Speechify
A text-to-speech app that reads documents aloud.
Where Speechify comes up1 episode or test
- 1Paste the draftInto Speechify or ElevenLabs
- 2Listen to it readAlone, or with collaborators
- 3Hear the flawsHearing the pages exposes flaws
From Nick Bilton on editing screenplays
What was said about Speechify
Nick Bilton edits screenplay drafts by listening to a voice read them aloud. Bilton pastes his text into a text-to-speech tool, Speechify or ElevenLabs, and listens to it alone. Sometimes he listens collaboratively when working with others. He says the best way to edit a screenplay is to hear it.
Some of his screenwriting friends do the voices themselves; he uses AI instead. In his words, "it reads it aloud and then you can kind of hear what it sounds like." Hearing the pages shows what they sound like and exposes flaws.
How to Improve Your Storytelling Skills (Nick Bilton Interview)
Bilton uses it to hear his screenplay drafts read aloud, because hearing them exposes flaws.
Nick Bilton edits screenplay drafts by listening to a voice read them aloud. Bilton pastes his text into a text-to-speech tool, Speechify or ElevenLabs, and listens to it alone. Sometimes he listens collaboratively when working with others. He says the best way to edit a screenplay is to hear it.
Some of his screenwriting friends do the voices themselves; he uses AI instead. In his words, "it reads it aloud and then you can kind of hear what it sounds like." Hearing the pages shows what they sound like and exposes flaws.
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