Works on any web video

Convert any web video to text — without uploading it

Most video-to-text tools want the file. VoxCue doesn’t: it transcribes the video you are already watching, on whatever site it is on. Press play, and the words appear in a side panel, timestamped and searchable, ready to copy or download.

Free account · free daily allowance · works in Chrome and Chromium browsers

How it works

  1. 1

    Add VoxCue to Chrome

    Install the free extension and sign in with a free account.

  2. 2

    Open the video and press play

    Vimeo, Loom, Coursera, YouTube, a course platform, a company intranet — any HTML5 player.

  3. 3

    Read along, then export

    Text streams into the side panel as the video plays. Download it as TXT, SRT, VTT or JSON.

Any site, one tool

YouTube, Vimeo, Loom, Coursera and any page with a standard video player.

Live tab-audio transcription

Listens only to the tab you choose, never your microphone.

Language detected for you

Auto-detects the spoken language; translate the subtitles into 20+ others.

Four export formats

TXT for notes, SRT and VTT for subtitles, JSON for your own tools.

No files to download, upload or delete

The usual way to turn a video into text is to download the video, upload it to a transcription service, wait, and then remember to delete it. That is impossible for videos you can only stream — a course, a client’s Loom, a webinar replay — and awkward for everything else.

VoxCue works the other way round. It captures the audio of the browser tab you start it on and transcribes it as the video plays. The text builds up beside the player in real time, with a timestamp on every line, and nothing has to leave the page as a file.

Where it works

On YouTube VoxCue can read the video’s existing captions directly, which is instant. Everywhere else — Vimeo, Loom, Coursera, LinkedIn Learning-style course players, news sites and most pages with an HTML5 video — it transcribes the audio live. Because it follows the video as it plays, the transcript covers exactly what you watched.

Turn the text into something useful

Search the transcript for a word and jump to it. Generate an AI overview, takeaways and chapters. Show it as subtitles on top of the video, in the size, colour and position you prefer. Or export it: plain text for documents, SRT or VTT to add captions to your own copy of the video, JSON if you are feeding it into another tool.

Who uses it

  • Online learners. Get a written copy of course videos on platforms that offer no transcript.
  • Teams. Turn a teammate’s Loom or a recorded demo into notes and action items.
  • Accessibility. Read any video with live captions when audio isn’t an option.
  • Writers and marketers. Quote webinars and talks accurately, with timestamps to back them up.

Frequently asked questions

Can I convert a video to text without downloading it?+

Yes — that is how VoxCue works. It transcribes the video while it plays in your browser, so there is no file to download or upload.

Which websites does it support?+

YouTube, Vimeo, Loom, Coursera and most websites that use a standard HTML5 video player.

Is my audio stored?+

VoxCue captures only the audio of the tab you start it on, to transcribe it. See the VoxCue privacy policy for exactly what is processed and kept.

Is there a free plan?+

Yes. Every account gets a free daily allowance; Pro removes the limit.

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