blablabla: Selftape & Rehearse
Scene partner, run your lines
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Your first 7 days of Pro are free. Drop in a scene and the app reads every line that isn't yours, waits on yours, then lets you selftape the take.
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 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 also tried to respond to your mail, but your inbox is full so it bounces. You have to give permission to use the microphone for it to work - else it wont hear you :) Hope you will update and give it another chance! Bests, 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 also tried to respond to your mail, but your inbox is full so it bounces. You have to give permission to use the microphone for it to work - else it wont hear you :) Hope you will update and give it another chance! Bests, Elias
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 5d ago
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
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT.. Now back to business!
Your voices just got passports (and no more bad bla!)
- Voice picker now shows a hint: all voices speak all languages. Because they do.
- Premium voices for everyone now. No sign-in required - credits are the only limit, not your account.
- Voice picker shows country flags and sorts by your scene's language. Auto-casting picks voices that actually match.
- New voices: Abel, Otto, Nicolas, Sanna. Removed the poor ones.
- Free voices got a brain. They now match your scene's language and character gender automatically. No more Swedish grandma reading your American cop. (Remember that you can download better Apple Voices in settings!)
- Rehearsed a bunch before signing in? Your scenes, credits, and progress carry over now.
- Switch one character's voice and only that character's lines re-generate. Not the whole scene.
- Photo import reads audition sides properly: X marks, role headers, start markers. Multi-scene splits from scanned pages too.
- Fixed volume inconsistencies across rehearsal modes and a delete-all-data bug that was wiping more than it should.
1.0.4 Apr 2
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT.. Now back to business!
Your voices just got passports (and no more bad bla!)
- Premium voices for everyone now. No sign-in required - credits are the only limit, not your account.
- Voice picker shows country flags and sorts by your scene's language. Auto-casting picks voices that actually match.
- New voices: Abel, Otto, Nicolas, Sanna. Removed the poor ones.
- Rehearsed a bunch before signing in? Your scenes, credits, and progress carry over now.
- Switch one character's voice and only that character's lines re-generate. Not the whole scene.
- Photo import reads audition sides properly: X marks, role headers, start markers. Multi-scene splits from scanned pages too.
- Fixed volume inconsistencies across rehearsal modes and a delete-all-data bug that was wiping more than it should.
1.0.3 Apr 2
Heres the blablabla for this version:
- Your scene, your title. We now name scenes after the script itself, not whatever chaos the PDF filename had_going-on@.
- Fewer taps to rehearsal. Save, pick your character, go. All one screen now.
- Paywall got a glow-up. Actually tells you what you're paying for.
- Fixed a nasty PDF parsing bug where big scanned scripts would choke on upload. blablabla now falls back to on-device OCR and keeps going.
- Also squashed: double-tap creating duplicates, budget counter lying to you, and a stray back button that had no business being there + a few bugs.
1.0.2 Apr 1
Heres the blablabla for this version:
- Your scene, your title. We now name scenes after the script itself, not whatever chaos the PDF filename had_going-on@. No more "EMMA & JACK" when the file was called "Coffee Shop Audition."
- Fewer taps to rehearsal. Save, pick your character, go. All one screen now.
- Paywall got a glow-up. Actually tells you what you're paying for.
- Fixed a nasty PDF parsing bug where big scanned scripts would choke on upload. blablabla now falls back to on-device OCR and keeps going.
- Also squashed: double-tap creating duplicates, budget counter lying to you, and a stray back button that had no business being there.
1.0.1 Apr 1
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.
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