{"id":48,"date":"2025-09-18T06:54:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T06:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topittalents.com\/manual\/wp\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2026-09-06T21:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T21:42:19","slug":"lyrics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"48\" class=\"elementor elementor-48\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-287a020b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"287a020b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2960d59b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2960d59b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Lyrics:\u00a0<\/strong>There are two ways to access the Lyrics page within the desktop app.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} --><\/span><\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item --><\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Click the Lyrics icon <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lyrics-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"22\" height=\"19\" \/>on a song project, or<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Click the Lyrics tab on the Edit Song Details page.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/span><\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In either case, you will arrive at the Lyrics page. Type your lyrics here. Pro+ users will be able to apply <strong>bold<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>italic<\/em>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">underline\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<s>strikethrough<\/s>\u00a0font styles. (Some songwriters like to use strikethrough to indicate a word or line option that is not currently in the main lyric of the song, but which they want to save in case it may be useful in a later revision.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Listen to song audio and add lyrics:\u00a0<\/strong>If you want to listen to the audio for the selected song, click the Play button to open the Song Player window. This way you can hear the music and come up with some great lyrics as you&#8217;re listening! Click Print to access your computer&#8217;s print function, to print out a copy of the lyrics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Look at lyrics and record audio: Pop-out Lyrics page<\/strong>: Click here\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lyrics-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"22\" height=\"19\" \/>\u00a0on a song tile to pop out the lyrics page. The page is freely moveable. To adjust the dimensions of the lyrics window, left-click the lower-right-hand corner of the page and&#8211;while continuing to press down on the mouse button&#8211;drag the window up, down, left, or right to resize as needed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This will allow you to view your lyrics while recording audio for your song: After opening the pop-out lyrics page for a song, click &#8220;Edit Song Details&#8221;\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lyrics-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"19\" height=\"19\" \/>\u00a0on that same song, then &#8220;Record\/Edit Audio&#8221; to record the music to your lyrics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Speech<\/span>-to-Text (Dictation):<\/strong> If you prefer to enter your lyrics by speaking them, you can easily do that within each platform, as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Windows PC:<\/strong><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Enable Dictation:<\/strong><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Be sure you are connected to the internet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Press <strong>Windows logo key + H<\/strong> on a hardware keyboard, or<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Press the <strong>microphone key<\/strong> next to the Spacebar on the touch keyboard.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Use Dictation:<\/strong><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Once you turn on voice typing, it will start listening automatically. Wait for the \u201cListening&#8230;\u201d alert before you start speaking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Place your cursor in the Lyrics page.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dictate your text.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Mac:<\/strong><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Enable Dictation:<\/strong><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Open System Settings on your Mac, click Keyboard, go to the Dictation section, and toggle the \u201cDictation\u201d switch to the \u201cOn\u201d position.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Use Dictation:<\/strong><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Place your cursor in the Lyrics page.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Use the default shortcut (<strong>press the Fn key twice<\/strong>) or the Microphone key to activate dictation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dictate your text.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Android phone:<\/strong><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Enable Dictation:<\/strong><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Go to the Google Play Store and install Gboard (free).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At the top of the keyboard, tap the microphone icon. On some devices, you may need to press and hold it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Use Dictation:<\/strong><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tap within the Lyrics page.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When \u201cSpeak now\u201d appears, start talking, and your voice will be converted to text.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>iPhone:<\/strong><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Enable Dictation:<\/strong><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Go to Settings on your iPhone.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Select General, then Keyboard.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Toggle the Enable Dictation switch to the on position.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Use Dictation:<\/strong><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Open the Lyrics page and tap where you want to enter the text.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tap the microphone button on the keyboard.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Start speaking, and the text will appear on the screen as you speak.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tap the microphone button again or stop speaking for 30 seconds to stop dictation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyrics:\u00a0There are two ways to access the Lyrics page within the desktop app. Click the Lyrics icon on a song project, or Click the Lyrics tab on the Edit Song Details page. In either case, you will arrive at the Lyrics page. Type your lyrics here. Pro+ users will be able to apply bold,\u00a0italic,\u00a0underline\u00a0and\u00a0strikethrough\u00a0font styles. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/lyrics\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lyrics&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-48","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":746,"href":"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions\/746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/songwritersdb.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}