Live captions for doctor appointments in French
Soniox App transcribes and summarizes conversations in real time and is built for deaf and hard-of-hearing users who need accurate records without manual note-taking. Speaker labels, action items, and searchable transcripts across 60+ languages. Works with French and 60+ other languages.
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Every detail, captured automatically in French
Conversations move fast and details slip through the cracks. Soniox App makes sure nothing gets lost. Get seamless French transcriptions today.
Action items extracted
Smart Scribe pulls out action items and decisions from French conversations so nothing falls through the cracks.
Know who said what
Speaker labels identify each French-speaking participant automatically, making transcripts easy to follow.
Find anything said
Every transcript is searchable. Look up a French word or phrase and find the exact moment it was spoken.
Share with your team
Send French transcripts and summaries to colleagues instantly. Everyone stays aligned without extra follow-up.
Built for real conversations in French
Smart Scribe handles the complexity of real speech so you can focus on the conversation. Handles French across varieties like Metropolitan French and Canadian French.
Automatic summaries
Key points, decisions, and action items are extracted automatically from French sessions.
60+ languages
Transcribe French conversations and 60+ other languages, including mixed-language speech.
Built for long sessions
Smart Scribe handles extended French meetings, interviews, and lectures without losing context or accuracy.
Context-aware accuracy
Smart Scribe understands French professional vocabulary and context, producing transcripts that need minimal editing.
French at a glance
Key facts about French.
native name
speakers worldwide
countries where spoken
French is spoken in France, Democratic Republic of Congo, Canada, Madagascar, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, Chad, Guinea, Rwanda, Belgium, Burundi, Benin, Haiti, Switzerland, Togo, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Djibouti, Luxembourg, Vanuatu, Seychelles, and Monaco. Soniox App is trained on real-world French speech from multiple regions and accents.
French transcription accuracy
Soniox App is powered by next-gen speech AI model developed inhouse by Soniox. The table below shows how Soniox AI performs on French transcription compared to 8 other providers.
| Provider | WER (French) | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|
| Soniox#1 | 5.7% | 94.3% |
| AssemblyAI | 8.3% | 91.7% |
| Speechmatics | 8.3% | 91.7% |
| OpenAI | 9.4% | 90.6% |
| ElevenLabs | 9.8% | 90.2% |
| Deepgram | 10.7% | 89.3% |
| AWS | 10.9% | 89.1% |
| Azure | 12.4% | 87.6% |
| 15.3% | 84.7% |
Word error rate (WER) measures how many words a speech-to-text engine gets wrong. Lower is better.
Soniox outperforms AssemblyAI, Speechmatics, OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Deepgram, AWS, Azure, and Google on French transcription accuracy.
Soniox App works with French and 60+ more languages
Soniox App transcribes and translates in French and over 60 other languages with professional-grade accuracy.
Soniox App: The all-in-one AI speech toolkit
Smart Scribe, Translator, and Voice Typing cover three ways people work with speech.
One app. Everything you do with voice in French.
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Built for any use case
From clinical documentation to creative workflows, Soniox App is built for the situations where accurate transcription and translation matter most.
Meeting transcription
Capture every decision and action item from meetings automatically.
Lecture transcription
Record complete lecture transcripts for study and accessibility.
Medical dictation
Document clinical encounters hands-free with professional accuracy.
Hearing accessibility
Real-time captions for deaf and hard-of-hearing users in any setting.
Travel translator
Communicate across language barriers with real-time spoken translation.
Voice notes
Capture ideas and thoughts hands-free and turn them into searchable text.
Private by default
Soniox never stores your recordings and never uses your audio to train models. Everything is processed securely in real-time, then gone.
French language trivia
Bonjour - that's how you say hello in French.
History and background
- history
French was the international language of diplomacy and high culture from the 17th to the mid-20th century.
- history
The Académie française, founded in 1635, has served as the official authority on the French language.
- history
French is an official language in 29 countries, spanning five continents.
Distinctive features
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French liaison connects a final consonant to the next word's initial vowel in continuous speech.
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French has nasal vowels (as in "bon," "vin," "un") that are uncommon in other Romance languages.
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Many final consonants in French are silent, creating a large gap between spelling and pronunciation.