{
 "slug": "drawn-as-spoken",
 "name": "Drawn as it is said",
 "category": "effect",
 "group": "Type and emphasis",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-11-13",
 "effect": "It reads as someone drawing for you live, so a long explanation holds.",
 "use_when": "Explainers, frameworks, system walkthroughs.",
 "phrase": "each shape and word on the whiteboard appears stroke by stroke at the moment it is spoken, led by a cursor that carries the presenter's name",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Never show a section finished before its point is spoken. The measured reference changes the big picture only 1.03 times per 10 seconds, with a median of 9.22 seconds, and still moves all the time in small strokes.",
   "evidence": "measured",
   "source": "Director Chair measurement of a published short, 23 Oct 2026"
  },
  {
   "text": "A drawn element more than a second away from the word that names it is the listed failure.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Director Chair measurement of a published short, Oct 2026"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "edit-avatar-drawn-board",
  "live-markup",
  "edit-mock-client-call"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "measured",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Own words from Director Chair measurement of a published short, Oct 2026"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/effect/drawn-as-spoken",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/effect/drawn-as-spoken.md",
 "prompts": {
  "chat": "Give me an edit brief: where it goes on the timeline, the exact settings, and what to check before export, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. The technique is drawn as it is said: it reads as someone drawing for you live, so a long explanation holds. How it works: each shape and word on the whiteboard appears stroke by stroke at the moment it is spoken, led by a cursor that carries the presenter's name. It is right for: explainers, frameworks, system walkthroughs. Never show a section finished before its point is spoken. A drawn element more than a second away from the word that names it is the listed failure. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing."
 },
 "licence": {
  "code": "MIT",
  "text": "CC BY 4.0",
  "third_party": "Clips and card texts inside a \"licensed\" block belong to their makers and are shown with permission and credit."
 }
}