Prompter mode, where you can click a "🎙️ Prompter" button and get a script shown in a way more optimized for following along during recording, has been available for 4 months now but seems to have flown a bit under the radar. Recently I got a piece of feedback which mentioned that it cut down on the laptop noise (clicking and key clacking) to edit out, which is good, but also got me thinking about the remaining laptop noise.

Now, when already in prompter mode, you can click the "📲" button near the toolbar. It presents a QR code which you can scan with your phone's camera to take you to a "remote" for this prompter. This way, you get the ability to control the autoscroll and movement up/down with your phone or tablet, which should be virtually silent and can be physically better separated.

The remote controls only one specific tab, not the script as it is shown for other people. If two people open the same script in prompter mode, they are separate and can each get a remote. If the same person opens the same script in prompter mode in two tabs, they are separate and can each get a remote.

Since the prompter and the remote are talking to each other through scriptbin's server, they do not have to be on the same network or in the same place, which might make for some fun experiences.

To keep things simple, when a remote is connected, the things it controls are greyed out and can't be used on the prompter page (although it can be scrolled manually), and no further remote can be connected. You can click the button again to disconnect the remote and regain control.

The remote is in beta and may get out of sync if either of the two browsers lose connection. If so, the issue could be resolved by disconnecting the remote and re-connecting it, or failing that, by reloading the page.