5,000 people gathered this Sunday afternoon on the Champs-Élysées in Paris to participate in the largest dictation ever organized. Hundreds of desks as far as the eye can see have been erected on the most beautiful avenue in the world.

On the copy, the results have not always lived up to expectations. "I made 17 mistakes," says a girl. "We are on the 122nd fault there, it's not going at all," laughs a young woman. Today, in France, 2.5 million people are illiterate.