diff --git a/subtitles.go b/subtitles.go
index cab1750..7541776 100644
--- a/subtitles.go
+++ b/subtitles.go
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ func (l Line) String() string {
 // LineItem represents a formatted line item
 type LineItem struct {
 	InlineStyle *StyleAttributes
+	StartAt     time.Duration
 	Style       *Style
 	Text        string
 }
diff --git a/webvtt.go b/webvtt.go
index 3b1f5e4..c0d62b5 100644
--- a/webvtt.go
+++ b/webvtt.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ var (
 	bytesWebVTTItalicEndTag            = []byte("</i>")
 	bytesWebVTTItalicStartTag          = []byte("<i>")
 	bytesWebVTTTimeBoundariesSeparator = []byte(webvttTimeBoundariesSeparator)
+	webVTTRegexpInlineTimestamp        = regexp.MustCompile(`<((?:\d{2,}:)?\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d{3})>`)
 	webVTTRegexpTag                    = regexp.MustCompile(`(</*\s*([^\.\s]+)(\.[^\s/]*)*\s*([^/]*)\s*/*>)`)
 	webVTTEscaper                      = strings.NewReplacer("&", "&amp;", "<", "&lt;")
 	webVTTUnescaper                    = strings.NewReplacer("&amp;", "&", "&lt;", "<")
@@ -357,26 +358,70 @@ func parseTextWebVTT(i string) (o Line) {
 			}
 
 		case html.TextToken:
-			if s := strings.TrimSpace(string(tr.Raw())); s != "" {
-				// Get style attribute
-				var sa *StyleAttributes
-				if len(webVTTTagStack) > 0 {
-					tags := make([]WebVTTTag, len(webVTTTagStack))
-					copy(tags, webVTTTagStack)
-					sa = &StyleAttributes{
-						WebVTTTags: tags,
-					}
-					sa.propagateWebVTTAttributes()
+			// Get style attribute
+			var sa *StyleAttributes
+			if len(webVTTTagStack) > 0 {
+				tags := make([]WebVTTTag, len(webVTTTagStack))
+				copy(tags, webVTTTagStack)
+				sa = &StyleAttributes{
+					WebVTTTags: tags,
 				}
-
-				// Append item
-				o.Items = append(o.Items, LineItem{
-					InlineStyle: sa,
-					Text:        unescapeWebVTT(s),
-				})
+				sa.propagateWebVTTAttributes()
 			}
+
+			// Append items
+			o.Items = append(o.Items, parseTextWebVTTTextToken(sa, string(tr.Raw()))...)
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func parseTextWebVTTTextToken(sa *StyleAttributes, line string) (ret []LineItem) {
+	// split the line by inline timestamps
+	indexes := webVTTRegexpInlineTimestamp.FindAllStringSubmatchIndex(line, -1)
+
+	if len(indexes) == 0 {
+		if s := strings.TrimSpace(line); s != "" {
+			return []LineItem{{
+				InlineStyle: sa,
+				Text:        unescapeWebVTT(s),
+			}}
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	// get the text before the first timestamp
+	if s := strings.TrimSpace(line[:indexes[0][0]]); s != "" {
+		ret = append(ret, LineItem{
+			InlineStyle: sa,
+			Text:        unescapeWebVTT(s),
+		})
+	}
+
+	for i, match := range indexes {
+		// get the text between the timestamps
+		endIndex := len(line)
+		if i+1 < len(indexes) {
+			endIndex = indexes[i+1][0]
+		}
+		s := strings.TrimSpace(line[match[1]:endIndex])
+		if s == "" {
+			continue
 		}
+
+		// Parse timestamp
+		t, err := parseDurationWebVTT(line[match[2]:match[3]])
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("astisub: parsing webvtt duration %s failed, ignoring: %v", line[match[2]:match[3]], err)
+		}
+
+		ret = append(ret, LineItem{
+			InlineStyle: sa,
+			StartAt:     t,
+			Text:        unescapeWebVTT(s),
+		})
 	}
+
 	return
 }
 
@@ -559,6 +604,11 @@ func (l Line) webVTTBytes() (c []byte) {
 }
 
 func (li LineItem) webVTTBytes() (c []byte) {
+	// Add timestamp
+	if li.StartAt > 0 {
+		c = append(c, []byte("<"+formatDurationWebVTT(li.StartAt)+">")...)
+	}
+
 	// Get color
 	var color string
 	if li.InlineStyle != nil && li.InlineStyle.TTMLColor != nil {
diff --git a/webvtt_internal_test.go b/webvtt_internal_test.go
index ce97faa..495f5d7 100644
--- a/webvtt_internal_test.go
+++ b/webvtt_internal_test.go
@@ -36,6 +36,35 @@ func TestParseTextWebVTT(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, 1, len(s.Items))
 		assert.Equal(t, "Incorrect end tag", s.Items[0].Text)
 	})
+
+	t.Run("When inline timestamps are included", func(t *testing.T) {
+		testData := `<00:01:01.000>With inline <00:01:02.000>timestamps`
+
+		s := parseTextWebVTT(testData)
+		assert.Equal(t, 2, len(s.Items))
+		assert.Equal(t, "With inline", s.Items[0].Text)
+		assert.Equal(t, time.Minute+time.Second, s.Items[0].StartAt)
+		assert.Equal(t, "timestamps", s.Items[1].Text)
+		assert.Equal(t, time.Minute+2*time.Second, s.Items[1].StartAt)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("When inline timestamps together", func(t *testing.T) {
+		testData := `<00:01:01.000><00:01:02.000>With timestamp tags together`
+
+		s := parseTextWebVTT(testData)
+		assert.Equal(t, 1, len(s.Items))
+		assert.Equal(t, "With timestamp tags together", s.Items[0].Text)
+		assert.Equal(t, time.Minute+2*time.Second, s.Items[0].StartAt)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("When inline timestamps is at end", func(t *testing.T) {
+		testData := `With end timestamp<00:01:02.000>`
+
+		s := parseTextWebVTT(testData)
+		assert.Equal(t, 1, len(s.Items))
+		assert.Equal(t, "With end timestamp", s.Items[0].Text)
+		assert.Equal(t, time.Duration(0), s.Items[0].StartAt)
+	})
 }
 
 func TestTimestampMap(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/webvtt_test.go b/webvtt_test.go
index 03993dd..b1b5b7c 100644
--- a/webvtt_test.go
+++ b/webvtt_test.go
@@ -179,12 +179,15 @@ func TestWebVTTTags(t *testing.T) {
 	<customed_tag.class1.class2>Text here</customed_tag>
 
 	00:05:00.000 --> 00:06:00.000
-	<v Joe>Joe says something</v> <v Bob>Bob says something</v>`
+	<v Joe>Joe says something</v> <v Bob>Bob says something</v>
+
+	00:06:00.000 --> 00:07:00.000
+	Text with a <00:06:30.000>timestamp in the middle`
 
 	s, err := astisub.ReadFromWebVTT(strings.NewReader(testData))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	require.Len(t, s.Items, 5)
+	require.Len(t, s.Items, 6)
 
 	b := &bytes.Buffer{}
 	err = s.WriteToWebVTT(b)
@@ -210,5 +213,9 @@ func TestWebVTTTags(t *testing.T) {
 5
 00:05:00.000 --> 00:06:00.000
 <v Joe>Joe says something Bob says something
+
+6
+00:06:00.000 --> 00:07:00.000
+Text with a <00:06:30.000>timestamp in the middle
 `, b.String())
 }