The remote
Play, pace, stepping, tap-to-jump and scrubbing: everything the phone can do.
The mirror
Most of the remote is a copy of the script, moving in step with the display. It is not a scaled-down screenshot; it is the same text laid out for a phone, at a type size you choose with the two buttons in the corner.
This works because devices exchange a text anchor rather than a scroll offset. Both screens put the same words on their own reading line, and neither has to care what shape the other one is.
Transport controls
| Control | Does |
|---|---|
| Play / pause | Starts and stops the scroll on every device at once. |
| Previous line | Steps back one block. From mid-block it goes to the start of the current block first, which is what you want when you have lost your place. |
| Next line | Steps forward one block. |
| Half screen | Skips forward half a screen: for a paragraph you decided to cut. |
| Restart | Back to the top, paused. |
Every control gives a short haptic tick on devices that support it, so you can work the remote without looking down.
Tap and drag
- Tap a line to jump the display straight to it. Useful when someone asks a question and you need to get back to a specific point.
- Drag the text to scrub, like a scroll wheel. The display follows continuously while you drag.
The two do not fight: a press only counts as a tap if your finger moves less than about eight pixels.
Pace
The minus and plus controls move the pace in steps of ten words per minute, between 40 and 320. The full slider is in the display settings sheet.
Because pace is expressed in words per minute rather than pixels per second, changing the type size on the display does not change how fast you have to talk.
A useful habit
Driving the display
The Display button opens a sheet that changes the other screen, not this one: type size, line height, column width, where the reading line sits, the reading surface, mirroring and the guide.
Changes apply to every device in the room immediately. See Display settings for what each one does.
Handing over
Any number of devices can hold a remote. Position is written back to the database every few seconds, so a producer can open the remote on their own phone mid-session and land exactly where you are.
Playback itself is always driven by one device (the display that has been connected longest), so there is never a moment where two devices disagree about where the script is.