French recordings to text, with the compte rendu done
Upload a recording or send a bot to Zoom, Microsoft Teams or Google Meet. MinutesMaster writes a French transcript with speaker names and minutes with decisions and action items — and an English version when colleagues need one.
5 free credits (2.5 hours of audio) · No credit card · No AI training on your data
Spoken French, turned into minutes
MinutesMaster turns spoken French into written French: a transcript with speakers separated by voice and structured minutes — summary, agenda, decisions, action items with owners and the next meeting — with detailed narrative minutes alongside. (Looking for the phonetic, IPA transcription of words? That is a different kind of tool.)
French meetings borrow English all the time — deadline, call, roadmap — and teams in Brussels, Geneva or Montreal switch between French and Dutch, German or English. Mixed-language meetings stay in one transcript without choosing a language first, and accents, ç and œ are kept in the transcript, the minutes and every export.
Choose the minutes language — French, English or any of the 38 — or translate later; the French original stays next to each version. The web app is available in French, and recordings are never used to train AI models.
Camille Lefèvre (07:18) — La bêta est prête, mais on attend encore le feu vert du service juridique.
Thomas Moreau (07:52) — Je relance le juridique aujourd’hui et je vous envoie le planning mis à jour vendredi.
La sortie de la bêta est repoussée d’une semaine.
Thomas Moreau → relancer le service juridique et envoyer le planning vendredi
In English: the beta release moves back one week; Thomas Moreau chases the legal team today and sends the updated schedule on Friday.
How French transcription works
From a call or a file to a compte rendu you can send, in four steps.
- 1
Capture the meeting
Upload audio or video up to 2 GB, record in the browser or the mobile app, paste a YouTube or Google Drive link, or send the bot to a Zoom, Teams or Google Meet call.
- 2
Admit the bot if asked
When the organiser requires it, someone in the meeting admits “MinutesMaster AI” from the lobby. For Zoom, connect your Zoom account once and stay in the meeting.
- 3
Review names and actions
Bot recordings take names from the meeting participants; for uploads, rename each speaker once. Edit decisions and action items before you share.
- 4
Translate and export
Add an English version or any of the 38 languages, then download Word or PDF minutes, a TXT transcript, or SRT and VTT subtitles.
What you get from a French meeting
A compte rendu draft, the full transcript and translations for the rest of the team.
Any French, any mix
There is no regional setting: French from France, Belgium, Switzerland or Canada is detected from the audio, and switches to English, Dutch or German stay in one transcript.
Accents, ç and œ kept
É, è, ê, à, ç, œ and the rest are kept in the transcript, the minutes and the PDF, Word, TXT, JSON, SRT and VTT exports.
Speakers named once
Voices are separated automatically; bot recordings use participant names, and a name you type once is used everywhere.
Compte rendu structure
Attendees, agenda, summary, decisions, action items with owners and the next meeting, plus detailed narrative minutes.
English for the wider group
Translate the minutes or the full transcript into English or any of the 38 languages; the French original stays alongside.
Exports for every reader
DOCX for editing, PDF for sending, TXT and JSON for other tools, and SRT or VTT subtitles for recordings you publish.
Good to know for French meetings
Situations French-speaking teams ask about.
Compte rendu de réunion
The everyday French minutes: what was discussed, what was decided and who does what next. MinutesMaster writes it in French from the recording, ready to edit and send.
Procès-verbal (PV)
For an association’s assemblée générale, a CSE or a board, formal minutes are a procès-verbal. The Board / committee meeting template records attendance and quorum, motions, votes and resolutions; the secretary reviews the draft before it is approved.
Transcription réunion Teams
The bot joins through the meeting link as a guest, so Copilot and Teams transcription aren’t needed. If your organisation blocks external guests, record the meeting and upload the file.
In-person meetings
Record a meeting in the room with the iPhone or Android app — it keeps recording with the screen locked — and the transcript and minutes follow when you stop.
Ask in English about a French meeting
Search and Ask MinutesMaster work across languages: ask in English or French and get answers with citations that play the exact moment of the recording.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I transcribe French audio to text?
- Upload the audio or video file (up to 2 GB), record in the browser or the mobile app, paste a YouTube or Google Drive link, or send the bot to a Zoom, Teams or Google Meet call. The French transcript with speaker names and the minutes follow automatically.
- Can I translate a French recording into English?
- Yes. The transcript keeps the French as spoken; translate the transcript or the minutes into English, or choose English as the minutes language from the start. The French original stays next to the translation.
- Is this phonetic (IPA) transcription?
- No. MinutesMaster converts recorded French speech into written French text, with speakers and minutes. For the IPA pronunciation of words, use a phonetic transcription tool.
- Does it handle Canadian, Belgian and Swiss French?
- There is no regional setting to choose. The spoken language is detected from the audio, and the minutes are written in French unless you pick another language.
- What about meetings that mix French and English?
- No language setting is needed. Mixed-language meetings stay in one transcript, and the minutes are written in the one language you choose.
- What are meeting minutes called in French?
- Everyday minutes are a compte rendu (de réunion). Formal minutes of a board, an association or a works council are a procès-verbal, often shortened to PV.
- How much does French transcription cost?
- The same as every language: 1 credit covers 30 minutes of audio. New accounts get 5 free credits (2.5 hours) without a credit card; then credit packs from €9 or Pro (€19 a month, 40 credits) and Business (€49 a month, 120 credits).
- Is my meeting used to train AI?
- No. MinutesMaster does not use recordings, transcripts or minutes to train AI models. It is run by a Czech company and hosted in Europe under the GDPR, and you can delete any meeting at any time.
Related pages
- Meeting minutes generatorUpload a recording and get minutes with decisions, action items and owners, ready to export to Word or PDF.
- Microsoft Teams meeting notesPaste a Teams meeting link, admit the bot from the lobby and get a transcript plus minutes.
- Audio to textConvert MP3, WAV, M4A or video recordings into a transcript with speaker names, then into minutes.
- Dutch transcriptionDutch and Flemish meetings as transcripts and notulen with action items, translated into English when needed.
- Transcription in 38 languagesTranscripts, minutes and translations in 38 languages, with a guide for each major language.
Get minutes from your next French meeting
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