Rehearse Mode reads a script out loud but mutes the readback when it's your character's turn to speak. Learning lines has never been easier!

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



To begin a Rehearse session, simply tap on the Rehearse 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 Rehearse 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 Rehearse 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 Rehearse Mode for the font / font size and which elements are to be off / viewed / voiced are not used in Read or Record modes.

TIP: Typical settings for learning lines 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 exclude a 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 dialogue.



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.

Readback Options

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



Speaking rate : Set the overall speed of the readback.

Playback delay : Move the slider to the right to set a 1 to 30-second countdown before the readback begins.

Line reminders : If you're rehearsing as a certain character, Scriptation will mute the readback of your character's lines so you can say them. However, if you need a little help remembering them, choose Before and you'll hear the lines read before the readback pauses so you can recite them. Choose After and the readback will pause for you to deliver the lines, then read them aloud.

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

When the bottom toolbar is expanded, there are controls in the middle to rewind to the previous scene, start / pause or skip to the next scene. If the bottom toolbar is collapsed, these controls are on the right.

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

What's Next

How do I set up a rehearsal?
Are there better voices available?
What is Record mode?

Updated on: 04/11/2024