Al-Arabiya · Arabic captions

Download transcripts of Arabic YouTube videos

Get the Arabic captions of a YouTube video as text or subtitles, in Arabic script exactly as YouTube has them, written right to left and never translated. Useful for news, lectures, interviews and religious talks.

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Paste a YouTube link and read the transcript right here. No account, nothing to install.

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How it works

01
Paste the video link

Copy the link of the Arabic video, or many links one per line in Bulk videos.
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Arabic is pre-selected

The button above opens the app with Arabic chosen in the Captions menu. If a video has no Arabic captions, you get English, then whatever language it has.
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Copy or download

Copy the Arabic text, or download TXT, SRT, VTT, Markdown, CSV or Excel with a free account.

Why use Free YT Bulk Transcripts

Arabic script, never translated

We never translate or transliterate. The text stays in Arabic letters exactly as the captions have them.

Right to left, handled properly

Files are saved in UTF-8, so Arabic text reads in the correct direction in Word, subtitle editors and modern spreadsheets rather than coming out reversed or as boxes.

No captions, no charge

Arabic videos without any captions are skipped and cost 0 credits.

Whole channels and playlists

On paid plans paste an Arabic news channel or lecture playlist and collect up to 250 videos per run.

Good to know

Auto-captions are trained mostly on Modern Standard Arabic, so Egyptian, Gulf, Levantine and Maghrebi dialects are recognised less reliably.
English is the default, so a video with both English and Arabic captions gives English unless Arabic is chosen in the Captions menu (the button on this page chooses it for you).
Captions rarely include the short vowel marks, so the text reads the way ordinary written Arabic does rather than fully vocalised.
If Arabic appears reversed somewhere you paste it, that is the receiving program's text direction setting, not the file: the characters themselves are stored correctly.

Frequently asked questions

Can I download the transcript of an Arabic YouTube video?

Yes, when the video has Arabic captions. Choose Arabic in the Captions menu (the button on this page does it for you), paste the link and get the text in Arabic script.

Will it translate Arabic to English?

No. We never translate. You get the Arabic captions exactly as YouTube has them. If you want English, keep the default: English captions are used when the video has them.

Does it work with dialects as well as Modern Standard Arabic?

It downloads whatever captions the video has. Dialect speech is recognised less accurately by YouTube's automatic captions than Modern Standard Arabic, so quality depends on the video rather than on us.

Can I get transcripts of a whole Arabic channel?

Yes, on paid plans. Paste the channel link, keep Arabic selected, and get up to 250 videos per run; videos without captions cost nothing.

Is it free?

Your first 10 videos each day are free without an account. A free account adds 25 free credits and downloads; credit packs start at $4.99 for 650 transcripts.

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