Find your words. Make your video.
Guides to recording
talking videos on iPhone.
These guides answer the practical questions around a talking-to-camera video on iPhone: how to read a script without looking like you’re reading, how fast to speak, how to fix a mistake without restarting, how to use a remote or a second iPhone, and how to narrate over a screen recording.
Use the advice with any teleprompter where it fits. The Lightshot steps name the screen and button.
A good place to begin
One minute.
One thing to say.
Give a short video a clear beginning, one useful point and somewhere to land. Start with the script, then read it aloud.
Write a 60-second script
A simple script outline
- Open the thought.
- Give one example.
- Offer a next step.
Keep learning
Choose the part of making a video you want to work on.
Reading on camera
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Read a script without looking like you’re reading
Why a reader’s eyes give them away on camera, and the placement, pacing and rehearsal habits that keep your gaze at the lens.
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Look at the camera while reading
Where the iPhone’s front camera sits, how close the words need to be, and how to check your eyeline before you record.
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How fast to read on camera
Words per minute for 30, 60 and 90 second videos, how to time a script, and when to slow down.
Recording and fixing takes
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Fix a mistake without restarting
Ways to recover from a fluffed line mid-take, from pausing to redoing one sentence, without losing the part that went well.
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Remove silences from a video
Cut dead air and long pauses from a talking video on your iPhone, and keep natural breaths so the cuts don’t feel rushed.
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Record yourself talking to camera
Setup, light and sound for a talking-to-camera video on iPhone, with the settings to check before the first take.
Scripts for coaches and founders
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Write a 60-second script
A structure for a one-minute video you say out loud: the opening line, one point, one example and a close.
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Coach intro video
A script template for a life or business coach intro video, and the steps to record it on your iPhone.
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Welcome video for new clients
What to say in a welcome video for new coaching clients, a script outline, and how to record and send it.
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Record a week of videos in one sitting
Plan, script and record several short videos in one session, with a shorter path for weeks when you have half an hour.
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Founder launch video
Script, record and post a launch video as the founder, including a product demo over a screen recording.
Rigs, remotes and demos
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Use two iPhones as a teleprompter
Set up one iPhone as the camera and another as the prompter, with pairing, placement and a mirrored glass-rig option.
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Set up a remote or foot pedal
Pair a Bluetooth page turner or foot pedal, choose what each key does, and test it before you record.
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Narrate over a screen recording
Record the screen first, then talk over it with your face in a bubble, a split screen or a cutout, and export one video.
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Present slides on video
Export your deck as a video, then record yourself talking over it with your camera in a bubble.
Posting and choosing an app
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LinkedIn video specs
The length, size and format LinkedIn accepts for feed videos, dated and sourced, and how to post one from your iPhone.
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Best teleprompter apps for iPhone
A comparison written by Lightshot’s maker, with the method, prices checked on a stated date, and Lightshot’s own limits.
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Social video specs for 2026
Length, shape, file size and caption limits for TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X, LinkedIn and Facebook, as Lightshot checks them, with each platform’s own page.
How these guides are written
Lightshot’s script templates use about 150 words a minute, so their 60-second outlines run to roughly 150 words. Your pace will differ; the reading-speed guide shows how to time yours.
Every statement about Lightshot is checked against the app itself. A guide that quotes a platform’s limits, such as LinkedIn’s video length or TikTok’s caption size, links to that platform’s own help page and says the date it was checked, because those numbers change.
Lightshot hasn’t launched, so no guide quotes a customer. Where a guide describes someone recording, the example is labelled as a representative scenario. The comparison of teleprompter apps is written by Lightshot’s maker and says so at the top.