What is a Facebook video transcript generator?
A Facebook video transcript generator is an online tool that gives you the words spoken in a Facebook video as text. You paste the link to a video or Reel and get the transcript back, ready to copy or download.
ScribeShort works in two steps. First it reads the captions Facebook already created for the video. If there are none, it transcribes the speech from the audio with automatic speech recognition. You do not have to choose; the tool does this for you.
How to get a transcript of a Facebook video
- In the Facebook app, tap Share under the video or Reel and choose Copy link. On a computer, click the ... menu or the video's date and copy the address from the browser bar.
- Paste the link into the box at the top of this page.
- Click Get Transcript. It usually takes 15 to 90 seconds.
- Read the text, click Copy, or click Download .txt to save it as a file.
No Facebook account, app, or extension is needed.
Which Facebook videos can be transcribed?
The tool reads one public video at a time:
| Type of content | Works? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Reels | Yes | Public Reels from Pages and profiles. |
| Videos on Pages and in Watch | Yes | Public videos. Short videos work best; very long ones may time out. |
| Recorded live videos | Usually | After the broadcast has ended and the replay is public. |
| Live broadcasts in progress | No | Wait until the live video has ended. |
| Stories | No | They are temporary and need a login to view. |
| Friends-only posts and private groups | No | The tool never logs in, so it only sees what anyone can see. |
Which Facebook links work?
Paste a link that points to one video, for example:
- Reels:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1234567890123456 - Watch links:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1234567890123456 - Page videos:
https://www.facebook.com/PageName/videos/1234567890123456/ - Share links from the app:
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/XXXXXXX/orhttps://www.facebook.com/share/v/XXXXXXX/ - Short links:
https://fb.watch/XXXXXXX/
Mobile links that start with m.facebook.com or web.facebook.com work too. Links to a whole Page, a profile, a group, or a feed are not accepted, because they do not point to one video.
Facebook video to text: what you get
You get one clean block of text with the spoken words, without timestamps or speaker names. You can copy it or download it as a .txt file that opens in any editor.
- When Facebook has captions for the video, you get those captions as text.
- When it does not, the speech is transcribed from the audio, and the detected language is shown with the result.
- Music, sound effects, and text shown on screen are not included.
Why did it not return any text?
You will see the message This video has no speech we can read, or it is private or unavailable when:
- Nobody speaks in the video, for example music only.
- The voice is drowned out by loud music or noise.
- The video is shared with friends only, in a private group, or deleted.
- The video is age-restricted or blocked in some countries.
A quick test: open the link in a private browser window without logging in to Facebook. If you cannot watch the video there, the tool cannot read it either.
How accurate is the transcript?
Captions made by Facebook are returned as they are. Speech transcribed from the audio is usually very good when the voice is clear, and less reliable with loud music, several people talking at once, strong accents, or unusual names. The text is produced by a machine, so read it once before you quote or publish it.
What can you do with a Facebook video transcript?
- Turn a talk, interview, or Reel into a blog post, newsletter, or social post.
- Quote a speaker accurately in an article, report, or meeting notes.
- Keep a searchable text record of your Page's videos.
- Write captions or subtitles for your own videos.
- Make videos easier to follow for people who cannot or prefer not to listen.
- Translate the words with any translation tool.
Privacy and limits
- ScribeShort does not store your links or transcripts. There is no account and no database.
- Captions and transcription are handled by a third-party processing service (Apify). It receives the video link, returns the text, and keeps run data for a limited time under its own policy.
- Each visitor can request up to 5 transcripts per day across all tools. This keeps the tool free.
- Only public videos can be read. The tool never logs in to Facebook.
- ScribeShort is not affiliated with Facebook or Meta. The words in a video belong to its creator, so ask before you republish them.
Details are in the Privacy Policy. Was the same video posted on Instagram or TikTok? Use the Instagram Transcript Generator or the TikTok Transcript Generator.