Generate Accurate Subtitles for French Videos

Frequently Asked Questions

• Where can I check pricing and available trial credits?

  Check the current Pricing page and your account balance before submitting a task. Available trial credits, paid options, and the cost shown for your selected workflow should guide your decision. Review the task settings and displayed estimate before confirming; this guide does not promise a fixed free allowance or a specific price.

• Should French dialogue use spaces before punctuation?

  Review French punctuation conventions rather than copying English spacing. In standard French, some punctuation marks may take a preceding space, while commas and periods do not. Check how the subtitle renderer handles those spaces, especially near line endings, and keep punctuation consistent across dialogue, captions, and speaker labels.

• How should spoken French contractions be transcribed?

  Match the intended register while preserving natural spoken phrasing. Informal speech may omit parts of negation or compress common expressions, but an overly literal transcript can be hard to read. During review, decide whether to retain conversational forms or normalize them, then apply that choice consistently for each speaker and scene.

• How do French apostrophes affect subtitle line breaks?

  Keep elided forms such as l', d', or qu' attached to the following word. A line break after the apostrophe separates elements that readers process together and can interrupt comprehension. When reflowing French subtitles, also avoid isolating short function words where possible, while preserving readable timing and balanced line lengths.

• Do I need professional video editing experience?

  Start by choosing a video and the appropriate subtitle workflow. You do not need to prepare a full editing project, but you should review recognized wording, names, timing, and line breaks before publishing. Specialized dialogue may need a knowledgeable reviewer, especially when a small transcription error changes the meaning.

• How should French names and technical terms be reviewed?

  Check proper names, place names, acronyms, and specialist vocabulary against the video's context. Speech recognition may choose a familiar French word when a speaker actually uses a brand, surname, or borrowed term. Build a terminology list from available reference material, then review repeated occurrences for consistent spelling, capitalization, accents, and hyphenation.

• When should I use OCR instead of speech recognition?

  Use speech recognition for words spoken in the audio. Use OCR when the required text is already visible in frames, such as title cards, labels, signs, or hardcoded subtitles. These sources may contain different wording, so review them separately and decide whether visible text belongs in the final subtitle track.

• Can hardcoded and external French subtitles be combined?

  First identify whether French text is burned into the video or supplied as an external subtitle track. Generating another track without checking can create duplicate captions. Compare visible text with recognized dialogue, keep only the material needed for delivery, and review scenes containing signs or speaker labels that may require separate treatment.

• How should French subtitle timing follow rapid dialogue?

  Align each cue with the relevant spoken phrase rather than forcing every pause into a new subtitle. Rapid exchanges may need careful segmentation so speakers are not merged and short responses remain attributable. Review cue boundaries around interruptions, hesitation, and overlapping speech, then adjust text length and line breaks without changing meaning.

• What should I check before exporting French subtitles?

  Review the generated text while watching the video from beginning to end. Check accents, apostrophes, punctuation spacing, names, terminology, speaker changes, cue timing, and line breaks. Also confirm that on-screen text has not been duplicated and that subtitles remain readable over changing backgrounds before downloading the required output.

• What should I check before uploading private or licensed footage?

  Use footage you are entitled to process and check the current privacy policy and service terms before uploading sensitive material. For client projects, confirm that the agreed handling of faces, voices, personal details, and licensed media permits this workflow. Ask support about any specific retention or processing requirement rather than assuming a promise from this guide.