For auditions

Learn your sides. Tape with a reader.

Use LineBuddy to learn your lines for any audition, in person or on tape. For a self-tape, it's also your reader, and you control the quality of the reading.

Before any audition

Learn your sides

Run the scene out loud until you're off book, whether you're walking into the room or taping at home.

During a self-tape

Tape with a reader

When you have no one to read with, LineBuddy reads the other characters off camera while you record. Most TV, film and web auditions are self-tapes now, and some theater too.

How it works for an audition.

1
Upload your sides
Drop in the PDF from your audition notice. LineBuddy finds every character and every line.
2
Cast your reader
Pick a voice for each of the other characters, and change it until the reading suits the scene.
3
Set the rhythm
Adjust how fast the voices speak and how long they wait before each cue.
4
Get off book
Run the scene out loud. LineBuddy speaks the other lines, listens while you say yours, and moves on when you've got it.
5
Tape it
For a self-tape, run the scene with LineBuddy reading off camera, as many takes as you like.

Your options, side by side.

Here is how the usual options compare, for learning your sides and for reading with you on a self-tape.

Ready when the sides arrive

LineBuddy: Any hour, no booking
A friend reading: When they're free
A booked reader: At your booked time
A line-learning app: Any hour
A teleprompter app: Any hour

Number of takes

LineBuddy: As many as you need
A friend reading: As many as they'll give you
A booked reader: As many as the session allows
A line-learning app: As many as you need
A teleprompter app: As many as you need

Quality of the reading

LineBuddy: You control it: choose each voice and change it until it serves the scene
A friend reading: Depends on who you can get
A booked reader: Varies from reader to reader
A line-learning app: Your own recorded voice, or the app's voices
A teleprompter app: No reading; you read the text

Rhythm of the scene

LineBuddy: You set the voice speed and the pause before each cue
A friend reading: Ask them to adjust
A booked reader: Ask them to adjust
A line-learning app: Varies by app
A teleprompter app: Scroll speed

What you're doing

LineBuddy: Listening and reacting
A friend reading: Listening and reacting
A booked reader: Listening and reacting
A line-learning app: Mostly drilling lines
A teleprompter app: Reading

	LineBuddy	A friend reading	A booked reader	A line-learning app	A teleprompter app
Ready when the sides arrive	Any hour, no booking	When they're free	At your booked time	Any hour	Any hour
Number of takes	As many as you need	As many as they'll give you	As many as the session allows	As many as you need	As many as you need
Quality of the reading	You control it: choose each voice and change it until it serves the scene	Depends on who you can get	Varies from reader to reader	Your own recorded voice, or the app's voices	No reading; you read the text
Rhythm of the scene	You set the voice speed and the pause before each cue	Ask them to adjust	Ask them to adjust	Varies by app	Scroll speed
What you're doing	Listening and reacting	Listening and reacting	Listening and reacting	Mostly drilling lines	Reading

What LineBuddy adds to your audition.

You listen, so you stay spontaneous

You hear the other lines instead of reading them. Your response comes from what was just said, so every take stays alive.

You tape with confidence

You know the scene by ear before you record, so you're free to play it and trust what comes.

You control the quality of the reading

With a live reader, the reading can vary a lot. Good readers are rare, and you're lucky to get one. Here you choose each voice and change it until the reading serves the scene.

You set the rhythm

Decide how fast the voices speak and how long they wait for you, so the scene moves at the pace you want to play it.

Every take you need

Late night, early call, 48-hour turnaround: run the scene again whenever you're ready.

Walk in ready. Tape your best take.

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