blablabla: Self Tape Reader
Scene partner, run your lines
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
No sign-up to start. Drop in a scene, hear every line but yours read back, then selftape the take. Pro is 7 days free, then less than most readers charge a month.
blablabla is the rehearsal partner that reads every line that isn't yours. When the lines are in, switch to selftape and shoot the take without leaving the app. Built by an actor, for actors.
We handle the blablabla. You handle the performance.
Five modes plus a selftape workflow, now listed in 39 App Store markets.
== Built for the way actors actually work ==
- Drop in a PDF, paste text, snap a photo of your pages, or import Fountain or Final Draft
- The app figures out who speaks, in what order, and reads every line that isn't yours
- It never cuts you off: wait as long as you need on your line, the app holds until you're ready
- Five modes: Listen, Read, Practice (with hints), Perform (no hints), Record (selftape)
- Voice library: 12+ voices auto-cast to your scene's characters, recast any of them
- 39 languages, end to end. Listing and full in-app text, every menu and prompt.
== Selftape without a reader in the room ==
- Teleprompter overlay in portrait, wider chrome in landscape
- Countdown, framing grid, mic-check banner
- Front camera mirror baked into the saved take (what you saw is what you sent)
- Background-safe: take a call mid-rehearsal, the app finalizes the clip
== Memorize lines, off-book in days ==
- Practice mode listens for your line and advances automatically
- Cue your own line if you blank (no judgment)
- Track your sessions: deviations, time on each scene, streak
== Pricing ==
- Free: 2 voiced scenes to try. Start with a free week of Pro: every voice, every scene, the counter off.
- Pro: $6.99/month or $69.99/year. Enough voiced scenes to prep a full audition season, plus selftape.
- One-off voice packs: $1.49 for 3 scenes, $4.99 for 10 scenes (no subscription needed)
== Why this exists ==
Built by Elias Munk, a working actor 14 years in. The guilt of asking a friend to run lines for the seventh time is what made this. Your scripts are encrypted on your device and never used for AI training.
Questions, feedback, bugs: sayblablabla.com/support
more I have used other apps to help with self tapes and I honestly found this one to be the most user friendly and the cheapest out of the other options.
Developer Response This is my current favorite feedback! THANK YOU - this is exactly why I built it. Thanks! 🙏🏼
I have used other apps to help with self tapes and I honestly found this one to be the most user friendly and the cheapest out of the other options.
This is my current favorite feedback! THANK YOU - this is exactly why I built it. Thanks! 🙏🏼
It is such a waste of time. I am starting to hate self taping because the voices don’t come on time!!!!!
Developer Response Hi, I want to know if you had a chance to retry after we fixed it? I tried to respond to your mail, but it seems your inbox is full :) Let me know so I can give you help you out (this is not something anybody else has experienced). Cheers, Elias
It is such a waste of time. I am starting to hate self taping because the voices don’t come on time!!!!!
Hi, I want to know if you had a chance to retry after we fixed it? I tried to respond to your mail, but it seems your inbox is full :) Let me know so I can give you help you out (this is not something anybody else has experienced). Cheers, Elias
Bring a friend, and you both get free scenes with voices.
Every blablabla account now has its own invite code and link, in Settings or right after you finish a scene. Send it to an actor you'd run lines with, and the moment they rehearse their first scene, they get half a month of premium voices on the spot. You bank the same, ready to unlock the day you go Pro, and if your friend goes Pro too, a full extra month lands on top. It stacks with every friend you bring, up to six months. You send the invite yourself, from your own share sheet, so the app never touches your contacts.
Your Progress comes with you now, too. Your streaks, your stats, and every session you've run all live on your account, so a new phone or a fresh install picks up right where you left off instead of starting from zero.
Plus the usual stack of blablabla you'll never see or feel.
2.4.1 4d ago
Bring a friend, and you both get free scenes with voices.
Every blablabla account now has its own invite code and link, in Settings or right after you finish a scene. Send it to an actor you'd run lines with, and the moment they rehearse their first scene, they get half a month of premium voices on the spot. You bank the same, ready to unlock the day you go Pro, and if your friend goes Pro too, a full extra month lands on top. It stacks with every friend you bring, up to six months. You send the invite yourself, from your own share sheet, so the app never touches your contacts.
Your Progress comes with you now, too. Your streaks, your stats, and every session you've run all live on your account, so a new phone or a fresh install picks up right where you left off instead of starting from zero.
Plus the usual stack of blablabla you'll never see or feel.
2.4.0 Jun 16
Your script opens straight into blablabla now.
Open a PDF in Mail, a Word file in Files, or a photo of the sides someone just handed you, and it lands right in the import flow, no saving it off somewhere first, no re-picking it inside the app. blablabla sits in the share sheet too, so you can send it a script, or just the lines you copied, from any app, and it's waiting the next time you open it.
Scenes with premium voices start the moment your first partner lines are ready, instead of making you wait out the whole scene on the generation screen. The rest keeps generating in the background while you act, and if you reach a line that isn't cued yet, the bar tells you it's coming instead of going quiet, with a Play now button if you'd rather not wait.
And when your voice budget only covers part of a scene, the choice is yours: spend it on as many lines as it reaches, keep it and run the whole scene in the built-in voice, or top up.
Plus the usual pile of blablabla you'll never see or feel.
2.3.3 Jun 12
A native voice for your scene's language.
Cast a Danish scene and a Dane reads opposite you. Italian for Italian, Polish for Polish, Korean for Korean. The cast is built native-first now, so the reader across from you sounds like it belongs in the room you're auditioning for.
And the first week of Pro is still on us. Every voice, every scene, every import format, the scene counter off. Run a whole audition tonight without owing anyone a favour.
Also new:
- blablabla opens in your language. The first scene and the whole first run are already in the language you act in, cast and ready before you touch a thing.
- Try a scene before you sign in. Drop in your sides, hear them read back, then sign in when you're ready.
- A fresh face on your home screen.
Plus the usual pile of blablabla you'll never see or feel.
2.3.2 Jun 8
A native voice for your scene's language.
Cast a Danish scene and a Dane reads opposite you. Italian for Italian, Polish for Polish, Korean for Korean. The cast is built native-first now, so the reader across from you sounds like it belongs in the room you're auditioning for.
And the first week of Pro is still on us. Every voice, every scene, every import format, the scene counter off. Run a whole audition tonight without owing anyone a favour.
Also new:
- blablabla opens in your language. The first scene and the whole first run are already in the language you act in, cast and ready before you touch a thing.
- Try a scene before you sign in. Drop in your sides, hear them read back, then sign in when you're ready.
- A fresh face on your home screen.
Plus the usual pile of blablabla you'll never see or feel.
2.3.1 Jun 7
A native voice for your scene's language.
Cast a Danish scene and a Dane reads opposite you. Italian for Italian, Polish for Polish, Korean for Korean. The cast is built native-first now, so the reader across from you sounds like it belongs in the room you're auditioning for.
And the first week of Pro is still on us. Every voice, every scene, every import format, the scene counter off. Run a whole audition tonight without owing anyone a favour.
Also new:
- blablabla opens in your language. The first scene and the whole first run are already in the language you act in, cast and ready before you touch a thing.
- Try a scene before you sign in. Drop in your sides, hear them read back, then sign in when you're ready.
- A fresh face on your home screen.
Plus the usual pile of blablabla you'll never see or feel.
2.3.0 Jun 6
The first week of Pro is still on us. Every voice, every scene, every import format, the scene counter off. Run a whole audition tonight without owing anyone a favour.
New in this one:
- Voice previews now sound like your scene's language. Pick a voice for a Danish scene, you hear Danish. Italian for Italian. Polish for Polish. Ten languages so the preview matches what you'll rehearse with.
- Scan your sides straight from paper, with the iOS document scanner sitting right inside Import. Two taps and a paper page is a real scene.
- Voices read like people now. The default delivery is grounded and conversational, the kind of read you can play against rather than push past.
- A new American English reader joins the catalog: Burt, for the parts that want a steady, lived-in voice.
- Selftape leaves your lines alone. The app asks before generating any voices, so your performance stays yours.
Plus the usual stack of blablabla you'll never see or feel.
2.2.7 May 31
The first week of Pro is still on us. Every voice, every scene, every import format, the scene counter off. Run a whole audition tonight without owing anyone a favour.
New in this one:
- Voice previews now sound like your scene's language. Pick a voice for a Danish scene, you hear Danish. Italian for Italian. Polish for Polish. Ten languages so the preview matches what you'll rehearse with.
- Scan your sides straight from paper, with the iOS document scanner sitting right inside Import. Two taps and a paper page is a real scene.
- Voices read like people now. The default delivery is grounded and conversational, the kind of read you can play against rather than push past.
- A new American English reader joins the catalog: Burt, for the parts that want a steady, lived-in voice.
- Selftape leaves your lines alone. The app asks before generating any voices, so your performance stays yours.
Plus the usual stack of blablabla you'll never see or feel.
2.2.6 May 27
The first week of Pro is still on us. Every voice, every scene, every import format, the scene counter off. Run a whole audition tonight without owing anyone a favour.
New in this one:
- Voice previews now sound like your scene's language. Pick a voice for a Danish scene, you hear Danish. Italian for Italian. Polish for Polish. Ten languages so the preview matches what you'll rehearse with.
- Scan your sides straight from paper, with the iOS document scanner sitting right inside Import. Two taps and a paper page is a real scene.
- Voices read like people now. The default delivery is grounded and conversational, the kind of read you can play against rather than push past.
- A new American English reader joins the catalog: Burt, for the parts that want a steady, lived-in voice.
- Selftape leaves your lines alone. The app asks before generating any voices, so your performance stays yours.
Plus the usual stack of blablabla you'll never see or feel.
2.2.5 May 26
Voice previews now sound like your scene. Pick a Danish voice for a Danish scene, you hear Danish. Italian for Italian. Polish for Polish. Ten languages line up across the catalog so the preview matches what you're actually about to rehearse with.
New in this one:
- Scan a whole script from paper now, not just a few sides.
- Danish long lines stopped getting cut off mid-sentence. A scene like Valdras Helte II now plays the whole line out, every time.
- The App Store listing landed in 39 markets. Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Arabic, Mandarin, Polish, Dutch, plus 27 more. Tell an actor in your country.
Smaller things: the contact email moved to elias@mail.sayblablabla.com (still goes to me), and new sign-ups get a welcome email now.
Plus the usual stack of blablabla you'll never see, except for the bugs that don't show up anymore.
2.2.3 May 25
The first week of Pro is still on us. Every voice, every scene, every import format, the scene counter off. Run a whole audition tonight without owing anyone a favour.
New in this one:
- Scan your sides straight from paper, with the iOS document scanner built into Import. Two taps and a paper page is a real scene.
- Voices read more like people, less like theatre. The default delivery is grounded and conversational now.
- One new American English reader (Burt). A couple of less-good voices retired after listening tests, so what's there is better.
In case you skipped last week's update:
- A full PDF keeps your character. The watermark filter no longer mistakes the lead's name for a header.
- Self-tape asks first. Your own lines stay yours unless you say otherwise.
- The rating prompt stops barging in mid-take.
Plus the usual stack of blablabla you'll never see, except for the bugs that don't show up anymore.
2.2.2 May 21
The first week of Pro is still on us. Every voice, every scene, every import format, the scene counter off. Run a whole audition tonight without owing anyone a favour.
New in this one:
- Scan your sides straight from paper, with the iOS document scanner built into Import. Two taps and a paper page is a real scene.
- Voices read more like people, less like theatre. The default delivery is grounded and conversational now.
- One new American English reader (Burt). A couple of less-good voices retired after listening tests, so what's there is better.
In case you skipped last week's update:
- A full PDF keeps your character. The watermark filter no longer mistakes the lead's name for a header.
- Self-tape asks first. Your own lines stay yours unless you say otherwise.
- The rating prompt stops barging in mid-take.
Plus the usual stack of blablabla you'll never see, except for the bugs that don't show up anymore.
2.2.1 May 20
7 days free when you start Pro. We want as many actors as possible to try the future of rehearsal, so the first week is on us: every voice, every scene, every import format, the scene counter off. Run the whole thing tonight without owing anyone a favour.
Also in this one:
- A full script keeps your character now. On long PDFs the lead's name lands on nearly every page, and the old filter mistook it for a watermark and deleted it, so your lines got merged onto whoever spoke before you. Fixed for good, with a tripwire so it can't sneak back. Thanks to Jesper for catching it.
- Self-tape asks first. Starting a tape on a fresh scene used to generate everyone, your own lines included. Now you get the same choice as a rehearsal, and your lines stay yours.
- The rating prompt no longer barges in mid-take.
Plus a heap of blablabla you'll never see or feel, except a few annoying bugs that don't pop up anymore.
2.2.0 May 19
blablabla 2.1.0. The voice list just doubled.
Eleven new readers, including the first Norwegian voice, plus more Danish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Swedish, and Castilian Spanish. Open the cast screen, tap a name, hear how it actually talks. We also pulled the tuning a little looser so every voice reads with more breath.
Quick reminder: self-tape lives in here too. And it kept getting better since launch. Vertical takes, built-in teleprompter, your phone won't auto-lock mid-take, and orientation locks the second you hit record so framing stays steady.
A few quieter wins since 2.0: feature-length scripts fit in one import now, scripts that won't read give you three real recovery options (paste, photos, different file), and voices no longer silently drop to Apple mid-session.
Plus a fix some of you ran into: if you generated voices and then changed your own character's voice, rehearsal used to keep the old one. Fixed. Sorry that took us a minute.
Pick your reader, run the scene.
2.1.2 May 14
blablabla 2.1.0. The voice list just doubled.
Eleven new readers, including the first Norwegian voice, plus more Danish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Swedish, and Castilian Spanish. Open the cast screen, tap a name, hear how it actually talks. We also pulled the tuning a little looser so every voice reads with more breath.
Quick reminder: self-tape lives in here too. And it kept getting better since launch. Vertical takes, built-in teleprompter, your phone won't auto-lock mid-take, and orientation locks the second you hit record so framing stays steady.
A few quieter wins since 2.0: feature-length scripts fit in one import now, scripts that won't read give you three real recovery options (paste, photos, different file), and voices no longer silently drop to Apple mid-session.
Plus a fix some of you ran into: if you generated voices and then changed your own character's voice, rehearsal used to keep the old one. Fixed. Sorry that took us a minute.
Pick your reader, run the scene.
2.1.0 May 12
blablabla 2.0.4. Self-tape mode goes vertical (and all credits are reset so you can spin it up for free again!)
Portrait or landscape, your call. The phone locks orientation the moment you tap record so the framing stays put. Front or back camera, built-in teleprompter, mute the scene partner, mic check before every take. Recording keeps rolling past the last scripted line so you can land the reaction.
We also reset everyone's credits. Clean slate. Let's go.
If self-tape is new to you, this is the version. Run the lines, then shoot the take.
Auto Play (mic auto-advance) is faster and more reliable, sparse-dialogue PDFs import without dropping to a zero-turn scene, and there's a welcome screen with three honest ways in.
+ lots of bug fixes, minor adjustments and smoothness.
2.0.5 May 7
blablabla 2.0.4. Self-tape mode goes vertical (and all credits are reset so you can spin it up for free again!)
Portrait or landscape, your call. The phone locks orientation the moment you tap record so the framing stays put. Front or back camera, built-in teleprompter, mute the scene partner, mic check before every take. Recording keeps rolling past the last scripted line so you can land the reaction.
We also reset everyone's credits. Clean slate. Let's go.
If self-tape is new to you, this is the version. Run the lines, then shoot the take.
Auto Play (mic auto-advance) is faster and more reliable, sparse-dialogue PDFs import without dropping to a zero-turn scene, and there's a welcome screen with three honest ways in.
+ lots of bug fixes, minor adjustments and smoothness.
2.0.4 May 6
blablabla 2.0.2. Self-tape mode goes vertical (and all credits are reset so you can spin it up for free again!)
Portrait or landscape, your call. The phone locks orientation the moment you tap record so the framing stays put. Front or back camera, built-in teleprompter, mute the scene partner, mic check before every take. Recording keeps rolling past the last scripted line so you can land the reaction.
We also reset everyone's credits. Clean slate. Let's go.
If self-tape is new to you, this is the version. Run the lines, then shoot the take.
Auto Play (mic auto-advance) is faster and more reliable, sparse-dialogue PDFs import without dropping to a zero-turn scene, and there's a welcome screen with three honest ways in.
+ lots of bug fixes, minor adjustments and smoothness.
2.0.2 May 5
blablabla 2.0. Self-tape mode is here (and all credits are reset so you can spin it up for free again!)
Landscape shooting view, built-in teleprompter, front or back camera, mute the scene partner, mic check before every take. Recording keeps rolling after the scripted lines end so you can land the reaction. Sweet.
We also reset everyone's credits. Clean slate. Let's go.
Auto Play (mic auto-advance) is faster and more reliable, sparse-dialogue PDFs import without dropping to a zero-turn scene, and there's a new welcome screen with three honest ways in.
+ lots of bug fixes, minor adjustments and smoothness.
2.0.1 May 3
blablabla 2.0. Self-tape mode is here (and all credits are reset so you can spin it up for free again!)
Landscape shooting view, built-in teleprompter, front or back camera, mute the scene partner, mic check before every take. Recording keeps rolling after the scripted lines end so you can land the reaction. Sweet.
We also reset everyone's credits. Clean slate. Let's go.
Auto Play (mic auto-advance) is faster and more reliable, sparse-dialogue PDFs import without dropping to a zero-turn scene, and there's a new welcome screen with three honest ways in.
+ lots of bug fixes, minor adjustments and smoothness.
2.0.0 May 1
Here's the blablabla for 1.1.3:
- Now runs on iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and iPhone X. Welcome back.
- Shorter onboarding demo, about a minute instead of two and a half. The Wrong Bag scene lands on your last line with a warm bloom and a quick "Nicely done."
- Norwegian and Swedish voices work again. Sorry about that.
- Script photo import checks your page count up front, so you don't wait through an upload that won't finish.
- Fixes: Lock Screen widget getting stuck after a force-quit, uploads dying when the phone locks, and premium voices briefly dropping earlier today.
1.1.3 Apr 25
Here's the blablabla for this version:
Scene editing got real:
- Pauses between lines. Breath (0.5s), Pause (1.5s), Silence (4s), or set your own. They breathe a little too, so it doesn't sound robotic. Tap to skip any of them.
- Auto-breath. When the same character has back-to-back lines, a tiny breath slips in automatically.
- Split a line exactly where you want it. Place the cursor, tap Split. No more guessing.
- Long-press a turn for Merge, Split, or Bulk rename speakers.
- Swipe a line to drop a pause after it.
- Drag to reorder, always on. No more Edit mode toggle.
- Edit one line and only that line regenerates. Your credits stay yours.
Share a scene:
- Send a scene to anyone with a link. They tap, the app opens, your scene is already there. Voice cast, audio, all of it, ready to rehearse.
- No blablabla app? They still see the scene on a preview page, with a tap to install.
- If they want to swap into a different role, we show the cost first. No surprise credit drain.
Sign-out, tightened up:
- Signing out actually signs you out and lands you on the login screen.
- Each account now has its own local storage. No more scenes leaking between users on the same device.
- New "Reset local data" option in Settings if you want a clean slate.
Also:
- Volume stays put during auto-advance. It was quietly drifting. Not anymore.
- Onboarding got a tap-to-start hand animation and tighter pacing.
1.1.2 Apr 20
Here's the blablabla for this version:
Scene editing got real:
- Pauses between lines. Breath (0.5s), Pause (1.5s), Silence (4s), or set your own. They breathe a little too, so it doesn't sound robotic. Tap to skip any of them.
- Auto-breath. When the same character has back-to-back lines, a tiny breath slips in automatically.
- Split a line exactly where you want it. Place the cursor, tap Split. No more guessing.
- Long-press a turn for Merge, Split, or Bulk rename speakers.
- Swipe a line to drop a pause after it.
- Drag to reorder, always on. No more Edit mode toggle.
- Edit one line and only that line regenerates. Your credits stay yours.
Share a scene:
- Send a scene to anyone with a link. They tap, the app opens, your scene is already there. Voice cast, audio, all of it, ready to rehearse.
- No blablabla app? They still see the scene on a preview page, with a tap to install.
- If they want to swap into a different role, we show the cost first. No surprise credit drain.
Sign-out, tightened up:
- Signing out actually signs you out and lands you on the login screen.
- Each account now has its own local storage. No more scenes leaking between users on the same device.
- New "Reset local data" option in Settings if you want a clean slate.
Also:
- Volume stays put during auto-advance. It was quietly drifting. Not anymore.
- Onboarding got a tap-to-start hand animation and tighter pacing.
1.1.1 Apr 17
Here's the blablabla for this version:
Scene editing got real:
- Pauses between lines. Breath (0.5s), Pause (1.5s), Silence (4s), or set your own. They breathe a little too, with ±20% jitter so it doesn't sound robotic. Tap to skip any of them.
- Auto-breath. When the same character has back-to-back lines, a tiny breath slips in automatically.
- Split a line exactly where you want it. Place the cursor, tap Split. No more guessing.
- Long-press a turn for Merge, Split, or Bulk rename speakers.
- Swipe a line to drop a pause after it.
- Drag to reorder, always on. No more Edit mode toggle.
- Edit one line and only that line regenerates. Your credits stay yours.
Share a scene:
- Send a scene to anyone with a link. They tap, the app opens, your scene is already there. Voice cast, audio, all of it, ready to rehearse.
- No blablabla app? They still see the scene on a preview page, with a tap to install.
- If they want to swap into a different role, we show the cost first. No surprise credit drain.
Sign-out, tightened up:
- Signing out actually signs you out and lands you on the login screen.
- Each account now has its own local storage. No more scenes leaking between users on the same device.
- New "Reset local data" option in Settings if you want a clean slate.
Also:
- Volume stays put during auto-advance. It was quietly drifting. Not anymore.
- Onboarding got a tap-to-start hand animation and tighter pacing.
1.1.0 Apr 15
We almost DOUBLED the scenes for Pro! (Found a hack and passed it on!)
Here's the blablabla for this version:
- Tap to jump. During rehearsal, tap a line or character to skip straight to that turn.
- Louder rehearsal audio. Volume was too quiet on some devices. Turned it up.
It also looks better now:
- Navigation got their presence back. Bigger, warmer, with subtle depth.
- Rehearsal gets its own language: Exit and Restart float as circles during performance, fade to 55% after 3 seconds, snap back at a touch.
- Tapping Exit mid-scene asks once before it commits. No accidental bailouts.
- Text cursor and selection highlights now use brand terracotta instead of system blue.
1.0.6 Apr 8
Bring a friend, and you both get free scenes with voices.
Every blablabla account now has its own invite code and link, in Settings or right after you finish a scene. Send it to an actor you'd run lines with, and the moment they rehearse their first scene, they get half a month of premium voices on the spot. You bank the same, ready to unlock the day you go Pro, and if your friend goes Pro too, a full extra month lands on top. It stacks with every friend you bring, up to six months. You send the invite yourself, from your own share sheet, so the app never touches your contacts.
Your Progress comes with you now, too. Your streaks, your stats, and every session you've run all live on your account, so a new phone or a fresh install picks up right where you left off instead of starting from zero.
Plus the usual stack of blablabla you'll never see or feel.
more Version 2.4.1 4d ago
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