# Read your script while recording video on iPhone

> Read your script while you record in the iPhone Camera app, TikTok or Instagram. Float Script floats it over the camera and scrolls as you talk. Free.

Float Script puts your script in a small window that floats over the iPhone Camera app, TikTok or Instagram. You record in the app you already use, and the words move as you talk.

[Download on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6832469100)

## How to read a script while recording on iPhone

1. Paste or type your script in Float Script.
2. Tap **Start**. The script moves into a floating window and your iPhone goes to the Home Screen.
3. Open the Camera app, TikTok, Instagram or any other camera app.
4. Move the window to the top of the screen, close to the front camera.
5. Press record and read. With Follow my words, the script moves as you speak and waits when you pause.
6. 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](https://floatscript.app/words-to-minutes).
- 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](https://floatscript.app/voice-activated-teleprompter) keeps your place.

## Questions

### Will the script show up in my video?

No. The window is only on your screen. The camera records what its lens sees.

### Can I read a script while recording a TikTok or a Reel?

Yes. Float Script floats over TikTok and Instagram the same way it floats over the Camera app, and Follow my words keeps listening while they record. See the [teleprompter for TikTok](https://floatscript.app/teleprompter-for-tiktok) and the [teleprompter for Instagram Reels](https://floatscript.app/teleprompter-for-instagram).

### Is Float Script free?

Yes. It's free on the App Store, with no ads and no account.

### What are the limits?

Float Script doesn't record or edit video, so you need a camera app as well. Follow my words doesn't work for Chinese, Japanese or Thai scripts, which are written without spaces between words. It's for iPhone and iPad only.

## More from Float Script

- [Teleprompter for TikTok](https://floatscript.app/teleprompter-for-tiktok)
- [Teleprompter for Instagram Reels](https://floatscript.app/teleprompter-for-instagram)
- [Voice activated teleprompter](https://floatscript.app/voice-activated-teleprompter)
- [Free online teleprompter](https://floatscript.app/online-teleprompter)
- [About Float Script](https://floatscript.app/about)

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