Work towards getting off-book
You have an audition in two days. Callbacks next week. Opening night in three. The script is in your hands, but the lines aren’t in your body yet. You need to move from reading to memorized — and you need to do it without someone sitting across from you holding the pages.
Oteria listens as you rehearse, matches every word against the script, and advances when enough words match. Run the scene ten times in a row if you need to. Your AI reader never gets tired, never rushes you, never checks the clock.
From first read to rehearsing from memory
Line learning isn’t one step. It’s a progression. Oteria mirrors the way actors actually work — starting loose and tightening as the material settles.
Forgiving mode
For early read-throughs, when you’re still finding the character and getting the arc into your body. Some missed or misheard words are allowed. Matching the meaning alone is not enough. This is where memorization starts: hearing the cues, feeling the rhythm, building the muscle memory of the scene’s shape.
Strict mode
Requires a closer match before the scene advances. This is rehearsal support, not proof of word-perfect delivery. Use it for the final polish — the mode you switch to when you’re close to off-book and need to lock in the exact language. Useful for audition sides where the casting director will notice a paraphrase, or for stage work where the playwright’s words are the words.
Hide my lines
When you’re ready to test yourself, toggle “Hide my lines.” Your dialogue disappears during your turn. You hear the cue. You deliver from memory. The speech matcher listens for the words in your line before moving to the next cue.
No peeking. No safety net. Just you and the work. If you stumble, redo the line or return to setup and switch your line text back on. This is the closest thing to having a patient scene partner hold the script for you.
How Oteria follows your lines
Oteria uses your microphone to follow English dialogue. It compares what it hears with the script, allowing some missed or misheard words. It does not assess your acting or check whether a paraphrase has the same meaning.
Contractions are expanded automatically. “I’m” matches “I am.” “Don’t” matches “do not.” Recognition can still mishear you. Use “I’ve said it” to continue when needed, and check the original script rather than treating a completed run as proof that every word was right.
Bring your audition sides
Paste text directly — standard screenplay format, CHARACTER: dialogue format, character names in caps with dialogue underneath. Drop a PDF of your sides. Photograph a printed page with your phone camera and Oteria extracts the text automatically.
AI cleanup helps organise messy dialogue for rehearsal. Check the result against your original so that names, lines and important directions are correct before you begin.