Feature guide: Lyric Transcription
With lyric transcription you can populate lyrics in the metadata of your Tracks in DISCO. This makes it easier to search by key words contained in the lyrics of your songs, which in turn will improve the discoverability of your content.
At a glance
When you transcribe your Tracks in DISCO, our AI analyzes them and when possible, it populates the Lyrics tab in the Track information.
In most cases, the lyrics are transcribed successfully with a High, Medium, or Low confidence score.
For instrumental Tracks, no lyrics will be detected.
In rare cases, the transcription will fail if the quality is too poor, and lyrics won't be populated.
Feature availability and Track quotas
Lyric transcription is available to users on the following plans:
- Artist
- Plus
- Pro
- Enterprise
The Track quota (specifically for transcribing lyrics on Tracks) for each plan varies and in some cases is dependent on whether or not the user is also subscribed to the Discovery Suite. Here's a full breakdown:
| Base Plan | User is not subscribed to Discovery Suite ❌ | User is subscribed to Discovery Suite ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | unlimited Track quota for lyric transcription | unlimited Track quota for lyric transcription |
| Plus | 20 Track quota for lyric transcription | 20 Track quota for lyric transcription |
| Pro | 20 Track quota for lyric transcription* | unlimited Track quota for lyric transcription |
| Enterprise | 20 Track quota for lyric transcription* | unlimited Track quota for lyric transcription |
*Users on our Pro and Enterprise plans can get unlimited Track quota for lyric transcription by subscribing to the Discovery Suite.
The following scenarios will count towards your Track quota for lyric transcription (if limited):
- lyric transcription was successful and lyrics were populated with a High, Medium, or Low confidence score
- lyric transcription was triggered but no lyrics were detected (for instrumental Tracks)
The following scenario won't be counted towards your Track quota for lyric transcription (if limited)
- lyric transcription was triggered but failed due to poor quality and lyrics weren't available for editing
Step-by-step: Transcribing lyrics
- Open the Track menu (⋮) and select AI tools > Lyric transcription.
- This will open the Track information page with the Lyrics tab highlighted. Click the Transcribe button.
- The transcription will begin as indicated by the message in the bottom-left corner of your DISCO.
- After a few moments, the transcription will be complete. If successful, a confidence score will be displayed and the lyrics will populate in the Lyrics tab.
Note: The lyrics won't be editable until after the next step. - You will then need to accept or reject the lyrics by clicking either the check mark or the 'X'.
Note: If you reject the lyrics, you'll be asked to provide some feedback and then they will be removed. - You'll now be able to edit the lyrics if needed. When you're ready, click the Save lyrics button.
Rejecting lyrics
If you reject the lyrics that were transcribed, this will still count towards your Track quota for lyric transcription (if you have one), as the transcription was generated successfully.
Upon rejection you'll be asked to select a reason for rejection from the drop-down:
- Too many incorrect or missing words
- Language wasn't identified correctly
- Words or phrases were added that aren't in the lyrics
- Formatting issues, e.g. line breaks and punctuation
- Other
If you select Other you'll be asked to tell us a bit more about why you've rejected the lyrics. This feedback is crucial to help our AI improve, so we really appreciate you taking the time to give us any and all feedback 🙂
You can then click the Proceed button and the lyrics will be cleared from the Lyrics tab.