Script Buddy: Actor Rehearsal

Go off-book with ease!
Read and listen to your scripts on the go.
Download the free app today!


Get started in no time with Script Buddy:

Open your script, highlight your role, and start rehearsing your lines within seconds.
No audio recording of your lines required.


NEW: Script Buddy now listens to you!
Script Buddy pauses reading until you have finished performing your line – like a real person would do!


Read anywhere. Rehearse anywhere.

Script Buddy makes reading and listening to your scripts enjoyable. Rehearse on the go and go off-book faster with less effort.

Listen to your lines while doing workouts, walking, biking, commuting or cooking. Choose different voices for each role.

Script Buddy can read the entire script or specific parts. Black-out and silence your lines and let Script Buddy read the rest of the script aloud.


Features:

• Import your script and start rehearsing.
• No audio recording of your lines required.
• One-click highlighting of your character’s lines.
• Black-out and silence your lines for rehearsal.
• Script Buddy pauses reading until you have finished performing your line.
• Cue phrases signal you to start speaking your line.
• Select individual voices per character, adapt voice speed and pitch.
• Remote control your rehearsal from Apple Watch and AirPods.
• Mute scene headings, stage directions and role names.
• Open Final Draft (.fdx), Highland, Fountain, Markdown, Plain-text and PDF* files.
• Format your script with fonts and sizes you prefer.
• Use Dark Mode for dimmed light conditions.
• Benefit from the larger iPad screens with two-column layout.

Script Buddy supports scripts in the following languages:
English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Turkish.


Usage Tip:

We highly recommend using Apple’s high-fidelity voices for Script Buddy’s read-aloud feature. Download enhanced or premium voices under Settings / Accessibility / Spoken Content / Voices.

*Note: only PDFs that contain text will work. Image scans are not supported. Only US-style formatted PDF scripts can be imported.


Privacy

No signup required.
Imported scripts are only readable by you.
Audio recordings are never saved.