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Read-along lyrics

Syncing your poem so each line lights up as you speak it.

What it does

Synced poems highlight each line as it is spoken, and listeners can tap a line to jump to it. Your synced lines are also shared with podcast apps as captions.

Before you start

The poem needs both a recording and its written words, with each line of the poem on its own line.

Syncing a poem

  1. Open My Poetry and choose Sync on the poem.
  2. Play your recording and tap as each line begins. On a computer you can press Space instead.
  3. Made a mistake? Press Backspace to undo the last tap.
  4. Save when every line is timed.

When listeners see it

Listeners see the synced lines once the poem is approved.