How to read a script while recording on iPhone
- Paste or type your script in Float Script.
- Tap Start. The script moves into a floating window and your iPhone goes to the Home Screen.
- Open the Camera app, TikTok, Instagram or any other camera app.
- Move the window to the top of the screen, close to the front camera.
- Press record and read. With Follow my words, the script moves as you speak and waits when you pause.
- When you're done, open Float Script and tap Stop, or tap the floating window.
The window is only on your screen. The camera records what its lens sees, so the script never shows up in your video.
Other places to keep a script, and the catch with each
Most people try one of these before they look for an app. They all work, up to a point.
| Where the script is | The catch |
|---|---|
| Notes on a laptop or a second phone | Your eyes drift away from the lens, and nothing scrolls for you. |
| Paper taped next to the lens | The text is small, it doesn't scroll, and every change means writing it out again. |
| The teleprompter inside TikTok, Edits or CapCut | It only works inside that app, and it scrolls at a speed you set before you start, even when you pause. |
| A teleprompter app with its own camera | You record inside that app and export the video. Your camera app's filters, effects and sounds aren't there. |
| Float Script | It doesn't record or edit video. You film in your own camera app, with the script floating on top. |
Read without sounding like you're reading
- Write the way you talk: short sentences, contractions and one idea per line.
- Keep the window close to the front camera, so your eyes stay near the lens.
- Make the text big enough to read at arm's length. The size slider changes the editor and the floating window together.
- Read the script out loud once before you record. You'll hear the lines that trip you up, and you can time it with the words to minutes calculator.
- If you skip a word or add a line of your own, keep going. Follow my words picks you up when you're back on the script.
Three ways to scroll
Follow my words listens and moves with you, word by word. Fixed speed scrolls at the pace you pick, with the microphone off. AirPods volume moves two lines each time you press or swipe your AirPods. Here's how the voice activated teleprompter keeps your place.