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Apple Employees Help Transcribe Music for iOS 13's New Real-Time Lyrics Feature
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May depend on the music you're listening to. Was hanging out with my nieces this weekend, and most of the music they were pulling up had the real-time lyrics. Clearly you need to listen to more Katy Perry and Taylor Swift.
Writers don’t always produce them for people.
But also... for all the years of buying music, cds and vinyls; I’ve noticed that artist’s liner notes aren’t entirely 100% accurate either. Often there are words missing, an extra “yeah” or “na na” somewhere that isn’t in the notes. The ad-filled websites that do have lyrics are often wrong also.
Kudos to Apple for doing this.
because we have reached a certain level of stupidity.
it’s so ridiculous not having the lyrics of a song am listening in 2020
I listened to 70s music and most of them has lyric. (Can’t say all but all I play til now has lyric, even Layla from Derek & Domino has it 😳)
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Spotify got this, then lost it,apple got this, spotify loose again...
Oh my dear spoti, you could be the first, but you don’t want to... very bad
Oh my dear spoti, you could be the first, but you don’t want to... very bad
There are many songs in which even automated crawlers can't find the lyrics at all or correctly.
One should be able to report these songs to Apple so that Apple can make targeted improvements.
Often the music labels have simply published other texts than sung.
And this obviously also with Independent Labels...
Example: Can't help Falling in Love (Dead Moon, In the Graveyard).
Thanks, Apple! Good initiative IMO!
One should be able to report these songs to Apple so that Apple can make targeted improvements.
Often the music labels have simply published other texts than sung.
And this obviously also with Independent Labels...
Example: Can't help Falling in Love (Dead Moon, In the Graveyard).
Thanks, Apple! Good initiative IMO!
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As others have commented, I've yet to find a lyric in any song. That includes very mainstream stuff.
I suspect Apple's self harvesting is due to not wanting to pay the music industry for the data. We can have a nice cuppa to discuss if that's a good or bad thing for the music industry.
I was surprised how often I used this feature when Spotify had it (it's gone now.)
I suspect Apple's self harvesting is due to not wanting to pay the music industry for the data. We can have a nice cuppa to discuss if that's a good or bad thing for the music industry.
I was surprised how often I used this feature when Spotify had it (it's gone now.)
I’ve always heard it that way.
They can’t hire me for this. I’m notorious for mis-hearing lyrics.
For years I’ve heard a certain section of “Philadelphia Freedom” so horribly horribly wrong.
Is there an example you have of a "very mainstream" musician that doesn't have song lyrics? I listen to selected songs from mainstream artists and have yet to find any without lyrics.
In an interview with WIRED, Apple Music head Oliver Schusser has revealed that Apple has a team of employees listening to songs and transcribing the lyrics to ensure they are accurate for iOS 13's new real-time lyrics feature:With iOS 13's real-time lyrics feature, each verse appears in time with the music so you can follow along as you listen. To jump to a certain verse, just scroll and tap any line. The feature is not available for all songs.
The interview contains a few other notable tidbits from Beats 1 radio host Zane Lowe, including the possibility of the Apple Music Festival returning in the future and "some big new names" who will accompany Ebro Darden, Julie Adenuga, Matt Wilkinson, and himself as Beats 1 hosts in the future.
Full Interview: More radio, more live: where Apple Music's headed in 2020
Article Link: Apple Employees Help Transcribe Music for iOS 13's New Real-Time Lyrics Feature
That's one way of cutting corners and saving money. Would be great if Apple compensated these staff but something tells me they're probably employees being given more to do for the same pay.
We’re not looking for correct lyrics in this thread. From the top in short, we guess they will type what they hear so we have been naming songs people often get wrong. Because its funny. Yes, you have the correct lyric. Ha....and so that is sort of funny too. 😂