Transcribe · French · Movie & film subtitles

Transcribe French movies, short films and features to text.

For filmmakers, distributors and festival teams. Upload the recording (or paste a link) and get an accurate French transcript with speaker labels and timestamps in minutes — private by default.

French movies, short films and features, transcribed properly

French (français): European, Canadian (Québécois) and African French are transcribed by the same model. Liaisons and elisions (l', qu', j') are written out in standard orthography with accents intact.

Movie & film subtitless in particular: Dialogue in the film's own language becomes a timestamped SRT/VTT ready for festival submissions, distributor deliverables and accessibility passes. Note: subtitles come out in the language spoken on screen — this is transcription, not translation. A festival-ready SRT of the film's dialogue, a VTT for web players, and searchable dialogue for the edit — then shift or renumber cues in the free browser subtitle toolkit.

How it works

1

Record well

Feed the final cut or a screener export — feature-length files are the normal case, and the dialogue track alone works even better.

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Upload it

Drop the file into Whipscribe or paste a link. Free instant preview, no signup to try.

3

Read & export

Speaker-labeled, timestamped French text in minutes. Export TXT, SRT, VTT, or DOCX.

Typical uses: Meetings, lectures and radio archives in France, Québec and West Africa.

Frequently asked

Can Whisper transcribe French movies, short films and features?

Yes. European, Canadian (Québécois) and African French are transcribed by the same model. Liaisons and elisions (l', qu', j') are written out in standard orthography with accents intact.

How are speakers handled in a movie & film subtitles?

Dialogue in the film's own language becomes a timestamped SRT/VTT ready for festival submissions, distributor deliverables and accessibility passes. Note: subtitles come out in the language spoken on screen — this is transcription, not translation.

How much does it cost?

About 3.3¢ per audio minute (~$2 an hour), with a free instant preview — no signup to try.

Is my recording private?

Yes — private infrastructure, never sent to a third-party AI service, no training on uploads. Always get participants' consent before recording.

Transcribe your French movie & film subtitles.

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