Self-Taping with a Phone and a Laptop Reader

You do not need to film inside a rehearsal app. Your iPhone or another phone can record the video while Oteria runs the other roles on a laptop. This keeps the video in your camera's normal workflow and lets you position the reader separately from the lens.

Start with the audition instructions

Check the requested framing, orientation, slate, file naming, deadline and submission method. Follow any rules about readers or AI tools. If a human reader is required, use one. A general guide should never override the brief you have been given.

Position the camera and reader

Support the phone securely, use a quiet space and check that your face is clearly lit. Position the laptop where you can hear the cues without having to look down at its screen. If you have been asked for an off-camera eyeline, choose a point near the lens that works with the requested framing.

Test both microphones

The phone needs to capture your performance; the laptop microphone needs to hear you for cue matching. Give Oteria microphone access and run a short exchange at your actual performance volume. Check that the scene advances as expected before recording a full take.

Play back a phone test with both your voice and the laptop's reader audible. Adjust speaker volume and placement so that the cues do not overpower you. Avoid headphones if you need the reader's audio captured by the phone microphone. If matching is unreliable, try manual advance or another reader before filming the full take.

Record, review and submit

Start the phone recording, then run the scene. Review an early take for sound and framing before doing more. There is no magic take number: choose the work that fits the brief, and leave time to check the final file.

Oteria does not record your video. With performance recording enabled and microphone permission granted, it can record your voice and the partner together for a local MP3 download. Completed takes stay in the browser where you recorded them; download any you want to keep. The separate partner-audio download contains only the generated voices. Where Share is available, it uploads the take and scene details to a public link. You do not need to share or upload anything to download your performance or film on your phone.