# Quote at Reading Pace — effect skill for quotes & reviews

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One strong customer sentence reveals word by word, then the name, role and avatar settle under it.

- **Type:** [Effect](https://varg.ai/how-to/effects.md) · [Quotes & reviews](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/quotes.md)
- **Slug:** `quote-at-reading-pace`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** HeyGen (community)
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source:** https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/components/testimonial-card
- **Works in:** Claude Code, Claude.ai, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, Gemini CLI, Any MCP client, varg Studio
- **Requires:** HyperFrames (npx hyperframes), Remotion, CapCut (by hand)
- **Cost:** Free — the take renders locally; generated footage, if any, bills by the model

## What it does

Built on [Testimonial Card](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/components/testimonial-card) by HeyGen (HyperFrames), Apache-2.0. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

Large serif or grotesque quote on a quiet card; quote marks in the accent color; author line smaller and lighter.

**When:** Between demo beats, to let a customer say the claim instead of the brand.

**Watch out:** Do not use a whole paragraph; pick the single strongest 1–2 sentence pull quote.

**Timing:** Words at 3–4 words/s, author in 0.3 s after, hold = word count ÷ 3 + 1 s.

**Also called:** testimonial card, customer quote, pull quote card

### In HyperFrames

```bash
npx hyperframes add testimonial-card
```
Pass the quote, author and handle through `data-variable-values`; size `data-duration` from the word count (words/3 + 2 s).

### In Remotion

```tsx
const words = quote.split(' ');
words.map((w,i)=>{const o=interpolate(frame,[i*8,i*8+8],[0,1],{extrapolateLeft:'clamp',extrapolateRight:'clamp'}); return <span style={{opacity:o, filter:`blur(${(1-o)*6}px)`}}>{w} </span>})
```

### In CapCut

Text → Text templates → "quote"; Animation In: "Typewriter" or "Fade in by word"; author line as a second text layer 0.3 s later.

### Ready-made components

- [Testimonial Card](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.testimonial-card/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add testimonial-card
- [Testimonial Proof Card](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.testimonial-proof-card/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add testimonial-proof-card
- [Text Generate Effect](https://skills.varg.ai/component/aceternity.text-generate-effect/) (aceternity): npx shadcn@latest add @aceternity/text-generate-effect

### Where this comes from

- [Morphic: how to make a customer testimonial video](https://morphic.com/resources/how-to/make-a-customer-testimonial-video)
- [CapCut: turn testimonials into quote graphics for short-form](https://www.capcut.com/create/testimonial-quote-graphics-short-form-content)
- [Text animation for readability: kinetic type without overcomplication](https://cursa.app/en/page/text-animation-for-readability-kinetic-type-without-overcomplication)

## Use when

- Between demo beats, to let a customer say the claim instead of the brand.

## Not for

- Do not use a whole paragraph; pick the single strongest 1–2 sentence pull quote.

## Install

- Claude Code: `claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg`
- Codex: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-video-edit-library -a codex -y`
- Cursor: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-video-edit-library -a cursor -y`

## Example output

https://s3.varg.ai/how-to/previews/d939b220f16f/take-quote-at-reading-pace.mp4 — The Testimonial Card component rendered as installed (npx hyperframes add testimonial-card), defaults only (credit: Rendered by varg · HyperFrames Testimonial Card, https://hyperframes.heygen.com/catalog/components/testimonial-card)

## More quotes & reviews skills

- [Tweet as Proof Card](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/tweet-proof-card.md): A real post from a user animates in as a card: avatar, name, text, then counts tick up.
- [Star Rating Sweep](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/star-rating-sweep.md): Five stars fill left to right to the real score while the number counts up beside them.
- [Wall of Love Marquee](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/wall-of-love-marquee.md): Two or three rows of review cards drift in opposite directions, fading at the edges.
- [Community Post as Proof](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/community-post-proof.md): A real community post or comment card pops over the footage with its upvotes counting up.
- [Reviews Arrive as Notifications](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/reviews-as-notifications.md): Short reviews land as system notifications that stack and push each other down.
- [Pull Quote Beside the Speaker](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/pull-quote-beside-speaker.md): While a customer talks on camera, their key sentence appears as large type in the empty side of the frame.

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