A plain text lyric sheet
One line per row, ready for a Genius submission, a DistroKid lyrics field or a printout for the session.
I kept the porch light on Half past two and the radio's low You said you'd call when the rain stopped It never stopped
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Lyrics generator from audio
Upload a song and Capify writes out the lyrics, with a start and end time for every word. Fix anything it mishears, then download the words as a TXT or SRT file.
Loading lyric video editor
MP3, WAV, M4A or OGG, up to 15 minutes. Free preview. Full-length exports need a paid plan.
What you get back from a song
One transcription gives you three things. Here is a made-up verse as it comes out of Capify.
An SRT with line timing
Each line carries its start and end time, so YouTube, Premiere Pro and CapCut can read it as captions.
1 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,020 I kept the porch light on 2 00:00:15,300 --> 00:00:18,760 Half past two and the radio's low
Every word timed in the editor
Inside Capify each word has its own timing. That is what lets a lyric video light up words as they are sung.
- I12.48s
- kept12.71s
- the13.05s
- porch13.22s
- light13.80s
- on14.36s
How to transcribe lyrics from a song
- 1
Upload the song
Drop in an MP3, WAV, M4A or OGG file up to 15 minutes long. Capify detects the language by itself and starts transcribing as soon as the upload finishes.
- 2
Read the transcript back
Each line lands on a timeline under the playing audio, with every word timed to the vocal. Click a line to fix a misheard word, or drag the edge of a word to move its timing.
- 3
Download the lyrics
Open the Lyrics menu and choose Export Lyrics. Save a plain .txt for a lyric sheet, or an .srt with a start and end time on every line.
An AI lyric transcriber you can correct
Singing is harder to transcribe than speech. Vowels stretch over four beats, words get swallowed by the mix, and nobody enunciates on a chorus. Most songs come back close. These are the spots to check first.
Stacked harmonies and ad-libs
Backing vocals that sing different words over the lead can end up merged into one line. Delete the extra words or split the line where the lead takes over again.
Heavy Auto-Tune and fast verses
Pitch-corrected vowels and double-time rap give the model less to work with. Try Re-transcribe with the Experimental model, which you can run three times per project.
Names, slang and made-up words
A transcriber spells what it hears, so a producer tag or a street name can come out as a dictionary word. On a paid plan you can paste your own lyrics and Capify lines them up with the vocal.
MP3 to lyrics in 57 languages
The first pass works out the language by itself, which handles most songs in English, Spanish or Portuguese without you touching anything. For a bilingual track, or one where the detector picks wrong, re-transcribe and set the language yourself. The list runs from Afrikaans to Welsh and includes Hindi, Tagalog, Japanese, Korean, Turkish and Swahili.
You can also translate the lyrics into another language. Each project gets four translations, and you can undo one to get the original words back.
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- English
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Hindi
- Tagalog
- Japanese
- Korean
- Turkish
- Swahili
- Afrikaans
- Welsh
Trusted by 100,000+ artists
Independent artists, labels and producers transcribe their songs on Capify. Some of those songs end up on the global charts.
Song to lyrics generator, then a video
The transcript you just checked is already timed to the song, so the same project can become a lyric video without starting over.
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Lyrics from audio questions
How do I get the lyrics from an audio file?
Upload the song to Capify in the editor on this page. It transcribes the vocals and puts every line on a timeline. Check the words, then open the Lyrics menu, choose Export Lyrics, and save the lyrics as a .txt or .srt file.
Can I download the lyrics as a text file?
Yes. Export Lyrics saves either a plain text file with one lyric line per row, or an SRT subtitle file with a start and end time for each line. The file is named after your project.
Does Capify export LRC files?
Not yet. The two export formats are TXT and SRT. An SRT file holds the same line timings an LRC file does, so a subtitle converter can turn it into LRC if your music player needs one.
Is the AI lyric transcriber free?
You can upload a song, read the transcript and export it to try Capify. Without a plan you can edit the first five lines in the editor. A paid plan lets you edit every line, paste your own lyrics, and export full-length lyric videos.
How accurate is it?
A clear lead vocal over a clean mix transcribes best. Dense harmonies, ad-libs, heavy Auto-Tune and very fast verses are where mistakes show up. Read the transcript against the song before you publish it anywhere.
Which audio files can I upload?
MP3, WAV, M4A and OGG files, up to 15 minutes long and 300 MB. Songs, demos, voice memos and live recordings all work as long as they are one of those formats.
What languages can it transcribe?
The first pass detects the language by itself. If it guesses wrong, re-transcribe and pick one of 57 languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, French, Hindi, Japanese, Korean and Swahili. You can also translate the lyrics into another language up to four times per project.
Does it time each word, or only each line?
Each word has its own start and end time in the editor, which is how Capify animates lyrics word by word in a video. The SRT export is timed per line, the format subtitle tools and video editors expect.
Can I transcribe lyrics from a YouTube link?
No. Capify works from an audio file you upload, so start from the master, a demo or a bounce of your own song.
Can I use lyrics I already wrote?
Yes, on a paid plan. Choose Add Lyrics in the Lyrics menu, paste the words, and Capify re-transcribes the song using them, so the spelling is yours and the timing comes from the vocal.
Can I turn the transcript into a lyric video?
Yes. The project you transcribed is already a lyric video in the editor. Pick a font, an animation and a background, then export an MP4 in 16:9 or 9:16.
Get the words out of your next song
Upload the track, read the lyrics through, and save the file. The words stay in your project if you want a video later.