Text to SRT Converter — Text to SRT From a Paste
Skip the text file entirely: paste your dialogue here and this text to SRT converter turns it into numbered, timed cues on the spot. Split by line or by paragraph, tune the timing, then copy the SRT or download the .srt — all locally, no upload, no account.
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- 2 MB
- max file size
- 10,000
- cues per file
Conversion settings▾
Private by design: parsing, conversion and download all happen on your device. No file content ever leaves your browser.
Hello, world!
Second subtitle line.
你好，世界！
sample-txt.srt
1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,500 Hello, world! 2 00:00:02,700 --> 00:00:05,200 Second subtitle line. 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:07,900 你好，世界！
- Timing is estimated: every cue lasts 2.5 s with a 0.2 s gap. Adjust the settings to match your video.
How to Turn Text to SRT in 4 Steps
The editor above is preloaded with a sample so you can feel the text to SRT flow before pasting your own words.
- 1
Paste your text
Drop dialogue, lyrics or a script into the editor. Any language works; blank lines matter — they can become cue boundaries in text to SRT paragraph mode.
- 2
Choose the split
One line = one cue keeps every row separate. Blank line = new cue groups sentences into multi-line cues — the two text to SRT modes produce visibly different cue counts.
- 3
Set the rhythm
Duration per cue and gap shape the pace of the generated timeline; the cue table re-times as you type, showing exactly what the text to SRT export will contain.
- 4
Copy or download
Copy SRT is a first-class action here — paste straight into an editor or issue tracker — or download the .srt file for your player.
Why a Paste-First Text to SRT Converter
Most text to SRT tools assume a file, but half the time the dialogue lives in a chat window, an email or your head. A paste-first editor removes the ceremony: words in, cues out, no creating throwaway .txt files just to feed a converter.
The same engine powers the file-based TXT to SRT page, so behavior is identical — the only difference is the layout, which puts the textarea front and center and makes Copy SRT as prominent as the download.
Instant cue preview
Every keystroke re-splits and re-times the cues, so the text to SRT result is never a surprise.
Two split philosophies
Line mode: every row a cue. Paragraph mode: blank lines group multi-line cues. Switch freely while you work.
Copy SRT built in
Paste the subtitle source directly where it is needed — a codebase, a ticket, a colleague — without touching the filesystem.
Unicode-safe
CJK text, emoji, quotes and accents survive the text to SRT conversion exactly as typed.
Text to SRT by Example
The same paste, both modes — watch the cue count change from four to two.
Pasted text → cues in line mode vs paragraph mode
pasted text Hello and welcome. Glad you made it. Today: subtitles. Let's begin. line mode → 4 cues 1 00:00:00,000 → Hello and welcome. 2 00:00:02,700 → Glad you made it. 3 00:00:05,400 → Today: subtitles. 4 00:00:08,100 → Let's begin. paragraph mode → 2 cues 1 00:00:00,000 → Hello and welcome. / Glad you made it. 2 00:00:05,400 → Today: subtitles. / Let's begin.
Timing you can defend
Pasted text has no audio, so text to SRT timing is generated arithmetic: start, duration, gap, repeated in integer milliseconds. It is labeled an estimate because honesty beats pretending to sync.
Long lines split best by hand
Subtitles read best under about 42 characters per line. If a pasted line is a whole paragraph, break it where you would pause — the text to SRT converter will respect your breaks.
From paste to production
The exported .srt flows into the rest of the toolbox: SRT to VTT for HTML5 video, SRT to ASS for styled renders, SRT to TXT to strip timing back out. Text to SRT is step one of that pipeline.
Where Pasted-Text Subtitles Come From
Voice-over scripts typed in a meeting notes app. Stage dialogue that needs captioning for a livestream. Language drills a teacher writes on the fly. Fan translations that arrive as chat messages. All of them paste straight into the text to SRT editor and leave as valid subtitles.
Because nothing is uploaded, sensitive or unreleased dialogue can be converted on any machine — a work laptop, a library PC, a phone on set — without leaving a trace.