📜Scriptlight🔦

Upload a screenplay PDF and watch it unspool as a cinematic teleprompter. Scene headings glow warm for day, dim for night. Dialogue centers like subtitles; action flows as prose; transitions drift right like closing cards.

Files are read on your device. Nothing is uploaded.

Looking for scripts to try? Browse the Film and Television Script Archive at the Internet Archive or just search around. The PDF with Text download tends to work best.

Controls

Tap stageShow controls (they auto-hide during playback)
Play / PauseAmber ring in the center
− / +Slower or faster, from 0.5× to 2×
↺Restart from the opening title
ProgressDrag the thin line to scrub anywhere
✕Close and return to upload

Keyboard

SpacePlay / pause
↑ / ↓Speed up / slow down
RRestart from the beginning

Tips

Works best with standard screenplay formatting (Final Draft, Fountain, Celtx exports). Scanned-image PDFs won't be readable — the text needs to be selectable.

Long monologues, page-spanning dialogue, and (MORE) / (CONT'D) bookkeeping are handled automatically.

Voice Reading

Have different voices read the action and each character's dialogue aloud as the script scrolls. Off by default.

Want a bigger cast? On iOS, download more voices in Settings › Accessibility › Spoken Content › Voices. On Mac, it's System Settings › Accessibility › Spoken Content › System Voice › Manage Voices. New voices appear in the dropdowns below on next open.

Manual Mode

Turn off auto-scroll and read at your own pace. Swipe, drag, or use the mouse wheel to move through the script. Scene reveals still play as text passes the center line.