---
title: "AssemblyAI French transcript punctuation fix: 2026-09-16 | Harbyn"
description: "AssemblyAI French transcript punctuation fix, announced Sep 16, 2026."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/assemblyai/2026-09-16-french-transcript-punctuation-fix"
last-updated: 2026-10-14
---

# AssemblyAI French transcript punctuation fix

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/assemblyai/2026-09-16-french-transcript-punctuation-fix>.

Behavior change - AssemblyAI. info severity. In effect.

New transcription requests no longer drop standalone punctuation from French transcripts. Existing transcripts are not reprocessed; resubmit affected audio to get corrected output.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [AssemblyAI](https://harbyn.com/vendors/assemblyai.md) |
| Kind | Behavior change |
| Severity | info |
| Status | In effect |
| Announced | Sep 16, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Lead time | No dated deadline |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses AssemblyAI, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://www.assemblyai.com/changelog> (changelog, fetched 2026-10-14 17:17 UTC, sha256 `e1e76df0230103047d31e7aaf135387333bf57125bec976087e4e96b9c665ff2`)

## Related changes

### More from AssemblyAI

- [Improved speaker diarization for non-English audio](https://harbyn.com/changes/assemblyai/2026-09-16-improved-speaker-diarization-for-non-english-audio.md) (Behavior change, announced Sep 16, 2026)
- [Summarization chapter count scales with audio length](https://harbyn.com/changes/assemblyai/2026-09-29-summarization-chapter-count-scales-with-audio-length.md) (Behavior change, announced Sep 29, 2026)
- [Legacy Summarization and Auto Chapters retire October 20](https://harbyn.com/changes/assemblyai/2026-10-06-legacy-summarization-and-auto-chapters-models-deprecated.md) (Retirement, effective Oct 20, 2026)
- [Clearer error for deleted API keys](https://harbyn.com/changes/assemblyai/2026-10-07-clearer-error-for-deleted-api-keys.md) (Behavior change, announced Oct 7, 2026)

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- [Jira / Atlassian Cloud: New IP address ranges in use from January 1, 2027](https://harbyn.com/changes/atlassian-jira/2026-10-16-atlassian-cloud-adds-new-ip-address-ranges.md) (effective Jan 1, 2027)

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