SRT to TXT Converter

What this tool does

This tool turns SRT, WebVTT, ASS, SSA or SBV subtitles into a plain-text transcript without numbers, times or formatting tags. You choose one line per subtitle or joined paragraphs, and whether to keep timestamps. Repeated lines from scrolling auto-captions are removed by default.

How to convert SRT to TXT

1. Select Choose files and pick one or more subtitle files, or drag them onto the green area. You can also select Paste text and paste the subtitles.
2. Pick how the text should look: paragraphs, one line per subtitle, or lines with times.
3. Select Convert.
4. Select Download next to a file, or Download all (ZIP) when you converted several files.

Options explained

• Times in the text (default: no times). Leave it on “No times, just the words” for a readable transcript. “Start time on each line” writes [HH:MM:SS] before each subtitle; “Start and end time on each line” writes both times.
• Layout (default: paragraphs). Only when there are no times. “Paragraphs” joins subtitles into running text; “One line per subtitle” puts each subtitle on its own line, with its line breaks replaced by spaces.
• Start a new paragraph after a pause of (seconds) (default: 2). When the gap between the end of one subtitle and the start of the next is longer than this, a new paragraph begins. Use a larger number for fewer, longer paragraphs.
• Remove repeated lines (on by default). Drops a line when it is exactly the same as the line just before it, which removes the doubled lines of scrolling auto-captions.
• Add UTF-8 BOM (off by default). Adds an invisible marker at the start of the file. Turn it on only if an older Windows program shows broken characters.

Example

This SRT file:

1
00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,500
<i>Is anyone still on the dock?</i>

2
00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,900
Just me.
And the rain.

becomes this text file:

Is anyone still on the dock?

Just me. And the rain.

The second subtitle starts 3.7 seconds after the first one ends, so it begins a new paragraph.

Format notes and limits

• Reads SRT, WebVTT, ASS, SSA and SBV files in any common character set; saves UTF-8 text with LF line endings.
• Removes subtitle numbers, formatting tags (<i>, <b>, <font>), WebVTT voice and class tags, and ASS override codes. ASS comment lines are skipped.
• Times written into the text are rounded down to the whole second.
• Up to 50 files at once, 20 MB per file and 200 MB in total.
• Going the other way? TXT to SRT turns plain text back into a subtitle file with estimated times.

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