French audio to text converter

Yes. Our French test transcript used é, è, ê, à, â, ç, î, ô and û in the right places, the ligature in “œuvre”, and elisions such as “l’accident” and “qu’on”, so the text reads as normal written French.

It left out the punctuation French typography relies on, though: no « » guillemets, no semicolons and no colons appeared anywhere, and brackets were turned into commas. Add them where a quote or a list needs them.

Because French spelling carries endings you can’t hear. Infinitive or imperative, singular or plural, masculine or feminine often sound identical, and the transcript sometimes picks the wrong one while still reading as correct French.

It treats them all as French, since the page has a single French setting. Our tests used French from France. Belgian and Swiss speakers say septante and nonante, and Quebec has its own vocabulary, so read regional words and numbers closely.

A recording that switches between French and English for long passages, common in Montreal or Brussels offices, belongs on the main audio to text converter: it identifies the language of every piece separately.

Yes. NoteOwl understands French from France and Canada and transcribes French recordings and meetings on your Mac with unlimited transcription, labels each speaker, keeps every conversation searchable and sends nothing online. Its free dictation types French wherever your cursor is.