Give Your iPhone Screen Recording a Voiceover

[MacRumors]

On iPhone and iPad, Apple's screen recording feature records a video of what you're doing on your screen, which is great if you want to capture gameplay, walk someone through a tutorial in an app, demonstrate a bug, or anything else. You can also include a voiceover in screen recordings. Keep reading to learn how.

If you're making a screen recording to demonstrate something in iOS, chances are it would benefit from some voiceover commentary. Fortunately, Apple enables you to do this by activating your device's microphone for the duration of the recording.

To record your voice along with screen activity, simply follow these steps.

1. Invoke the Control Center by swiping down diagonally from the top-right corner of the screen.
2. Long press the Screen Recording button in Control Center (if it isn't there, you can add the function via Settings -> Control Center).
   
   
   
   Tap the Microphone button so that it turns red and reads "Microphone On."
3. Select an app from the list that you want to save the recording to.
   When you're ready, tap Start Recording.
   
   

You can end the recording by tapping the Stop button in the top-left corner of the screen (if your iPhone has a Dynamic Island, tap it to reveal the Stop button), and the recording will be automatically saved to the app that you checked in the app list.

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[TwoBytes]

Can you record through AirPods?

 

[fbr$]

Don't know why everytime my iPhone is turned off and then turned on again (for example after updating the iOS) it automatically turns off the Screen Recording's Microphone button against my will.

 

[Starfia]

That is a great tip about a very hidden feature!

And, wow – this is the first time I've ever heard of the gesture to invoke Control Center interpreted as a diagonal swipe from the upper-right corner as opposed to a vertical swipe down from the upper-right status cluster. I wonder what the code is actually detecting.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Totally forgot screen recording was a things. Never used it, but it looks handy for tutorials.

 

[KKramer]

what does first screen means, with green arrow pointing at "Tot"?

 

[chickenpiccata]

what does first screen means, with green arrow pointing at "Tot"?

I think it is just showing how to invoke Control Center. The app it is pointing to is irrelevant.

 

[mrgraff]

I think it is just showing how to invoke Control Center. The app it is pointing to is irrelevant.

Correct. But it also took me a second to realize that the step had nothing to do with Tot. Also, I've never had to swipe diagonally to invoke Command Center; straight down has always worked. A stubby shorter arrow that stops just below the battery indicator might've been better.

 

[Hank001]

That is a great tip about a very hidden feature!

And, wow – this is the first time I've ever heard of the gesture to invoke Control Center interpreted as a diagonal swipe from the upper-right corner as opposed to a vertical swipe down from the upper-right status cluster. I wonder what the code is actually detecting.

It's not detecting anything different from a swipe down. Perhaps the author of this article thought it was nice to point out, but a diagonal swipe is actually the same as a swipe down.

 

[mrgraff]

To add to this tip, if you have no script or haven't rehearsed your actions, do as many takes as you need to get the narrated demo right. It is extremely easy to crop the video in Photos app.

 

[svish]

Good article. Have used it a few times. Very easy to use too.

 

[e-coli]

Love this type of content

 

[MasterControlProgram]

Correct. But it also took me a second to realize that the step had nothing to do with Tot. Also, I've never had to swipe diagonally to invoke Command Center; straight down has always worked. A stubby shorter arrow that stops just below the battery indicator might've been better.

Agreed, doing it diagonally is probably not the best instruction. Doing it that way on my iPad brings in the app I last used with slide over. It has to be a straight down swipe on there or it doesn’t work.

 

[UpsetTheAppleCart]

Does anyone know how to reduce the file size of a screen recording on iPhone/iPad? I don’t always need a recording to be super clear, so a slight reduction in quality to keep the file small would be nice.

 

[coolfactor]

Don't know why everytime my iPhone is turned off and then turned on again (for example after updating the iOS) it automatically turns off the Screen Recording's Microphone button against my will.

That's not a bug. Rebooting will always reset some settings, such as this. Surely you're not rebooting *that* often, though?

Totally forgot screen recording was a things. Never used it, but it looks handy for tutorials.

I use it all the time for clients. The sound quality is stellar and makes for a really great walk-through or tutorial.

I use screen recordings on my Mac, as well, using QuickTime Player. Same great sound quality when recording the voiceover.

Can't imagine what a headache this type of stuff must be on Windows and Android, even if this day and age?

 

[dzhiurgis]

Can we record FaceTime yet?

 

[amartinez1660]

Does anyone know how to reduce the file size of a screen recording on iPhone/iPad? I don’t always need a recording to be super clear, so a slight reduction in quality to keep the file small would be nice.

I have a “Reduce Video Size” shortcut that I don’t know where it came from on the share sheet. If you don’t have it already, try to search online, it uses an iOS built in “Encode Media” function, just like there’s one on macOS.

I also got a “separate Audio” for that matter too, to only get an audio file out of a video… but it’s more annoying because it has to be saved to Files, I don’t know why handling Audio on iOS is a lot clumsier than just images or videos: sharing audio, saving audio clip, iMessages voice note is a lot more hidden too now, etc.
Should be treated the same at this point.

 

[UpsetTheAppleCart]

I have a “Reduce Video Size” shortcut that I don’t know where it came from on the share sheet. If you don’t have it already, try to search online, it uses an iOS built in “Encode Media” function, just like there’s one on macOS.

Oh! I never thought of using a shortcut. Thanks for the info! I found one that works great for me. Here’s the link for anyone who may be interested: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/cf7efcf1b47148278044bc240b7d8c99

 

[MichaelQ]

An article on screen recording and VoiceOver, demonstrated with screen caps and text annotations...

If only there was another way...