French accents and liaison
French is well represented in our transcription engine's training data, covering metropolitan French along with Belgian, Swiss, and Canadian varieties. The model copes with liaison, where words run together, and with the nasal vowels and silent endings that make French tricky for simpler recognizers.
Accented characters come through correctly, so you get proper e-acute, e-grave, cedilla, and circumflex marks rather than stripped-down letters. Quebecois audio with its distinct vocabulary and pronunciation transcribes well too, without you choosing a regional setting.
Keeping the French, adding timing
The transcript stays in French exactly as spoken, with punctuation and accents preserved. FastScribe does not translate, so if you later need an English version you would pass the French text through a translation tool, keeping this step focused on an accurate transcription.
Timestamps sit on every segment, which makes captioning French video straightforward. Export SRT or VTT to subtitle a French talk or interview, TXT for a plain transcript to edit, and DOCX on Pro when you need a formatted French document.
Frequently asked questions
Will French accented characters transcribe correctly?
Yes. The transcript preserves accented letters such as e-acute, e-grave, the cedilla and the circumflex, so the French text reads properly rather than appearing as plain unaccented characters.
Does it work with Canadian French?
It does. Our transcription engine was trained across French varieties, so Quebecois audio with its own vocabulary and pronunciation transcribes accurately alongside metropolitan, Belgian and Swiss French without a regional setting.
Is the French audio kept after transcription?
No. Your French recording is deleted immediately, and only the text remains so you can revisit and export it whenever you like.