diff --git a/frontend/src/editor/export/plaintext.tsx b/frontend/src/editor/export/plaintext.tsx
index 200e921f..bc1eeafa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/editor/export/plaintext.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/editor/export/plaintext.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { generatePlaintext } from '../../utils/export/plaintext';
 
 export function PlaintextExportBody({ onClose, outputNameBase, editor }: ExportProps) {
   const [includeSpeakerNames, setIncludeSpeakerNames] = useState(true);
+  const [includeTimestamps, setIncludeTimestamps] = useState(true);
 
   return (
     <form className="flex flex-col gap-4 mt-4">
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ export function PlaintextExportBody({ onClose, outputNameBase, editor }: ExportP
         value={includeSpeakerNames}
         onChange={(x) => setIncludeSpeakerNames(x)}
       />
+      <Checkbox
+        label="Include Timestamps"
+        value={includeTimestamps}
+        onChange={(x) => setIncludeTimestamps(x)}
+      />
       <div className="flex justify-between pt-4">
         <SecondaryButton type="button" onClick={onClose}>
           Cancel
@@ -25,7 +31,11 @@ export function PlaintextExportBody({ onClose, outputNameBase, editor }: ExportP
           type="submit"
           onClick={async (e) => {
             e.preventDefault();
-            const plaintext = generatePlaintext(Automerge.toJS(editor.doc), includeSpeakerNames);
+            const plaintext = generatePlaintext(
+              Automerge.toJS(editor.doc),
+              includeSpeakerNames,
+              includeTimestamps,
+            );
             downloadTextAsFile(`${outputNameBase}.txt`, `text/plain`, plaintext);
             onClose();
           }}
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/export/plaintext.ts b/frontend/src/utils/export/plaintext.ts
index 8f9f0a5b..9e0c8fec 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/export/plaintext.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/export/plaintext.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,38 @@
+import { formattedTime } from '../../editor/transcription_editor';
 import { Document } from '../../editor/types';
 import { getSpeakerName } from '../document';
 
-export function generatePlaintext(doc: Document, includeSpeakerNames: boolean): string {
+export function generatePlaintext(
+  doc: Document,
+  includeSpeakerNames: boolean,
+  includeTimestamps: boolean,
+): string {
   let last_speaker: string | null = null;
   return doc.children
     .map((paragraph) => {
       let paragraphText = '';
+      if (
+        last_speaker !== null &&
+        ((includeSpeakerNames && last_speaker !== paragraph.speaker) ||
+          (includeTimestamps && !includeSpeakerNames))
+      ) {
+        paragraphText += '\n';
+      }
+      if (includeTimestamps && (last_speaker !== paragraph.speaker || !includeSpeakerNames)) {
+        paragraphText += `[${formattedTime(paragraph.children[0].start)}]\n`;
+      }
       if (includeSpeakerNames && last_speaker !== paragraph.speaker) {
         paragraphText += `${getSpeakerName(paragraph.speaker, doc.speaker_names)}:\n`;
-        last_speaker = paragraph.speaker;
       }
-      paragraphText += paragraph.children.map((x) => x.text).join('');
-      return paragraphText.trim();
+
+      paragraphText += paragraph.children
+        .map((x) => x.text)
+        .join('')
+        .trim();
+
+      last_speaker = paragraph.speaker;
+      return paragraphText;
     })
     .filter((x) => x !== '')
-    .join('\n\n');
+    .join('\n');
 }