Upload a clip and get French captions timed to every spoken word. Use Auto-detect for French speech, tweak a line, then burn into Reels or Shorts, or download SRT/VTT.
How it works
Upload a clip, use Auto-detect so French speech is transcribed, review where words run together, then style and export. Guests can try captioning with session credits before creating an account.
Drop in an MP4, MOV or audio file and choose Auto in the language setup. The spoken French in your clip is transcribed with a start and end time for every.
Fast French links and shortens words, so check where one word ends and the next begins.
Burn captions into a 9:16, 1:1 or 16:9 video, or download SRT or VTT for your editor. An account is required to export, and exports carry no watermark.
Styles
Explore AutoCaption’s style examples, from Clean, Bold, Highlight and Boxed to animated treatments like Karaoke, Word Pop and Typewriter.
Features
Captions follow each spoken word. Review the transcript and correct text before export.
Choose from standard and animated caption styles, then tune type, color, and emphasis.
French captions render é, è, ê, à, ç and œ correctly through editing and export, and every word keeps its own start and end time even where liaison and elision.
Drag captions into position and use platform safe-zone guides to keep them clear.
Download your captioned video or save timestamped SRT and VTT subtitle files.
Upload, review, and style captions in one browser workflow. No video editor to install.
French caption workflow
Use Auto-detect so French speech becomes a word-timed transcript you can edit in the browser. Check how words connect in fast speech and keep accents correct, style the captions for a small screen or.
In natural French, final consonants slide into the next vowel and small words shrink in fast speech, so it can be hard to hear where one word ends.
Accented capitals, cedillas and œ need vertical room, so leave space above and below the caption line and preview at phone size. Shorten phrases at natural pauses instead of shrinking the type until è and ç blur together.
Burn French captions into the video when the font, color and placement you chose should travel with the file. Download SRT or VTT when a teacher, an editor or a publishing platform wants a separate subtitle track.
Export 9:16, 1:1, or 16:9 MP4 with captions burned in, or download SRT/VTT files for Premiere, Final Cut, DaVinci, or social platforms. Free to start with no watermark.
Play the clip and read along. Where speech runs together, confirm the transcript separates the words the way written French does.
Interviews and lessons are full of names, places, titles and English terms. Spell them the way your audience expects and keep one spelling throughout.
Check line length, contrast and the vertical space around accented letters. Move captions clear of faces, demonstrations and platform controls, then watch the.
Watch the exported video and confirm the captions match the speech through the final line.
Review specialist vocabulary and accented spellings against the audio before a learner relies on the written form.
Move captions away from the board, screen or detail being explained, and confirm the text does not cover a worked example.
Use a simple style or a solid caption box over busy backgrounds, and preview the passages where the scene changes.
Listen through fast, connected passages and confirm the transcript separates words the way written French does.
Check pauses, interruptions and changes of speaker so each caption line lands with the right person.
Place the text where both speakers stay visible, and re-check placement if you recut a landscape interview for portrait.
Review brand names, prices, dates and offer details against the audio. Automatic transcription still needs a final pass before publishing.
Match the level of formality across every line and every version, so the captions read like a single, deliberate message.
Use a captioned video to preserve your chosen appearance, or hand over SRT or VTT when a publishing team needs a separate subtitle track.
Accented letters need size to stay sharp. Split long sentences at natural pauses instead of shrinking the text.
Place captions above the app buttons with the safe-zone guides, and check the composition at the size your viewers will watch.
Word highlighting styles help viewers follow fast conversational French with the sound off. Check each highlighted word against the speech.
Transcribe conversational speech accurately with precise word timings.
Review and edit speaker dialogue easily in our browser-based editor.
Export clean short-form clips for social media promotion in minutes.
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Upload your clip, use Auto-detect for French, and review the words before you style them. Guests get 50 session credits to try; an account is required to export.