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French subtitle generator

Take a long French video and turn it into short, captioned clips for Reels, TikTok and Shorts. Clipzi transcribes the speech, times the words, and styles them for you.

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Why use Clipzi for French subtitles?

Accents and the cedilla, written correctly

French is full of diacritics, and getting them wrong looks sloppy. The transcription places the acute (é), grave (è, à), circumflex (ê, ô), the cedilla (ç in français, ça), and the diaeresis (ë, ï). It writes 'français' and 'déjà' the way they should appear, not as bare vowels.

Works across France, Africa and Canada

French is spoken by a wide community: France, Belgium, Switzerland, a large francophone Africa (Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, the DRC and more), and Québec. Accents and rhythm shift a lot between these, and the model transcribes them rather than forcing one standard pronunciation.

Handles liaisons and elisions cleanly

Spoken French blends words: liaisons link a final consonant to the next vowel, and elisions drop letters (j'ai, l'homme, qu'il). The transcription writes these contractions correctly with the apostrophe, so captions read as proper written French instead of phonetic guesses.

How it works

1

Upload your video

MP4, MOV or WEBM up to 3GB. A vlog, a long interview or a livestream replay all work.

2

Whisper transcribes the French

The audio is transcribed with speaker detection. Accents, the cedilla and apostrophes are placed automatically.

3

Select clips and reframe

Pick the moments worth posting and reframe them to vertical 9:16 for phone screens.

4

Style the captions and export

Adjust the karaoke styling, review the text, and export to MP4. Free adds a small watermark, paid removes it.

Features

Whisper transcription

Speech to text with Whisper, dependable on French across regions and recording conditions.

Speaker detection

Separates voices so captions stay attached to the right person in a conversation.

Auto karaoke captions

Word-by-word highlighting synced to the audio, the look most French short-form creators use.

Vertical reframe

Recompose horizontal video to 9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.

Full editor on free

The free plan gives you the complete editor, two videos a month, and 3GB uploads.

No watermark on paid

Clean MP4 export. Paid plans from $9 a month remove the watermark.

Frequently asked questions

Does it get the French accents and cedilla right?+
Most of the time, yes. Whisper places the acute, grave, circumflex, the cedilla on ç, and the diaeresis automatically, and it writes elisions like j'ai and l'homme with the apostrophe. Proper nouns and very fast speech are the spots to skim before exporting, and every line is editable.
Will it handle African and Québécois French?+
Yes. The transcription covers a broad range of French accents, including francophone Africa and Québec. Pronunciation differs, but the output is standard written French you can adjust if needed.
Can I edit the transcript before exporting?+
Yes. Fix any word, change line breaks, and adjust timing in the editor first.
What formats can I upload?+
MP4, MOV and WEBM, up to 3GB per file on every plan.
Is there a free plan?+
Yes. Two videos a month, full editor, small watermark. Paid starts at $9 a month and removes the watermark.

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