Upload a song and get a lyric video back: we write out the words from the vocals, time them, and put them on screen as the song plays. You check the lines first, then download an MP4. No account, no watermark.
By ShinobiTools Team · Last updated: September 2026
No watermark, no account. Lyrics written out and timed for you, editable before the video is made — songs up to 15 minutes free.
The video is 1280×720 on a dark background: the current line in large type, lighting up as it is sung — usually word by word, with the next line underneath. Your full song plays under it — the vocals are mixed back in, so it sounds like the original.
Singing is much harder to transcribe than speech. Held notes, reverb, backing vocals and loud mixes trip up any machine, so expect to correct a few words, sometimes more on a busy track. That is why every line is editable before anything is rendered.
If you change a line, its words light up evenly across the line instead of at their exact sung times, because the original timings belonged to the words we heard. Lines you leave alone keep their exact timing.
It is a clean, readable lyric video you can post or share: plain dark background, clear type, words in time with the music. It is not a template editor — there are no animated backgrounds, fonts to choose or photos to add. If you want a styled video, use this MP4 as the timed layer in a video editor.
Want to sing along yourself instead? Choose Karaoke before you make the video and the vocals stay out, or go to the karaoke maker.
Yes. Songs up to 15 minutes are free, with no account and no watermark. A ShinobiTools pass raises that to an hour.
No. We write them out from the vocals and time them. You only fix the words we got wrong.
Good on clear vocals, weaker on heavy reverb, harmonies or very loud mixes. Expect to correct some words — every line is editable before the video is made.
Usually, yes: for the lines you leave as they are, each word lights up when it is sung. When our servers are very busy the timing can come per line instead, and a line you edit lights up evenly across its words.
Yes. Choose Karaoke instead of Lyric video before you press Make my video, and the vocals are removed from the audio.
A 1280x720 MP4 with a dark background, the current line large and lighting up, and the next line smaller underneath. There are no templates or backgrounds to choose.
Yes — it works on any song file with vocals. Clear, upfront vocals give the best lyrics.
Your files are deleted after 45 minutes (24 hours with a pass). See privacy.