Syncing Devices (with Remote Mode)

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Remotely control/sync other devices.


Overview

Use Remote Mode to control your script on multiple devices. For example, you can control your laptop or tablet from your phone – allowing you to start and stop scrolling, in addition to changing settings like the font size, text alignment and more.

Get Started

  • Sign into Speakflow.com on a device such as a phone or tablet.
  • After signing in, open a script in Presentation mode. 
  • On the second device, sign in with an account that can access the same script and open it in Presentation mode. The script owner’s plan must include device syncing.

Now that the script is open on both devices, you'll get a message:
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Syncing Devices 

You can control the presentation from any signed-in device with access to the script. Public-link viewers follow the presentation without controlling it. The screenshots below show an older layout; you do not need to select a Primary device or look for a blue dot.

Try pressing Start on one signed-in device, then Stop on the other. Check that both screens respond before your presentation.

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From a signed-in device, you can start and stop the presentation, change the scroll mode, and adjust shared settings such as text size and alignment. 

Keep the script open and both devices connected to the internet throughout the presentation.

Set Device Width

When using multiple devices, it can be helpful to sync the script's width so that the words are spaced and aligned the same on all devices. 

You can do this by clicking the Settings icon in the bottom right hand corner, then choosing "Sync Device Width" in the Settings drawer. After a few seconds, the scripts will adjust to match each other.

We recommend using both devices in the same orientation for the best results (i.e. landscape monitor with a landscape mobile device).

"Which mode should I use?"

Flow mode is best for situations in which you can shoot multiple takes in a non-live setting.

When speaking in front of a live audience, we recommend Manual mode, which allows you or someone else to manually scroll the teleprompter from one signed-in device while you read from another. Or use Auto which scrolls at a set pace (that can slowed or sped up in real time).

Overall, with Speakflow, you have the power to control how you scroll! Hopefully, you found this guide useful, and if you have any questions please email us at team@speakflow.com

If one device should only display the script, open Devices or Settings on that device and enable Ignore Mic Input. Leave it off on the device you want to listen. See microphone and device setup.
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