X (Twitter) Video Transcription from a Post Link
Copy the link to a public post with a video on X, paste it here and get everything that is said in the video as text, with a timestamp on each line. Export SRT and you have a caption file X itself accepts on the web.
Public x.com and twitter.com post links · or upload the saved video · 120+ languages
Paste the post link. The audio comes with it.
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Why People Transcribe Videos on X
Journalists and researchers need the precise words of a video that is going around, with the moment it was said, not a paraphrase from a repost.
X lets you attach your own SRT captions when you post from the web. Transcribe the video, fix the text, export SRT and upload it with the post.
Premium accounts post videos of up to four hours. The transcript becomes notes, a thread or a blog draft without rewatching.
X and Transcripts at a Glance
What X itself offers for video, and where a transcript helps.
Facts checked 10 November 2026, against the X Help Center
- Longest upload
- 140 seconds and 512 MB without a subscription; under 4 hours and 16 GB with X Premium and other paid plans
- Automatic captions
- Generated with Microsoft Azure speech-to-text, but not every video has them
- Your own captions
- Upload an SRT file under the video when posting; X says this works on the web only
- Text you can take away
- X documents no transcript view or caption download for viewers
- Protected posts
- Visible only to approved followers, so their videos cannot be fetched by link
- Clickable timestamps
- Times like 1:24 in a post jump to that moment in the video (on iOS for now), up to 50 per post
Before You Paste the Link
Most failed X imports come down to the post, not the video.
Link
Use the post link, not a t.co link
Copy the link from Share → Copy link, so it starts with x.com or twitter.com. Shortened t.co links and links to a profile are not accepted.
Privacy
The post has to be public
Videos from protected accounts and deleted posts cannot be fetched. If it is your own video, upload the file instead.
Spaces
Spaces may not come through
Live audio Spaces often need a login to fetch. If you have the recording as a file, upload it.
Fallback
If the link fails, upload the file
X can refuse a download from time to time. Save the video you are allowed to use and upload it; the transcript is the same.
How to Transcribe a Video from X
From link or file to editable text in three steps.
On X, open the post, tap Share → Copy link. Links from x.com and twitter.com both work.
Choose Paste a link, drop it in and pick the language. The audio of the video is fetched for you.
Copy the transcript, export TXT, or export SRT to upload as captions with your own post on the web.