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[Flocabulary]

Hi guys,

I'm wondering if it's possible to program something that takes written lyrics and automatically syncs them to a song?

Here's the backstory: Our friend Dan Bull makes rap songs on social issues in Britain. Here's his rebuttal to Lily Allen:
YouTube - Dan Bull - Dear Lily [an open letter to Lily Allen]

I asked him how he makes these popular "letter-writing" music videos, and he told me that he takes a video screengrab of himself typing the lyrics and then spends hours editing it to sync with the track.

I'm wondering if it's possible to automate this somehow. I know there are sites that can play-back your key strokes (TypeWith.me: srgHcZJ4Vd), but what about syncing this to music?

How hard would that be? Is it possible?

Thanks!

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[dargueta]

Sorry to rain on your parade, but it'd be HARD. You're going to need sound libraries, knowledge of and ability to use speech-recognition algorithms... and PHP is definitely not the way to do it. I'd use C++ if anything.