How to get the transcript of a TikTok video

A real use case

A marketer wants to study the scripts of a competitor's 30 latest videos. They enter the handle, set 30 videos, and get every script in one sheet to read hooks side by side.

Step by step

1. Paste video URLs, or a handle for its latest videos.
2. Leave speech-to-text on fallback so it is used only when captions are missing.
3. Pick SRT or VTT if you need subtitle files.
4. Run and read the transcript column.

Input (paste into the JSON tab)

{
  "profiles": [
    "@competitor.brand"
  ],
  "maxVideosPerProfile": 30,
  "speechToText": "fallback",
  "includeSegments": true,
  "outputFormats": [
    "srt"
  ]
}

What you get back

{
  "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@competitor.brand/video/7391234567890123456",
  "transcript": "Three habits that made my pottery sell out. Number one...",
  "transcriptSource": "subtitles",
  "language": "en",
  "wordCount": 214,
  "durationSec": 72
}

Trimmed example. Names and numbers are illustrative; your run returns real data with more fields.

Tips

• transcriptSource shows whether text came from captions or speech-to-text.
• Set a speech-to-text budget with maxAiMinutes on big runs.
• Just need one video? Paste it into the free TikTok transcript generator, no account needed.

What it costs

$0.90 per 1,000 transcripts from captions. Speech-to-text costs more; see the listing. 30 captioned videos cost under $0.03.

Plus a small per-run start fee. Apify's free plan includes monthly credit, enough to test. Check the listing for current pricing.

FAQ

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