For getting off book
Your lines disappear. Your partner keeps talking.
Learn cues and memorize lines faster with an interactive AI partner that speaks cue lines and waits for you to deliver your lines out loud.
PDF or TXT up to 20 pages. Free to try, and your sides stay private.
Scene 01
Paste the scene or add a PDF or TXT. Sidesly finds the characters, splits the dialogue and mutes stage directions.
Scene 02
Choose who you play. Every other character gets a reader voice, and you can fix any line the parser got wrong.
Scene 03
The reader speaks the cue, listens for you, and moves on when you pause. Tap "I'm done" any time to hand it over yourself.
Watch a read-through
EXT. HARBOR PIER - DAWN
Ines
The boat leaves in ten minutes.
Tom
(not turning around)
Then it leaves without me.
Ines
You promised him you would come.
Tom
I promised a lot of things to a lot of people.
Our promise
Your sides belong to your account. They are never public and never used to train anything.
Nothing beats a live partner. Sidesly covers the late nights and deadlines when nobody is around.
Runs in a phone browser at 375px, one-handed, next to the lens. No app to install.
Field notes
Staring silently at printed sides engages only visual memory, which often crumbles under audition pressure. To truly memorize lines, actors must hear cue triggers and speak responses out loud. Sidesly turns passive script reading into active auditory rehearsal. By vocalizing incoming cues and pausing for your spoken line, the system cements acoustic anchors in your memory so lines flow naturally when the red record light turns on.
Whether you have twenty pages of episodic television sides or a tight two-hander scene, repetition is the foundation of confidence. You can loop specific scenes, drill troublesome dialogue beats, or transition directly into full self tape reader run-throughs once the lines stick. If you are preparing solo performance pieces, you can also transition your cues into monologue practice to polish cadence without cue dependency.
Working with human scene partners is the heart of dramatic art. Sidesly is designed as a tireless study partner for the grueling early phases of learning lines, saving your friends and coaches for artistic notes and chemistry adjustments. Think of Sidesly as an acoustic flashcard partner: it handles the repetitive drill work so your live sessions with human partners remain fresh and creatively stimulating.
Import your sides via text or PDF file. Our parser isolates your character from the dialogue while muting stage directions. Choose whether you want full text visibility or blurred lines to test your recall. As the AI vocalizes your partner's cue, deliver your response out loud; our speech detection verifies your completion before advancing, providing a tactile, hands-free drill experience through our dedicated line reader for actors.
FAQ
Auditory and muscular memory reinforce each other. Speaking lines out loud trains the mouth, vocal cords, and breath control to automatically produce words under high audition stress.
Yes. Sidesly provides a recall mode where you can blur or obscure your upcoming lines, forcing your brain to retrieve words purely from hearing your partner's cue.
Yes. You can select any scene or range of lines and loop them continuously until the dialogue feels like second nature.
Most actors report cutting memorization time in half because active cue-and-response drilling eliminates the downtime of flipping pages or waiting on someone else's schedule.
Put the sides on the desk and run them tonight. The first read is free.