What can I put on stage?
Your screen, a window, a browser tab, a website, a document from Geenius OS Office, a PDF, the scratchpad or a picture.
FAQ
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The basics
What is Facecast?
A web app for recording yourself. You write a script, read it from a full-screen teleprompter over your camera or your screen, choose a layout and a background, and keep the take. Your own AI can write the script through Geenius OS. It is an app of Geenius OS and also works on its own.
Is there an AI in Facecast?
No. Facecast has no built-in AI: it does not write your words, change your face or make a voice. Your own AI, Claude, ChatGPT or Grok, can write a script and caption your screenshots through Geenius OS.
Is Facecast ready to use?
It is in early access: invite-only, with payments in test mode. The parts described on this site are built and in the app. We let people in a few at a time, so request access and we write when your place is ready.
Do I need Geenius OS?
No. Facecast is a standalone app with its own account and plans. A Geenius OS plan includes the matching Facecast plan, and you can sign in with that account. Some things, such as your AI writing scripts and saving to the Media library, work through Geenius OS.
Who makes Facecast?
AVS Media, a small company in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, as one of the apps of Geenius OS.
Recording
Is there a limit on recording?
No. Recording time and the number of takes are not limited on any plan. Plans count the recordings you keep: 200 on Pro, 400 on Premium and 1000 on Max.
Which file do I get?
MP4 where your browser can record it, and WebM where it cannot. The studio tells you which one your browser makes.
Is my recording uploaded?
Not until you keep the take. Recording happens in your browser, and a kept take is stored with your Facecast account. You can also save it to your Geenius OS Media library.
What if my browser crashes mid-take?
A take is saved to your browser's private storage as you record, so a crash or a closed tab does not lose it. Open the studio again and it offers to recover the take.
Does it work on a phone?
You can record with the camera. Sharing a screen is not available on phones, so the content layouts that need a screen are limited there.
The studio
How does the teleprompter work?
You write one text with # topics, - bullet points and plain lines. Read it as topics (headings only), bullets (each topic with its points) or full text, word for word. The pace is 60 to 260 words per minute, and the text 20 to 120 px.
What layouts are there?
Four: camera, bubble (your face in a shape over the content), side by side, and content only. Switching morphs between them, and each switch is written down as a chapter.
How does the background change work?
Several engines (MediaPipe, BodyPix, MODNet, PP-HumanSeg, or your system's own effect) run in your browser to blur or remove the background, or put a colour, picture or video behind you. A chroma key is also there for a green screen.
Is anything downloaded for the background?
Yes. The first time you use a background engine, its model is loaded from a third party: jsDelivr, Google model storage or Hugging Face. The processing itself runs on your machine and your camera picture is not sent anywhere.
What is the pop-out control bar?
A small control bar that floats above other windows so you can run a take while looking at another app. It uses the Document Picture-in-Picture feature, which Chrome and Edge have.
What is a Look?
A saved studio setup: layout, bubble shape, border and background. The studio opens with the one you set as default.
Your AI
How does my AI use Facecast?
Through Geenius OS. Connect your AI to Geenius OS once and it gets a tool called geenius_facecast with four areas: scripts, recordings, shots and looks.
Can my AI record for me?
No. Recording needs your camera and your hands, so it happens in your browser. Your AI writes the script and hands you a link to record it.
Can my AI delete things?
It can delete scripts, shots and Looks, and each of those needs the id as a confirmation. It cannot change or delete a recording file.
Pricing and plans
What does it cost?
€9, €19 or €49 a month for Pro, Premium and Max. Each plan includes everything; the plans count how many recordings you keep. A Geenius OS plan includes the matching Facecast plan.
Is there a free plan?
No, and no trial period. A promo key from us can grant a 7, 14 or 30 day trial to people we invite. Payments are in test mode during early access, so nothing is charged yet.
What does a plan limit?
The recordings you keep: 200, 400 or 1000. Recording itself is not limited.
Privacy and your data
What does this website collect?
Nothing you do not hand over deliberately: no analytics, no tracking pixel, no advertising. The privacy statement lists the one small cookie that remembers the ink colour of the day.
Still wondering?
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