Apostrophe helps adults learning French stop second-guessing their spelling. You listen to a French sentence read aloud, write what you hear, and get an instant, word-by-word correction with the grammar rule explained in plain language. Practice is calibrated to your CEFR level (A1 to C2) and available in four regional accents: France, Belgium, Switzerland and Quebec. Five minutes a day is enough to make real progress.

Apostrophe started from a simple observation: a lot of people speak French perfectly well but still reread an email five times before sending it, afraid of one wrong agreement or a missing accent. That hesitation, not a lack of knowledge, is the real problem I wanted to solve, especially for adults learning French as a second language. So I built a dictation app: you hear a sentence, you write what you hear, and you get an instant, word-by-word correction with the rule explained in plain language. Five minutes a day, calibrated to your CEFR level, in four regional accents. The most interesting lesson while building it was about where to use AI. At first I let the model decide what was right or wrong, and it would sometimes flag correctly spelled words as mistakes. So I flipped it: the grading is now deterministic in code, and the model does what it's genuinely good at, generating level-appropriate sentences and explaining the rules. Better accuracy, and feedback learners can actually trust.

The CEFR calibration is actually spot on, not just a marketing checkbox. Tried a B1 sentence and got something right at that level instead of feeling patronized or overwhelmed.

the word-by-word breakdown with the grammar rule right there feels like the smartest piece of UX in any language app i've tried. the regional accent options are a genuinely thoughtful touch for anyone planning to actually use the french outside a textbook.

The CEFR calibration is actually spot on, not just a marketing checkbox. Tried a B1 sentence and got something right at that level instead of feeling patronized or overwhelmed.

Apostrophe· French Dictation

Perfect your French spelling with audio dictations

Perfect your French spelling with audio dictations