You act your lines. The app speaks everyone else.
Six little steps — that's the whole app.
Three doors — tap one. A text file is the fastest and safest. You can also paste the words, or give it the PDF from casting (even a photocopy — reading a scan takes a few minutes).
Four kinds of script files. The higher on this list, the less work for you afterwards.
1. THE BEST — a plain text file (.txt). The name in CAPITALS, a colon, the line. Crispy and simple, like this:
Any notes app can make one. If you can get your script this way, always choose it.
2. VERY GOOD — a clean PDF. A real digital PDF, made from text on a computer — not a scan, not a photo. Everything inside is clean:
The app reads all of it, marks the junk with ✂ for you, and after a quick check in the Editor you are ready to go.
3. WORKS — BUT YOU WILL WORK TOO: a decent photocopy or scan. Not recommended, but it can work if the page is straight and readable:
The app will struggle, fight, and pull the best out of it — but then the careful work is yours. Go line by line. Print a physical copy of your sides, hold the paper in your hand, and read it against your phone, tablet, or computer until every single line is correct.
4. NEVER — a bad scan. Sideways, far away, blurry, a photocopy of a photocopy. Do not upload this. The app will not read it — nothing will:
If this is all you have, do not fight it — re-scan the page straight and close, or ask casting for the real PDF or a text file.
If your own eyes cannot read it, the app cannot read it either. The app reads a scan the same way you do — by looking at it. A page that is sideways, far away, or blurry is unreadable for any computer in the world, not just this one.
The quick test before you upload: open your PDF and zoom in on one page. Can you read every word comfortably, without squinting? Then the app can read it too. If you squint, the app is blind — no app can fix a bad scan.
Getting a good scan is easy: put the page flat, hold the camera straight above it, fill the screen with the page, and make sure the words look sharp. Better yet, ask casting for the original PDF or a text file — that always wins. A photo of a script lying across the room will never work, and that is true for every reading app, not a defect of this one.
The ✏️ orange Editor button is on every screen. Fix any word, any time. The app cleans the script the best it can, but it is not 100% perfect — sometimes a ✂ lands on a line an actor must speak. So keep your original script next to you and check every line with your own eyes. The colors make that check fast, in this order: 1. RED — loose junk (stray letters, page numbers): browse quickly and delete. 2. YELLOW ✂ — what the app will cut by itself: make sure no real line got marked (if one did, just delete the ✂). 3. WHITE — what will be read out loud: read it through and fix anything that does not belong. Tap Save and you are ready.
BEFORE — a PDF script the moment it opens in the Editor. Check it with your own eyes, in this order: red first, then yellow, then white — every line, with your original script in hand:
See the trap at the bottom? The ✂ landed on Brad's real next line — "Send it to your agent today." If you save it like that, the app will never speak it. Delete only the ✂ and the line turns white again.
AFTER — the checking is done and Save is tapped. Only the white lines remain — this is exactly what the app will read out loud, with Brad's rescued line back where it belongs:
That's the process: delete the red junk, rescue any yellow line that is really yours, read the white lines against your original script, tap Save — and the app takes you straight to the voices screen, ready to rehearse.
And you can do this over and over until your script is perfect, all clean. Just remember: Read, Make Changes, Save. Again — Read, Make Changes, Save. Even if something slips through, you will notice it while rehearsing — open the Editor right from the scene, and remember you can add text as well as delete it. You have both options, any time.
Each character gets a voice. The ✨ Studio AI voices sound the best and are free. Find YOUR character and check This is me — the app will never speak your lines. That part is yours.
The first time with a new script, the app makes every voice line once. It can take a few minutes — go grab a coffee ☕. You only wait once: the lines are saved on your device, so next time this script starts in seconds.
The app speaks the other characters. When a green line comes, it's your turn — act it! Then tap (or press Space) to continue. In Hands-Free mode you don't touch anything: a 5-4-3-2-🎬 countdown starts and the app follows you. The ⏸ Pause button lets you switch modes or change voices mid-scene.
Tap 💾 Save scene in the top bar. Your scene stays saved on this device — no file, no download. Tomorrow, open the app and it's waiting under My scenes on the first screen: tap it and everything comes back exactly the same — the script, every voice, and who you are. The box holds up to 5 scenes. Another device? Use Export.
When you upload a PDF script, it usually carries things you never rehearse: director's notes, scene headings, page numbers. The first time you upload it, the editor finds that junk for you and puts a scissors mark (✂) at the start of each junk line.
What does the scissors symbol mean?
Scissors mean: the app will skip this line or paragraph. You do not have to delete it — the app already knows, and it will never read it out loud.
Your only job is a quick look for small leftovers the app missed — a stray symbol, a lonely number, a bad punctuation mark. Delete those by hand, then press Save.
Did the scissors land on a real line by mistake? Easy rescue: remove just the scissors from that line, press Save, and the line comes back to life.
Use the editor as many times as you want: change something, press Save, done. Every Save also drops a clean copy of your script into your Downloads folder. Next time, upload that clean file and there is nothing to fix at all — you can keep it on your computer, phone, or tablet; just remember where you put it.
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