Extract Plain Text from SRT
Turn an SRT subtitle file into a clean plain-text transcript in your browser: timestamps, cue numbers and tags removed. Private and instant.
A subtitle file is a transcript wearing timing armour. Removing the cue numbers, timestamp lines and markup leaves readable text — useful for translation memory, quoting dialogue, feeding an LLM, studying a language, or publishing a transcript for accessibility and SEO. Subtitle Doctor strips the machinery and keeps every spoken line in order.
Worth knowing
- Cue numbers and "00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,000" lines are removed entirely, not just hidden.
- Formatting tags (<i>, <font>, ASS {\tags}) are stripped so the transcript reads as prose.
- Line breaks inside a cue are preserved, so dialogue exchanges ("- Who? - Me.") remain readable.
- The output keeps original cue order; nothing is re-sorted or merged.
FAQ
Can I keep the timestamps but lose the numbering?
Not on this page — this tool produces a clean transcript. If you need timed text in another structure, convert to VTT or SBV instead.
Will hearing-impaired annotations be removed too?
This tool only removes structure and markup. To also drop [SOUND EFFECTS] and speaker labels, run the file through the Clean Subtitles tool first — the two compose nicely.