Recent Updates

TLDR: Here’s what’s new and improved!

2025

December

Enhancements

• Flow (voice-recognition) has been improved to recognize special formatting edge cases. Impromptu speaking should also feel significantly more reliable.
• A major update to how video uploads are handled. Videos should upload more reliably, and we've improved our ability to restore videos that were partially uploaded (due to intermittent internet connection or disconnection).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the QR code was not showing up in the remote options modal (on the presentation screen).

November

Enhancements

• Your sorting preferences are saved now on the script management page.
• General improvements and bug fixes for the workspace experience.

October

New Features

• Added customizable shortcuts within the presentation screen settings menu- this also means you can use hardware devices to set your own custom shortcuts.
• We've added an easier way to add bookmarks from the script editor - just click on the bookmark button and it will automatically format your script to include the bookmark.
  

  

Enhancements

• Bookmarks now work without stopping your presentation in Flow and Manual modes.

September

Enhancements

• Improved Sidebar for Studio Workspaces
  
  

August

Enhancements

• Onboarding update - Our sign up has a new look! We’ve also made it easier than ever to get started.

July

New Features

• Pin Labels - We’ve added a feature so you can pin your most used labels to the top of the script management page for easy reuse.
  

  

• Profile Pictures - You can now add a profile picture from your account settings so that you can easily identify your team members.
  

  

Enhancements

• Groups are now Workspaces! We’ve updated our guides so you can get familiar with the new way you can sort your team members.

JUNE

New Features

• Introduced a "Quick Edit" mode for scripts, enabling rich text editing with formatting options and auto-save.

  

• Added a dropdown menu for script actions, including "Quick Edit" and "Full Editor" options.

  

Enhancements

• Enhanced script editing feedback with visual indicators for saving and errors. 
• Scripts now display a loading spinner when loading content.

MAY

New Features

• Script language settings are now detected automatically.
• Introduced a language selection dropdown and auto-detect language toggle in the script settings sidebar.

  

• Added a voice command toggle in script settings for users with a paid plan.
• Scripts now display a loading spinner when loading content.

APRIL

Enhancements

• Updated the script management ‘script tile’ dropdown menu and present buttons. 
• Brought script editor update times down significantly 
• Improved script deletion with safer soft delete and background cleanup for better performance.

JANUARY

Enhancements

• Additional improvements related to light/dark mode buttons and modals.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed script export function

2024

DECEMBER

Enhancements

• Improved dark mode/light mode UI consistency and appearance.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed broken labels, made hidden rows show up, got the edit button working again.
• Fixed a problem where the system was saying a video was ready before it actually finished getting everything it needed to play properly.

NOVEMBER

Bug Fixes

•  Updated time calculations now consider the user's timezone for better precision.

Enhancements

• Improved security

AUGUST

New Features

• Presentation settings are now saved globally across all scripts (font size, line height, presentation width, etc.).
• The Overlay feature is now more persistent. It no longer goes away when your presentation stops.

Documentation

• The Overlay documentation page has an updated video walkthrough.

JULY

Enhancements

• Performance improvements (snappier load times, etc)

User Interface

• Changed the presentation taskbar from light to dark to help with hardware projection glare.
• Changed Auto speed up/down icons on presentation taskbar

JUNE

New Features

• Introduced public link sharing for scripts to the script editor page, enabling instant remote access to Presentation mode (viewer-only) via link.

MAY

New Features

• Introduced script duration and word count information in the script dropdown and sidebar sections.

  

• Introduced a new text selection controller for enhanced text editing within the editor, including options for bold, italic, underline, and color formatting.

  

• Added a new set of interactive text tools in the web interface for styling text.
• Introduced logic to prevent screen from sleeping during user interaction.

Improvements

• Visual styling updates for dark mode

APRIL

New Features

• Introduced dynamic display elements to provide feedback during video upload failures.

Enhancements

• Enhanced error handling and user interface updates for video upload functionalities.
• Various design updates

MARCH

New Features

• Added a video editing functionality with a video trimmer interface (currently in beta for select users).
• Added a filter form for scripts, allowing users to easily find scripts by label.
• Introduced a new feature for managing share settings, allowing content to be shared with specific teams and groups.

Enhancements

• Improvements to script revision history
• Updated the date formatting to consider the user's timezone.
•  Improved modal dialog aesthetics and usability by adjusting class attributes and style properties.
•  Modified the text editor toolbar's position for better layout and interaction.
•  Added styling for the script version dropdown for a better user interface.
• Enhanced video download options.
• Improved layout toggle (list/tile view)

Script Management Screen Updates

• Introduced a new section in the account view for announcements, team updates, a grid of scripts, tips, user guide, and a survey form.
• Added a new script card layout for displaying script details with options for editing, viewing, duplicating, deleting, and exporting scripts.
• Added a "Load more" link for paginated script viewing.
• Implemented a select dropdown menu for sorting scripts.
• Enhanced search filtering

FEBRUARY

Enhancements

• Design refresh, performance & security updates

JANUARY

New Features

• Introduced sound-based scrolling functionality for a more interactive user experience.
• Introduced a tips system to provide use-case specific guidance.

Enhancements

• Homepage navigation changes
• Signed-in users are now navigated to their account page when visiting speakflow.com
• Enhanced password reset page

2023

• Video improvements (and hot fixes)

• Video Features:
  • Enabled mobile video support.
  • Video enhancements, including padding adjustments.
  • Allow video embeds in blogs and documentation.
  • Thumbnail images can now be added to posts.
  • Fixed flip roundness visual issue.
• UI Changes: Updated the mid-section of the blog and adjusted image resolutions.

• Fixed the flip roundness issue again.
• Made changes to the force threshold for 'other' service.

• Updated teleprompter modes
• Removed unnecessary figure markup from docs
• Improved media handling:
  • Converted GIFs to WebM format for optimization.
  • Fixed issues with clickable images and video thumbnails.
  • Updated the video player.
• Tailwind CSS: Adjustments to the configuration and class importance.
• Improved debugging in Firefox.
• Added linter for code quality.
• Implemented new custom modaljs

• Improved video handling, especially during recording.
• Added thumbnail images to documentation.
• Small UI tweaks

• Fixed billing issue affecting some user upgrades

• Added an extension warning for users.

2022

June 

• Converted to Tailwind UI framework
• Updated Auto functionality

May 

• Added microphone mute button
• Made the Present button stick to the bottom of the screen

March 

• Users can vertically center the text on the screen
• Added initiator status (see which device is "Primary" when syncing multiple)
• Add script export functionality
• Bookmark functionality (Easily jump to sections within the script)
• Show announcements on user dashboard