Drop in a PDF of your script and download it as a .fountain file.
Drop a screenplay PDF here
Your file is converted in your browser. We don’t keep it.
Scanned PDFs can’t be read. If you can’t select the words in your PDF, it’s a scan.
Drop the PDF above and download the .fountain file. The converter reads the text of your PDF and sorts each line by type: scene heading, action, character, dialogue, parenthetical or transition. The result is a Fountain file. It doesn’t change your words.
No, not here. A scanned PDF is pictures of pages, with no text in it to read, and this page doesn’t do OCR. Try selecting a word in your PDF. If you can’t select it, the PDF is a scan.
A screenplay written as plain text, with a few rules for scene headings, cues and dialogue. Any text editor opens it, and many screenwriting apps import it.
Check the marked lines. The converter wasn’t sure about those, often because a short line in capitals could be action or a cue. Fix them in the .fountain file. They are plain text.
Yes, it’s free, and no, you don’t need an account. Drop the file and download the result.
No. Your file is converted in your browser, and we don’t keep it. If you choose Hear it read aloud, the script is saved to your account so you can play it.
No. It decides what kind of line each one is. The words stay as they were on your page.