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Reference

Characters

Use character prep as a cast sheet. Review generated facts in manuscript context, then add the voice choices and notes that need to stay consistent.

Review the cast sheet

The Characters tab is best for scanning the whole cast after you have done an initial script pass.

  1. 1Open the Characters tab.
  2. 2Sort by Words spoken to find the characters most likely to affect recording consistency.
  3. 3Use Search visible rows to filter by name, alias, voice description, or other visible table text.
  4. 4Click Columns when you want to hide fields that are not relevant to the current review pass.
Characters table for the requested Treasure Island book with the app sidebar collapsed
This view hides low-priority columns for the current pass and keeps the voice-sample play control visible beside the generated cast data.

Add the decisions PrepBoss cannot infer

Generated character details help you review faster, but the final performance decisions come from you or your collaborators.

  • Custom voice direction for recurring performance choices.
  • Pronunciation notes for names that are easy to misread.
  • Author or producer notes that should stay attached to a character.
  • Corrections to aliases, demographic clues, or voice descriptions that were inferred incorrectly.

Fast path from the script

In the Text tab, left-click a highlighted dialogue line to open that character's card. Use the custom-note button on the card when the decision belongs to that speaker rather than to one passage.

Attach voice samples

Voice samples are user-created references. Add them when a voice, accent, name, invented word, or pickup note needs to be heard rather than described.

  1. 1Open the character from the Text tab reference panel or review them in the Characters tab.
  2. 2Click Add voice sample or the microphone button on the character's voice sample field.
  3. 3Enter a short tag such as calm, angry, name, or pickup.
  4. 4Record from the microphone or upload an audio file.