# Fix eye contact in a video where you read a script

> In Tella, ask the Tella Agent to turn on Eye contact, or turn it on yourself in Layout → Adjust. Tella redirects your gaze toward the lens in every webcam recording in the video, even where you were reading notes. Once processing finishes, the corrected recordings are used in playback and exports.

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## How do I fix eye contact in a video when I was reading a script?

In Tella, ask the [Tella Agent](https://www.tella.com/agent) to turn on Eye contact, or turn it on yourself in Layout → Adjust. Tella redirects your gaze toward the lens in every webcam recording in the video, even where you were reading notes. Once processing finishes, the corrected recordings are used in playback and exports.

## Prompt to start from

```text
I read my script from notes beside the camera, so I'm looking off to the side. Turn on Eye contact for this video and tell me when my camera recordings are ready.
```

## More prompts

### Product update from a script

```text
This is the Quillmark 4.2 update, read word for word from a script. Turn on Eye contact, then cut the filler words and the long pauses.
```

### Course lesson with several takes

```text
Lesson 5 of my Brindlewood bookkeeping course has three camera takes where I glance down at my notes. Turn on Eye contact for the whole video.
```

## How to do it in Tella

1. Open the video in the Tella editor and open the Tella Agent chat.
2. Ask it to turn on Eye contact, or switch on Eye contact yourself under Layout → Adjust.
3. Wait for Preparing your camera… to finish.
4. Play the video to check which recordings changed.

## Good to know

- Needs a paid plan or the 7-day trial. Messages use your workspace's credits.
- Eye contact applies to the whole video, not to one clip.
- If a camera can't be processed, that recording keeps its original look. The other cameras still use their corrected recordings.

## Questions people ask

### Can I fix eye contact in a video I uploaded to Tella?

No. Tella's Eye contact changes webcam recordings only. It does not change uploaded video files or screen recordings, and the switch is unavailable when a video has no eligible camera recordings.

### How do I undo eye contact correction in Tella?

Open Layout → Adjust and turn off Eye contact, or ask the Tella Agent to turn it off. Tella goes back to your original camera recordings across the video, in playback and exports.

### Can Claude or ChatGPT turn on eye contact in my Tella video?

Yes. An AI app connected to Tella's [MCP server](https://www.tella.com/mcp) can set eyeContact to true or false with update_video. Each camera is prepared in the background, which takes about as long as the recording, and get_video reports whether it's on and how many cameras are ready.

## Related

- [Write your video script and plan the shots before you record](https://www.tella.com/agent/write-a-video-script-with-ai.md): Get an outline, script and storyboard before you record.
- [Flip a mirrored webcam so the text behind you reads right](https://www.tella.com/agent/fix-mirrored-webcam-video.md): Flip your camera so the board behind you reads right.
- [Fix a dark, yellow webcam recording](https://www.tella.com/agent/color-correct-webcam-video.md): Brighten a dim camera and remove a yellow cast.
- [Turn on eye contact](https://www.tella.com/help/editing/eye-contact)
- [Use speaker notes while recording](https://www.tella.com/help/recording/use-speaker-notes-while-recording)
- [Edit with the Tella Agent](https://www.tella.com/help/editing/edit-with-the-tella-agent)
- [All of Tella's AI features](https://www.tella.com/ai.md)