TPS example: Multi-Segment Script. A teleprompter script demonstrating the TPS format with teleprompter and raw source views.
How Prompter One renders this script for the speaker — dark background, emotion-colored segments, emphasis underlines, pause markers, and a spotlight reading zone.
Every story begins somewhere. This one begins here.
We are going to walk through three acts. Each act is a segment a top-level section of the script.
Inside each segment, you have blocks. Blocks group related thoughts together.
This block provides context. The next block will make a point.
Segments let you organize long scripts into logical parts. Each segment can have its own speed and emotion.
Think of segments as chapters.
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Notice the speed changed to 145 words per minute. And the emotion shifted to concerned.
This creates a different feel for the reader and the audience. The teleprompter can adjust styling and pacing based on these cues.
Now the pace picks up. / Things are getting intense. / The reader needs to feel the urgency.
And then we slow down / for the emotional beat.
Contrast in pacing / is what makes a script engaging.
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Back to normal speed. The storm has passed.
We return to a calm emotion to give the audience space to breathe.
And we end on a motivational note.
Three segments. / Three moods. / One script.
That is how you structure a long TPS document.
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The complete .tps file — valid markdown you can open in any text editor.
---
title: "Multi-Segment Script"
profile: Actor
duration: "8:00"
base_wpm: 140
speed_offsets:
xslow: -40
slow: -20
fast: 25
xfast: 50
author: "TPS Project"
created: "2026-03-25"
version: "1.0"
---
# Multi-Segment Script
## [Act One - The Setup|Warm]
### [Opening]
Every story begins somewhere. /
This one begins here. //
We are going to walk through three acts. /
Each act is a [emphasis]segment[/emphasis] / a top-level section of the script. //
[pause:2s]
### [Context|Focused]
Inside each segment, / you have [emphasis]blocks[/emphasis]. /
Blocks group related thoughts together. //
This block provides context. /
The next block will make a point. //
### [The Point]
Segments let you organize long scripts / into logical parts. /
Each segment can have its own [emphasis]speed[/emphasis] and [emphasis]emotion[/emphasis]. //
[highlight]Think of segments as chapters.[/highlight] //
[edit_point]
[pause:2s]
## [Act Two - The Conflict|145WPM|Concerned]
### [The Problem]
Notice the speed changed to 145 words per minute. /
And the emotion shifted to [emphasis]concerned[/emphasis]. //
This creates a different feel / for the reader and the audience. / [breath]
The teleprompter can adjust styling and pacing / based on these cues. //
[pause:2s]
### [Rising Tension|150WPM|Urgent]
[building]Now the pace picks up. /
Things are getting intense. /
The reader needs to feel the urgency.[/building] //
[slow]And then we slow down / for the emotional beat.[/slow] //
[highlight]Contrast in pacing / is what makes a script en[stress]ga[/stress]ging.[/highlight] //
[edit_point:high]
[pause:2s]
## [Act Three - The Resolution|Motivational]
### [The Turn|Calm]
Back to normal speed. /
The storm has passed. //
We return to a [emphasis]calm[/emphasis] emotion / to give the audience space to breathe. //
[pause:3s]
### [Closing]
And we end on a [emphasis]motivational[/emphasis] note. //
[slow]Three segments. /
Three moods. /
One script.[/slow] //
[aside]That is how you structure a long TPS document.[/aside] //
[edit_point]