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Table read: hear your scene performed

3 min read

A line can look fine on the page and fall apart the moment someone says it out loud. Table read performs your scene with a different voice for each character, the way a cast would read it around a table. When the parts talk to each other, dialogue that no real person would actually say jumps right out.

Assign a voice to each character

Pick a voice for each character in the scene, then hit play. The read alternates between them, so a conversation sounds like a conversation. Suddenly you can hear when two characters sound identical, or when someone says something that does not fit who they are.

You don't have to start from nothing: every character already has a voice MakeVox chose from your script, from how the action lines introduce them and the he or she that follows, and no two share one when they needn't. If an older import left everyone on the same voice, open Cast & voices and press Re-pick voices from the script (Undo shows for 5 seconds; a voice you picked yourself is never changed).

Free and premium voices

You can run a table read with the built-in voices at no cost. Connect an ElevenLabs key and you get premium voices to cast from, which makes each character feel like a distinct person and makes the flat lines even easier to spot.

A scene with a voice assigned to each character, ready to perform
Cast each part, then listen to your scene read like a script.

Tip. Fill out each character in your Character Bible first. The more distinct they are on the page, the more the table read exposes lines that drift off-character.

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