Record Mode enables you to take a videos of yourself running your lines. Memorize your lines, work on your performance or create an audition tape!

NOTE that the Record feature is not available in the free version of Scriptation. For more information on upgrading to Industry Pro, click HERE.

To begin a Record session, simply tap on the Record icon on the Top Toolbar:



The Top Toolbar icons and the Annotation toolbar are hidden and the Rehearse controls are now onscreen.

NOTE that if the Rehearse icon isn't showing in the Top Toolbar, click the plus sign on the right side to show additional icons. While there, you can also choose Customize and drag the Rehearse icon towards the top to make it a regular part of the Top Toolbar.

Settings

At the top left is the Settings gear; click this to display the Record Settings sidebar.

Click Narrator to set up the voice that will read specified parts of the script. There are options to adjust its speed, pitch, volume, language, region and voice.



TIP: For information on getting enhanced voices onto your device, which we strongly recommend, click HERE.

NOTE that if you've set up a narrator in Read Mode, those voice settings will be used for Rehearse and Record Modes well. You can change them in Record Mode if you want.

Choose the font size with the slider and the font in which you want your script to be displayed:


In the Settings section you can choose what’s shown on the script page: Off is hidden, View is displayed and Voice is displayed and read aloud:



NOTE that unlike the choice of narrator, the selections you make in Record Mode for the font / font size and which elements are to be off / viewed / voiced are not used in Read or Rehearse modes.

TIP: Typical settings for a recording session would be Dialogue set to Voice, Action set to Off and all others set to View.

At the bottom of the sidebar, select the overlay you prefer: Highlight places a grey highlight around the line being read and Fade slightly lightens all but the line being read.

Voices

The Voices icon…



…opens a sidebar in which you can assign a highlight color (the color picker dot) and include or exclude each character from the readback (the toggle switch). You can also adjust the speaking rate, pitch, volume, language and regional dialect of each character's operating system voice.


Rehearse as this character: If you want to read the lines as a particular character, select that character and toggle the switch to on. Now this character's lines will not be read out loud -- that's your job!

TIP: If you're trying to learn lines, choose blackout from the color picker to hide your character's name / dialogue set.



Once you've customized a set of voices to perfection, you can save them by clicking the Save icon at the upper left of the panel. These voices will be available for any other scripts you open with characters of the same name (helpful for TV shows with recurring characters).

To review and edit the saved voices, click the 3-dot menu at the upper right of the Voices panel and choose Saved Voices. Here you can open any voice to adjust its settings. Click the left-pointing caret until you're back at the main Voices panel. If there are any current voice settings that don't match the saved settings, they'll have a blue triangle indicating that they need to be synced (click the Save icon at the upper left).

To delete a saved voice, click the 3-dot menu at the upper right of the Saved Voices panel and choose Delete. Click the red circle to the left of the character's voice you want to delete and then the red Delete square to confirm the deletion. Click OK to return to the Saved Voices panel.

Readback Speed

There are three settings to control the speed at which the script is read aloud:

The script: The overall speed of the readback is set by the slider at the bottom of the screen; left is slower and right is faster;

By character: Each character's dialogue speech rate can be set in the Voices sidebar (where you choose the highlight color, the voice and other attributes);

By line: Individual lines of dialogue may be slowed down or sped up by choosing the three-dot icon to the right of a line and adjusting the slider.

Record Options

Just above the bottom toolbar is a small drag handle; drag it up to reveal additional settings.



Record Countdown: With the slider, set a 1 to 15-second timed delay before recording starts. You'll see the countdown on your screen.

Playback Delay: With the slider, set a 1 to 30-second timed delay before the readback starts. Here too you'll see the countdown.

Speaking rate: Set the overall speed of the readback.

Voices: Read with other characters' voices or by yourself.

Video Preview: None hides the video preview, Corner reduces the video preview to a draggable window, and Full fills your screen with the video preview and the script overlaid on it.

Click the red Record button to begin the recording; click it again to stop the recording. The video file will be saved to On My iPad/iPhone or to the Desktop if you're using a Mac. Note that the video won't have the overlaid script.

Loop: Choose Scene to have Scriptation repeat the readback of the current scene once it's finished. Selecting Script will repeat the readback of the entire script.

Once you've adjusted the settings for the Record session, you can (if you want) drag the handle down again and you'll just have the the Speaking Rate slider and the Record button.

To exit Record Mode, click the X at the upper right corner.

What's Next

Are there better voices available?
How do I set up a self-tape session?
What is Auto-Highlight?

Updated on: 29/10/2024