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How to read a script without sounding like it, how to keep eye contact, and how to get a finished video out of a phone.

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Rear camera

One recording, one file. The camera changes at the marker; the take does not.

What it looks like in your hand

The Captions tab: a Burn in captions switch, a note that timings are estimated from the script, an Adjust timing button and an Export .srt button. — Captions are built from the script you read, and the app says plainly when the timings are estimated rather than measured.

The Assist tab: a Remove pauses section reading six of six cuts on, removing 10.3 seconds, with All on and All off actions and a switch for each detected pause listed by timestamp and length. — Every proposed cut is listed with its timestamp and length, and each one can be refused. Nothing is removed without being shown first.

How to write a script that reads well out loud

A script that looks fine on the page can fall apart the moment you say it. The differences are small, consistent, and easy to fix.

What to look for in a phone teleprompter

Six things that decide whether a teleprompter app is usable, and which of them you can check before you install anything.

The walk-and-talk you cannot film with an ordinary teleprompter

The shot that sells something is usually the one where you walk up to it and show it. That is also the shot most teleprompters make impossible.

How to read a teleprompter without sounding like you are reading

Everyone can spot a read, and it is almost never the eyes that give it away. It is the rhythm — and the cause is usually the prompter, not the presenter.

How to record professional video on a phone

The camera is rarely the limit. Light, sound, framing and a script are.

What is RTMP streaming?

The protocol every live platform still accepts, and why it means you are not locked to one of them.

How to add captions to a video

Most people watch without sound. Captions are not an accessibility extra; they are the default experience.

How to tighten a video by removing pauses

Cutting silence is the fastest way to make a talking-head video watchable. It is also the easiest to overdo.

video recording

How to switch cameras without stopping the recording

Most apps end the take and start another. This one does not, and the reason matters.

presentation skills

How to keep eye contact on camera

The lens is a few centimetres from the script. That gap is the whole problem.

How to film a walk-and-talk without stopping

The hard part is not the walking. It is showing what you are describing without ending the take.

How to read a teleprompter naturally

The tell is not that you are reading. It is that you are reading at a constant speed.