French speech to text, AI powered

Transcribe French audio to text

Accurate French transcription across France, Quebec, and African accents. Drop a file, get text in French in seconds

3 AI models

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99 languages

Transcribe audio and video in 99 languages

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FrançaisFrench
Language code
FR
Script
Left-to-right
Models
Free Turbo + Studio
Accuracy

How accurate is French transcription

Real word error rate on the FLEURS benchmark, and the model we recommend for it

94.0%Turbo accuracy
High accuracy tier

For French, the free model is solid

French runs well on the free Turbo model (about 6% word error rate). Studio is noticeably sharper at 3.1% when audio is noisy or speech is fast

Free, Turbo94.0%
Studio, most accurate96.9%
Script and dialects

French output, written the right way

French is a strong language for speech recognition. Metropolitan French, Quebec French, Belgian, Swiss, and West African accents all transcribe well. Liaison and elision are handled without configuration, and the model copes with the occasional English loanword in casual speech.

Why Typist

Built for fast, accurate transcripts

An hour in about a minute

Groq-served Turbo runs at roughly 200x real time, so your transcript is ready almost immediately

Every export, free

Download as plain text, Word, PDF, or timestamped SRT subtitles on every plan

Your file stays yours

Uploaded only to transcribe, removed afterward, and never sold, shared, or used to train models

99 languages

Auto-detected or pick your own, with the most accurate model recommended per language

How it works

Transcribe French in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Upload your French file

    Drop your French audio or video. French is selected automatically.

  2. 2

    Pick your model

    Free Turbo handles French well; switch to Studio when you need the sharpest result.

  3. 3

    Get your transcript

    Read your French text in seconds, then copy or export to TXT, Word, PDF, or SRT.

Use cases

Who transcribes French audio

Journalists

Transcribe French interviews and press conferences into quotable text.

Students and researchers

Turn French lectures and field recordings into searchable notes.

Podcasters

Get French episode transcripts for show notes, captions, and SEO.

Business

Keep a written record of French meetings and customer calls.

Need it in English, not just French?

Typist transcribes French speech into French text. To read it in English, translate the French transcript once it is ready

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