Paste a TikTok link and get the script — every spoken line with the time it was said, plus a short summary. Copy it, or download TXT, SRT or VTT. The first minute of a video is free, no account needed.
This is our tool's actual output for a 67-second NASA video on YouTube (NASA videos are public domain). Watch the video TikTok transcripts come out the same way. For TikTok, the words come from the video's audio.
America is set to return to the Moon to establish a permanent Moon Base, with NASA collaborating with various companies to develop new technologies and infrastructure by 2028.
Copy the video's link (tap Share, then Copy link) and paste it into a TikTok script extractor. It turns the spoken audio into text and gives you every line with the time it was said, ready to copy or download. It works even if the creator never turned on captions, because the words come from the sound.
It listens to the TikTok's audio and writes down what is said, with the time each line starts. Because the words come from the sound, you get a script even when the creator never turned on captions. You also get a short summary of what was said and three downloads. It does not copy on-screen text or the post's caption, and it can only open public videos.
Open the video, tap Share (the arrow on the right), then tap Copy link. Paste it into the box at the top of this page. Short share links like vm.tiktok.com/… and vt.tiktok.com/… work.
Open the video and copy the address from the browser bar. It looks like tiktok.com/@username/video/…. Extra text at the end of the link is fine.
Profile links and photo posts don't work. The link has to point to one video.
Here are the first lines of a real result, unedited. It is a short NASA video about the asteroid 2024 YR4. We use NASA's videos because they are public domain, and NASA posts its short videos on Instagram. TikTok links go through the same speech-to-text step, so a TikTok script comes back in exactly this form.
| Time | Line |
|---|---|
| 0:00 | This asteroid 2024 YR4 might get interesting. |
| 0:03 | There was a chance that it could impact Earth. |
| 0:07 | The Atlas Survey, operated by the University of Hawaii, finds about 200 to 250 |
| 0:12 | near-Earth objects per year. |
| 0:14 | This object was sort of a garden variety new NEO. |
Two things to notice. Lines break where the speaker pauses, not at the end of a sentence, so one sentence can run over two lines. And names can come out wrong: the survey is called ATLAS, but speech-to-text wrote "Atlas". Fix names like this before you publish. The full example shows every line and the summary.
Shorter than most people expect. We looked at the 1,658 TikTok scripts our tool made between 15 July and 26 September 2026, measured by when the last word is spoken:
| Talking ends within | Share of TikToks |
|---|---|
| 1 minute | 43% |
| 1.5 minutes | 74% |
| 3 minutes | 88% |
The typical TikTok in that set had its last word at about 64 seconds and 186 words in total. That is why the free first minute is often the whole script. For a longer video, the free result tells you how much is hidden, and Pro returns the rest.
People mean three different things when they ask for the text of a TikTok:
We checked the tools Google shows first for "tiktok script extractor" on 13 October 2026. Here is what each one says on its own page, including where ours is weaker.
| Tool | What its page says | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| TokScript | TikTok, Reels and Shorts; free plan of 5 transcripts a day; bulk import of up to 50 links; TXT, XML, JSON and CSV downloads | Paid plans from $10/month; adds AI hook and script writers |
| ScrapeCreators | Free TikTok transcript tool, no signup, no rate limits | TikTok only; one link at a time; also sells an API |
| GetTheScript | Single videos free with no account; TikTok, Reels, Shorts and Facebook; plain text, timestamped text, SRT and VTT | Batches of up to 50 links and file uploads need a paid credit pack |
| Choppity | Free, no signup; paste a TikTok link or upload a file; text download | Output is plain text without times |
| TranscribeVideo.ai (this tool) | TikTok, YouTube and Instagram; every line with its time; summary; TXT, SRT and VTT; one combined summary for up to 10 videos on Pro | The free plan is smaller: the first minute of 1 video every 30 days (+1 when you sign in) |
If you only need a few short scripts for free, several of these give you more free uses than we do. Pick ours when you want timed SRT or VTT files, a summary next to the script, or one tool for TikTok, YouTube and Instagram.
| Free | Pro ($13.50/month) | |
|---|---|---|
| Videos | 1 every 30 days without an account, +1 more when you sign in | Up to 250 every 30 days (up to 100 a day) |
| Length | First minute of each video (a minute or less comes back in full) | Full length |
| Links at once | 1 | Up to 10, with one combined summary |
| Downloads | TXT, SRT and VTT for the part shown | TXT, SRT and VTT for the whole video |
Yes, to try. Without an account you get 1 free video every 30 days, and signing in free gives you 1 more. Free results show the first minute; TikToks of a minute or less come back in full. Pro ($13.50/month) gives full-length scripts and up to 10 links at once.
We have not measured our accuracy, so we don't quote a percentage. The words come from speech-to-text on the video's audio. Clear speech comes out well. Loud music, fast talk, people talking over each other, slang and unusual names cause most mistakes. Check names, numbers and quotes against the video before you use them.
No. The script is what people say out loud. Words that only appear as on-screen text, stickers or the post caption are not in it.
No. The tool can only open public videos. Private videos, and videos only friends can see, don't work.
Then there is no script to write down. The tool tells you it couldn't hear anyone talking, and that try does not count against your limit.
You get the script in the language that is spoken. A Spanish TikTok gives a Spanish script. Nothing is translated.
Yes, on Pro. Paste up to 10 links and you get a script for each, plus one combined summary across all of them. The free plan takes 1 link at a time.
TXT with just the words, or SRT and VTT subtitle files that keep the time of each line. Video editors such as CapCut, Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve can import SRT files.
No. You only need the video's link. The tool runs in your browser on a phone or a computer, with no app, extension or TikTok login.
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