Method and device for making ring tone

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for making a ring tone. The method can include the steps that a response is made for a user to execute operation of selecting a lyric text fragment of a song, and according to the corresponding relationship between the lyric text fragment and audio playing time of the song, the audio playing time corresponding to the lyric text fragment selected by the user is determined; an audio clip corresponding to the audio playing time in an audio file is acquired, wherein the audio playing time corresponds to the lyric text fragment selected by the user; the audio chip is stored as the ring tone. Due to the fact that the user can set the wanted audio clip as the ring tone through the selected lyric text fragment, according to the method, the user can more easily and accurately conduct selection, the probability of repeated operation of the user is remarkably decreased, better experience is brought for the user, and waste of terminal resources are reduced; in addition, the embodiment of the invention provides a device for making the ring tone.