Turn a course lesson into text
Paste a lesson link and get its transcript as paragraphs, timestamped lines, or a subtitle file in seconds. Free, no sign-up.
Built for learning on your own. UpSolo makes tools around video transcripts so anyone can study, review and understand what they watch. The words belong to the video's creator. How you use a transcript, or anything made from it, is up to you: please respect the creator's rights and the platform's terms. UpSolo isn't responsible for how the output is used.
Three steps, no setup
Paste the link to a course lesson with a video
Choose your format — paragraphs, timestamps, or SRT/VTT
Copy it out or download the file
Built for studying from a lecture
A lecture is easier to learn from once you can read it. Search it, quote it, turn it into notes — whatever you need next, there's a format here that fits.
| Six output formats | Paragraphs, plain text, timestamped lines, SRT, VTT, or raw JSON — grab whichever one you actually need. | |
| The lesson's own captions | Pulls the transcript the course published for the lesson, so the wording matches what the instructor said. | |
| Follows along with the video | The lesson plays next to its transcript: the current line is highlighted, and clicking a line jumps the video there. | |
| Seconds, not minutes | No scrubbing back through a lecture hunting for one definition — the whole transcript shows up in one go. | |
| Download subtitles | Save it as .srt or .vtt and drop it straight into whatever editor or player you're using. | |
| Free, no account | No account needed, no watermark slapped on — just a rate limit instead of a paywall. | |
| Paste the link as it is | Copy the lesson's address from your browser and paste it in. No extension to install, nothing to log in to. | |
| One honest limit | It reads lessons that are open to everyone. A lesson locked behind enrollment or a paid plan has nothing public to pull. |
Why you'd want a transcript
Taking real notes
Start from the instructor's exact words instead of pausing every ten seconds to type. Keep the parts that matter, cut the rest.
Reviewing before a quiz
Skim a lesson in a minute, search it for the term you forgot, and jump back to the video only where it's worth rewatching.
Feeding an AI tool
Drop the text into ChatGPT, Claude, or whatever you're using for a summary, flashcards or practice questions — the text comes out clean.
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