How many services transcribe French?
Fireflies writes 100+ languages and names French, Otter lists French in its plan comparison, Sonix publishes 54+, tl;dv 30+, and Transcribe.com lists 120+ languages and dialects. Read on 22 October 2026.
French audio
Transcribe French audio to text
Transcribe French audio to text: Fireflies, Otter, Sonix, tl;dv and Transcribe.com on French, with the free plan of each and the price of an hour.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short
French is named in the market more often than any language but English: Fireflies writes English, Spanish, French and several others on 100+ languages, and Otter lists French next to German and Chinese. Ours reads 99+ languages, 30 minutes per file, no minute limit.
The case
An interface is not an engine
French is spoken in France, in Belgium, in Quebec and in West Africa, and the audio of those places is not the same audio. The market treats French as a standard entry, which makes it the right place to tell a service that has a French engine from a service that has a French interface.
Our limits, and the market for French
| What | Value |
|---|---|
| Our own coverage | 99+ languages — we do not transcribe French, and we do not count it in our language list |
| Fireflies | 100+ languages, with English, Spanish, French and several others named on the home page; free plan: unlimited transcription |
| Otter | English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese and Chinese in the plan table; free plan: 300 minutes a month |
| Sonix | 54+ languages, a French interface; free plan: 30 minutes on a new account, Core $25 a month for 5 hours, an extra hour $10 |
| tl;dv | 30+ transcription languages, the product published in 11 languages including fr; free plan: unlimited transcription |
| Transcribe.com | 120+ languages and dialects, French among them; free plan: a 30-minute trial |
How to get a French transcript
- 1
Separate the interface from the engine
tl;dv publishes its product in eleven languages, French among them, and writes 30+ transcription languages on the same page. A translated menu says nothing at all about the model behind it.
- 2
Send it to a service that names French
Fireflies names English, Spanish, French and several others on 100+ languages, Otter lists French in its plan table, Sonix 54+, Transcribe.com 120+ languages and dialects, with a free plan on each of them.
- 3
Read the first ninety seconds
A French sentence with a number in it shows the accent faster than any claim about accuracy: the number, the price, the time of the meeting. If those are right, the rest usually is.
- 4
Keep a transcript and a subtitle apart
A transcript is text with a timecode on every line, a subtitle is the same text cut into short lines. Our exports give both, SRT and VTT among the six formats.
Tips
A translated menu is not a translated engine.
Compare the free tiers, not the testimonials.
Numbers in the first minute tell more than a percentage does.
Ask for the file format you need before you upload.
Questions this page answers
Is a French transcript expensive?
Sonix Core is $25 a month for 5 hours, and an extra hour is $10. tl;dv and Fireflies publish unlimited transcription on their free plans, and our own free plan gives 3 files a day with no card.
Can I transcribe a French file here?
No. Our engine covers 99+ languages, and a French recording is not one of them. We would rather lose the upload than return a transcript that reads like a translation.
What if the file holds two French accents?
Then read the first two minutes of each one. A service that mixes a Quebec and a Paris voice in a single file has to change model in the middle, and that change is where the errors start.
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Sources
- FFireflies — pricingfireflies.ai · checked 22 October 2026
- OOtter — pricingotter.ai · checked 22 October 2026
- SSonix — pricingsonix.ai · checked 22 October 2026
- Ttl;dv — pricingtldv.io · checked 22 October 2026
- TTranscribe.com — pricingtranscribe.com · checked 22 October 2026
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