A selftape reader when no one can read with you
blablabla is a selftape reader app: it reads the other character off camera while you record, with a teleprompter for your own lines. It is the best selftape reader when you need to tape tonight and nobody can read with you.
Record the tape and the reader in one app
Switch the scene to Selftape mode and the phone you are filming with does the reading. Prop it up, hit record, and the other character speaks from beside the lens while your lines sit on the screen.
There is no second device to sync and no recording to cue up. The take stays on your phone until you share it.
The reader's voice, off camera, at your pace
A pre-recorded reader locks your timing. You fit the performance around the track. blablabla listens instead and speaks the next line only when you have finished yours, so the pause the scene needs is yours to take.
Cast the other character in a voice that suits the scene. It reads the same lines the same way on every take, which is what you want from a reader on tape: consistent and clean.
Teleprompter for your own lines
Your lines show on the recording screen and advance with the scene rather than at a scroll speed. A dial sets how much you see: the full text, a hint, the first letters, or off.
Off is the setting for the take you send. Eyes on the reader's mark beside the lens, not on the text.
Unlimited retakes, no favours owed
Shoot as many takes as you like. The reader replays from cached audio, so retakes cost nothing and work offline, at midnight, in a hotel room, with no signal.
Nobody on the other side of the camera is watching the clock, so the ninth take gets the same reader the first one did.
What casting actually needs from the reader
Casting needs to hear the cue and see you listen. A reader that gives you something to react to at the moment you need it is doing the job. A voice that reads at a constant rate, ahead of you or behind you, is not.
The rest of a good tape is framing, sound, a slate, and a file sent on time. The checklist linked below covers all of it.
Questions actors ask
Can I self tape without a reader?
Yes. blablabla reads the other character off camera while you record and waits on your cue. Import the sides, pick your part, cast a voice for the other role, and record in Selftape mode.
How do I record a self tape alone?
Prop the phone, open the scene in Selftape mode, and hit record. The app speaks the other lines beside the lens and shows yours on the screen if you want them. Shoot as many takes as you need and share the one you like.
Is the reader's voice too loud on the tape?
Record a short test take first and listen back. The reader comes from the phone beside the lens, so it sits in the take the way a reader in the room does, and the phone's volume sets how loud.
Can I use my own phone camera?
Yes. Selftape mode records with the camera on the phone you already own, front or back. There is no second device and no teleprompter rig.
Tape tonight without asking anyone
Import the sides, cast the reader, and record. Free to start.