How to Use the Dialogue Script Formatter
Meeting notes, interview transcripts, and rough dialogue drafts often get jotted down as "Speaker: Line" text — but reformatting that into a proper screenplay or stage play layout by hand takes real effort. This tool reads dialogue entered one line at a time with a colon separating speaker and line, then automatically applies the spacing, capitalization, and indentation conventions of the format you choose.
Screenplay format centers the speaker's name in capitals above an indented line of dialogue, following standard script conventions. Stage play format follows a published-script style, placing a period after the speaker's name and running the line right after it. Interview transcript format separates the speaker and their statement with an em dash, reading more like a recorded transcript.
Lines without a colon, or stage directions that don't match the pattern, are automatically skipped, so you can paste in loosely written dialogue notes and convert them without heavy cleanup first.
Frequently Asked Questions
Enter one line at a time as "Speaker: Line". For example, "John: What time is the meeting today?" — put the speaker's name before the colon and the line after it, and it will be recognized automatically.
Lines without a colon, or that don't match the expected format, are skipped during conversion. If no lines are recognized at all, a message will let you know — check that each line has a colon between the speaker and the line.