not estimated from character counts — so burn-in lands exactly on the word.

Can I translate an extracted caption?

Yes. Translate captions into 40 languages — Spanish, French, Mandarin, Japanese, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, and more — with cue windows preserved so the result stays frame-accurate.

How do you copy a caption on TikTok?

In the app, tap the three-dots menu on the video and choose Copy link, then paste that link at the top of this page — the full caption comes back as clean text you can copy in one tap. Copying inside TikTok only grabs the description the creator typed; pasting the link here also captures the spoken audio and on-screen overlay text.

Can you copy and paste a TikTok caption?

Yes. Paste the video link into the extractor and the caption comes back as plain, copy-and-paste text — ready to drop into a post, a doc, or a script. No retyping and no manual transcription.

How do I copy the text from a TikTok caption?

Paste the TikTok URL above and click. The spoken audio and on-screen text are returned as selectable, timestamped text — hit Copy to grab all of it, or export as TXT, SRT, VTT, or PDF.

How do I copy a TikTok description?

Paste the video link into the box at the top of this page. Alongside the spoken transcript you get the full description and on-screen text as copy-and-paste text — more complete than copying the description manually from the app.

“I run TikTok for three brands. This is the only tool that pulls both the voice-over and the on-screen text cleanly — everything else misses one or the other.”

Saskia Bloom

Social ops · agency

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