Free SRT to Text Converter
Extract the readable caption lines from an SRT file and download them as a plain-text transcript without cue numbers or timestamps.
Runs locally in this browser
Subtitle parsing and text export happen on your device. Nothing is uploaded and the tool does not inspect or store transcript contents.
What this tool handles
- Input: SubRip .srt
- Output: plain UTF-8 .txt
- One cue per line
- HTML-like subtitle tags removed only from speed calculations, not conversion
Four checks from input to export
- 1Choose an SRT file or paste its contents.
- 2Click Extract plain text.
- 3Review the transcript and edit any unwanted line breaks.
- 4Download the TXT file for notes, scripts, or review.
What the browser changes
The converter parses valid cue blocks, discards sequence numbers and timing lines, joins multi-line cue text with spaces, and writes one cue per output line.
- Create a review transcript from exported captions.
- Copy dialogue into show notes or a rough script.
- Prepare caption text for manual translation or editorial review.
- Speaker labels and sound descriptions remain part of the text.
- The tool does not combine repeated words created by overlapping cues.
- Plain text loses all timing information and cannot be imported as subtitles.
Quick answers
Will timestamps appear in the TXT file?
No. Cue numbers and timestamps are removed.
Does the tool create paragraphs?
It writes one cue per line. Paragraph grouping still needs an editorial pass.
Can I convert the TXT back to SRT?
Not automatically because plain text no longer contains timing.
Understand SRT structure and exports
Need automatic transcription and animated output too? Caption Plug works in a browser or directly inside Premiere Pro.