diff --git a/lib/engine.js b/lib/engine.js
index f45fb6e..7b1200d 100644
--- a/lib/engine.js
+++ b/lib/engine.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 (function() {
   'use strict';
 
+  var toTranscript = require('./ui/content/transcript');
+
   // To avoid the need to include any utility libraries when this is
   // used in a browser, define some helper functions we'd normally
   // rely on libraries for.
@@ -235,12 +237,13 @@
     return this;
   };
 
+
   DendryEngine.prototype.displayChoices = function() {
     var choices = this.getCurrentChoices();
     assert(choices);
     this.ui.displayChoices(choices);
     if (this.state.enableTranscript) {
-      this.transcript.push(choices);
+      toTranscript.logChoices(choices, this.transcript);
     }
     return this;
   };
@@ -269,7 +272,7 @@
     if (scene.content !== undefined && !restorePage) {
       var displayContent = this._makeDisplayContent(scene.content, true);
       if (this.state.enableTranscript) {
-        this.transcript = this.transcript.concat(displayContent);
+        toTranscript.log(displayContent, this.transcript);
       }
       this.state.currentContent = this.state.currentContent.concat(displayContent);
       this.ui.displayContent(displayContent);
@@ -358,7 +361,7 @@
       // Should the transcription feature be part of the UI or the engine?
       // Should the transcript-enabling flag be part of the game state, or be part of the UI options?
       // let's just say that it's part of the game state. But the actual transcript-writing process is done in the UIs? Because different UIs might want to save states...
-      enableTranscript: false,
+      enableTranscript: false
     };
     // TODO: transcript
     this.transcript = [];
diff --git a/lib/templates/html/default/+game.js b/lib/templates/html/default/+game.js
index 7f18a50..e67ab32 100644
--- a/lib/templates/html/default/+game.js
+++ b/lib/templates/html/default/+game.js
@@ -46,6 +46,22 @@
       save_element.style.display = "none";
   };
 
+  window.enableTranscript = function() {
+    var checkbox = document.getElementById('transcript_checkbox');
+    // Update the engine's transcripting state
+    window.dendryUI.dendryEngine.state.enableTranscript = checkbox.checked;
+    // Show or hide the Save Transcript links
+    var save_links = document.querySelectorAll('.save-transcript');
+    for (var i = 0; i < save_links.length; ++i) {
+      var link = save_links[i];
+      if (checkbox.checked) {
+        link.style.display = '';
+      } else {
+        link.style.display = 'none';
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   window.disableBg = function() {
       window.dendryUI.disable_bg = true;
       document.body.style.backgroundImage = 'none';
@@ -80,9 +96,11 @@
 
   // populates the checkboxes in the options view
   window.populateOptions = function() {
+    var enable_transcript = window.dendryUI.dendryEngine.state.enableTranscript;
     var disable_bg = window.dendryUI.disable_bg;
     var animate = window.dendryUI.animate;
     var animate_bg = window.dendryUI.animate_bg;
+    $('#transcript_checkbox')[0].checked = enable_transcript;
     if (disable_bg) {
         $('#backgrounds_no')[0].checked = true;
     } else {
diff --git a/lib/templates/html/default/+index.html b/lib/templates/html/default/+index.html
index edb5ad6..d08a4a3 100644
--- a/lib/templates/html/default/+index.html
+++ b/lib/templates/html/default/+index.html
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ <h2>{{game.author}}</h2>
         <!--<a id="stats-link" onclick="window.showStats();" href="#">Status</a>-->
         <a onclick="dendryUI.showSaveSlots();" href="#">Save/Load</a>
         <a onclick="dendryUI.showOptions();" href="#">Options</a>
+        <a onclick="window.saveTranscript();" href="#" class="save-transcript">Save Transcript</a>
       </div>
 
     </header>
@@ -33,6 +34,14 @@ <h2>{{game.author}}</h2>
     <div id="options" class="overlay" style="display: none;">
         <div class="overlay_top">
             <table>
+                <tr>
+                    <td>
+                        <label for="transcript_checkbox">Enable transcript</label>
+                    </td>
+                    <td>
+                        <input type="checkbox" id="transcript_checkbox" name="transcript" value="1" onclick="window.enableTranscript();">
+                    </td>
+                </tr>
                 <tr>
                     <td>
                         <label for="backgrounds_yes">Enable backgrounds</label>
@@ -224,6 +233,7 @@ <h2>{{game.author}}</h2>
         <a onclick="window.showSaveSlots();" href="#">Save/Load</a>
         <a onclick="window.quickSave();" href="#">Quick Save</a>
         <a onclick="window.quickLoad();" href="#">Quick Load</a>
+        <a onclick="window.saveTranscript();" href="#" class="save-transcript">Save Transcript</a>
       </p>
 
       &copy; 2021 Autumn Chen.
diff --git a/lib/ui/browser.js b/lib/ui/browser.js
index 26df780..10786db 100644
--- a/lib/ui/browser.js
+++ b/lib/ui/browser.js
@@ -620,6 +620,32 @@
     save_element.style.display = 'none';
   };
 
+  var _0pad = function(n) {
+    return (n < 10 ? '0' : '') + n;
+  }
+
+  window.saveTranscript = function() {
+    var transcript = window.dendryUI.dendryEngine.transcript;
+    var blob = new Blob([transcript.join('\n\n')]);
+    var data = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+    var now = new Date();
+    var year = '' + now.getFullYear();
+    var month = _0pad(now.getMonth() + 1);
+    var day = _0pad(now.getDate());
+    var hours = _0pad(now.getHours());
+    var minutes = _0pad(now.getMinutes());
+    var date = year + '-' + month + '-' + day;
+    var time = hours + '-' + minutes;
+    var when = date + '_' + time;
+    var link = document.createElement('a');
+    link.setAttribute('href', data);
+    link.setAttribute('download', 'bee-transcript' + when + '.txt');
+    link.style.visibility = 'hidden';
+    document.body.appendChild(link);
+    link.click();
+    link.remove();
+  };
+
 
   // functions for dealing with options
   BrowserUserInterface.prototype.setOption = function(option, toggle) {
diff --git a/lib/ui/content/transcript.js b/lib/ui/content/transcript.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..951aef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ui/content/transcript.js
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/* dendry
+ * http://github.com/idmillington/dendry
+ *
+ * MIT License
+ */
+/*jshint indent:2 */
+(function() {
+  'use strict';
+
+  var _repeat = function(str, times) {
+    if (times < 1) return '';
+    if (times % 2 !== 0) return str + _repeat(str, times - 1);
+    var half = _repeat(str, times / 2);
+    return half + half;
+  }
+
+  var _indent = function(spaces, text) {
+    return _repeat(' ', spaces) + text;
+  }
+
+  var _objToText = function(obj) {
+    if (obj.type == null) {
+      return obj;
+    } else {
+      switch (obj.type) {
+      case 'emphasis-1':
+          return '*' + _lineToText(obj.content) + '*';
+      case 'emphasis-2':
+          return '**' + _lineToText(obj.content) + '**';
+      case 'hidden':
+        return _lineToText(obj.content);
+      case 'line-break':
+        return '\n';
+
+      // We can't handle elements that require state-dependency.
+      case 'insert':
+      case 'conditional':
+        throw new Error(
+          obj.type + ' should have been evaluated by now.'
+          );
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  var _lineToText = function(content) {
+    var output;
+    if (Array.isArray(content)) {
+      output = content.map(_objToText).join('')
+    } else {
+      output = _objToText(content);
+    }
+    return output.replace(/ +/g, ' ').replace(/ *\n */g, '\n');
+  };
+
+  var _paragraphsToText = function(paragraphs) {
+    var text;
+    var result = [];
+    for (var i = 0; i < paragraphs.length; ++i) {
+      var paragraph = paragraphs[i];
+      switch (paragraph.type) {
+      case 'heading':
+        text = _lineToText(paragraph.content).trim();
+        result.push('\n' + text);
+        result.push(_repeat('-', text.length) + '\n');
+        break;
+      case 'paragraph':
+        text = _lineToText(paragraph.content);
+        if (text !== '')
+        result.push(text.trim() + '\n');
+        break;
+      case 'quotation':
+        text = _lineToText(paragraph.content);
+        result.push(
+          _indent(4, text.trim()) +
+          ((i === paragraphs.length - 1 ||
+           paragraphs[i + 1].type !== 'attribution') ? '\n' : '')
+        );
+        break;
+      case 'attribution':
+        text = _lineToText(paragraph.content);
+        result.push(_indent(8, text.trim()) + '\n');
+        break;
+      case 'hrule':
+        result.push('-----\n');
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    return result.join('\n');
+  };
+
+  var _logParagraphs = function(paragraphs, log) {
+    var text = _paragraphsToText(paragraphs).trimEnd();
+    log.push(text);
+  };
+
+  var _logChoices = function(choices, log) {
+    var out = [];
+    var titleIndent = 4;
+    var subtitleIndent = 7;
+    for (var i = 0; i < choices.length; ++i) {
+      var choice = choices[i];
+      var title = (i + 1) + '. ' + _lineToText(choice.title);
+      if (!choice.canChoose) {
+        title += ' [Unavailable]';
+      }
+      out.push(_indent(titleIndent, title));
+      if (choice.subtitle) {
+        out.push(_indent(subtitleIndent, choice.subtitle));
+      }
+    }
+    log.push(out.join('\n'));
+  };
+
+  module.exports = {
+    indent: _indent,
+    convert: _paragraphsToText,
+    convertLine: _lineToText,
+    log: _logParagraphs,
+    logChoices: _logChoices
+  };
+}());