Chant Timing Tool

1. Audio file

🎵 Choose MP3 file No file selected

2. Chant text

Paste the chant here (separate words with spaces; line breaks are allowed)

3. Choose words to "skip" (not played / no timing needed)

Click a word to toggle it between Skip ⟷ Normal. Skipped words (struck through) are left out of the timing step and are never highlighted during playback, but they stay in the output file so word positions still match the chant exactly.

4. Play audio + tap to time each word

Speed

0.00s / 0.00s

Word 1 of 1

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Shortcuts: Space tag word · ← or Z go back (audio returns to the start of the previously tagged word, no need to re-tag it)

5. Result (timing JSON)

Quick guide

1) Choose an mp3 and paste the chant → 2) Click "Split words", then choose words to skip (words that are not spoken / need no timing) → 3) Click "Start tagging" → 4) Press play (lower the speed for more accuracy), then press Space or the tap button each time the next word starts being spoken → 5) When every word is tagged, the tool builds a JSON file in the same format as the timing_url used by the chant player, ready to download.