# Drawn as it is said

Edit / Edit effect / Type and emphasis. Checked 2026-11-13.

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
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/effect/drawn-as-spoken
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/effect/drawn-as-spoken.json

## Watch out

- 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. (measured; Director Chair measurement of a published short, 23 Oct 2026)
- A drawn element more than a second away from the word that names it is the listed failure. (practitioner; Director Chair measurement of a published short, Oct 2026)

## Prompts

### Any chat model

```
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.
```

## Goes well with

- Presenter over a drawn board: https://directorchair.ai/preset/edit-avatar-drawn-board
- Live markup: https://directorchair.ai/effect/live-markup
- Mock client call: https://directorchair.ai/preset/edit-mock-client-call

## Source

Own words from Director Chair measurement of a published short, Oct 2026

Text CC BY 4.0, Director Chair (directorchair.ai). Reference clips and their card texts belong to their makers.