Subtext
“A real game-changer for working actors.”
46 lines run · 85% clean · 20 hrs ago
Where the actors using Subtext are working
The actors using Subtext are working on
- Netflix
- HBO
- Apple TV+
- Amazon
- Showtime
- CBS
- Peacock
Ace the audition.
Memorize Your Lines
An AI voice reads every other part. It listens and drills you.
an he can't
refuse.
Audition Inbox
Forward the casting email, or have your agent CC your address. The audition lands: sides, role, due date, what casting asked for.
Smart Scan
Drop the sides in. It finds your scenes and your lines.
Send to a Reader
When you tape, text a friend a link. They record their lines, or read with you live on video.
Maya · reader
Self-Tape Studio
Teleprompter, edit, clean up audio. Then a link Subtext hosts.
Nothing to upload. Nothing too big to send.
Own the role.
Mark It Up
Highlight, underline, circle the turn. On every device.
Script Analysis
What the scene is about. Who you are. What happened before.
Harry and Sally share a drive to New York as near-strangers, part ways, and cross paths for years, circling one question: can a man and a woman ever really be just friends?
The pull between friendship and desire: whether two people can stay just friends once attraction keeps surfacing.
Table Read
Press play. Every character, performed. On the drive in.
Stage Mode
The screen locks, so a stray hand can't scroll or zoom. Tap the corner to turn the page. Double-tap to go back.
Double-tap · back
Finish the Hat.
Musical Mode
Book and Score
Add the score to the book. Tap a song and its page opens, right where the music starts.
Side by Side
On iPad, the book and the score sit next to each other. Turn one and the other follows.
Mark the Score
Pen and highlighter, straight on the music. A magnifier for the small print.
Every Part You Play
Pick all your parts, the ensemble too. Your lines are yours. Subtext reads the rest.
Your work stays yours.
Your scripts never train an AI model, and neither does your voice. No AI voice ever goes on your tape: a tape is a performance, and your reader is a real person.
Free to start.
Your first two scripts are free. Go unlimited with a membership, monthly or annual, with a free trial.
$6.67 a month
$79.99 a year, or $12.99 month to month.
Free to try, every feature unlocked. Subscribe here or in the App Store. iPhone and iPad.
From the actor
that made it.
I’ve been in this business for over 20 years. In many ways, this is my life’s work. I built what I always wished I had and now it’s yours.
Break a leg,
Ali MomenActor and maker of Subtext
Read why I built this →
Questions actors ask.
How do I run lines when there's nobody to read with me?
Import your sides as a PDF. Subtext reads the script, works out who is in it, and gives every other character a real-sounding voice. It speaks their lines aloud and then waits, listening, while you say yours. You rehearse out loud, in real time, at two in the morning if that's when you're free.
Does it help me memorize, or does it just read at me?
It drills you. Your lines can be hidden entirely so you're recalling rather than reading, with a word revealed at a time when you're stuck. It listens while you speak and follows along, so fumbling a line doesn't stop the scene, and you can run the same scene until it's yours.
Can I record the actual self-tape in it?
Yes. There's a teleprompter, a slate, take-by-take recording, trimming, and export, plus voiceover recording with studio-clean polish. When the tape is done, Subtext hosts it and gives you one short link to send to casting instead of a file too big to email.
What about a real person reading for the tape?
Text a friend a link. They record the other character's lines in their browser, once, whenever suits them. No scheduling, no Zoom, no favor you feel bad asking for. Their real voice then reads opposite you in every rehearsal and on every take.
Is it free?
Free to start, with every feature unlocked from the first launch, so you can take a real audition all the way through before paying anything. After that it's a membership, monthly or annual, and there's a 14-day free trial.
What do I need to run it?
An iPhone or an iPad. One device does the whole job: run lines, mark up the script, and tape on the front camera with the teleprompter. To put a reader's voice on your tape you need two: your best camera films, and the other device holds your lines and plays your reader. Scripts and notes sync between your devices.
Do you train AI on my script or my voice?
No. Your scripts and your voice are never used to train any model, ours or anyone else's. We also never put a synthetic voice on your finished self-tape. That's the whole reason the reader link exists. Our full position is on the where we stand on AI page.