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How to Use the Live Text Widget

Live Text is a text box that your viewers see and that you can edit while the show is on air. Double-click it, type, format with the toolbar, and highlight words as you discuss them. Use it for lists you fill in live, talking points, a scoreboard you update by hand or anything else that changes during the show.

A plain text layer is better for a title that never changes. Notes that only you should see belong in the Notes widget.

When to Use

  • Collecting viewer suggestions or questions in a list as they come in
  • Walking through an agenda and highlighting the current item
  • A hand-updated score or tally

Steps

Step 1: Add the Live Text Widget

  1. Open the Layers tab. Apps work on both scene types:
    • Dynamic Scene: expand Apps & Widgets -> Add from marketplace
    • Pro scene: click Add New Layer -> Apps & Widgets
  2. Search for Live Text and click the card, then click Add to Scene

The evmux App Market filtered to the Live Text card, highlighted

The Live Text app page with the Add to Scene button highlighted

Step 2: Edit the Text

The widget lands on the scene with a sample story and a formatting toolbar along its top.

The Live Text widget on the scene with its formatting toolbar and the Double click to edit hint, and the settings panel highlighted

  1. Double-click the box to start editing, then select all and type your own text.
  2. Use the toolbar for headings, bold, italic, underline, lists, alignment and text direction. Hide Toolbar at the bottom of the box hides it once you are done.
  3. Select a word or a line while live to highlight it. The highlight uses the colors set in the panel.

Step 3: Set the Look

The settings panel on the left controls the styling of the whole box:

SettingWhat it does
Selected text Color and BackgroundThe colors of highlighted text (red on yellow by default)
Line spacing and Font sizeReadability of the text
Transparent BackgroundRemoves the dark box behind the text
UppercaseShows everything in capitals
Padding and Round cornersSpace inside the box and its corner radius
Text color and Background colorThe base colors of the box

Step 4: Place It

Resize and move the widget layer to where the text should sit. A tall box on one side of the speaker works well for lists.

Tips

  • Keep the font size large. Viewers on phones cannot read small text.
  • Turn off Uppercase for long text; capitals are harder to read in paragraphs.
  • The text is saved with the scene, so a list you started in one show is still there in the next.