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Online Teleprompter
Online Teleprompter is part of Toolspire and is ready as soon as this page loads. Paste your script and read it on camera without losing eye contact: steady scrolling at your speaking speed, or scrolling that follows your voice, with mirror mode, a reading line and camera recording.
On this page
What you can do here
Reads at your pace
Set the speed in words per minute, the way speakers think about pace, and see the total speaking time before you start.
Follows your voice
Read aloud and the text keeps up, slowing when you slow down and stopping when you stop – no one needs to work the scroll.
Eye contact on camera
Put the reading line near the top of the screen and narrow the text, so your eyes stay close to the webcam while you read.
Ready for real teleprompters
Mirror the text for beam-splitter glass, flip it for upside-down rigs, and drive it with a clicker or Bluetooth remote.
Record yourself
Turn on the camera to see yourself behind the words and record a take straight to your device – no upload, no watermark.
Private
Your script stays in this browser. With on-device speech, not even your voice leaves your computer.
The sequence
How to use the online teleprompter
- 1
Add your script
Paste or type it, or Open a text file. Use
#for section headings and[brackets]for notes to yourself. - 2
Choose how it moves
Pick Steady scroll and a speed, or Follow my voice and your language.
- 3
Set up the screen
Choose the text size, colours and reading line; turn on Mirror for teleprompter glass or the camera to record yourself.
- 4
Start
Press Start prompter. After the countdown, read along; press Space to pause and the arrow keys to move or change speed.
- 5
Finish
Press Esc or ✕ to close. Carry on picks up where you stopped.
Worth knowing
- Online Teleprompter on Toolspire: scrolls the script at a steady speed set in words per minute (60–260), shows how long the script takes to read, and lets you speed up or slow down while reading.
- Follow my voice listens through the microphone and keeps the word you are saying on the reading line, waiting when you pause and dimming what you have read.
- In Chrome and Edge, speech can be recognised on your device after a one-off language-pack download. Where that is not possible, voice following uses the browser’s online speech service only after you allow it.
- Mirror and upside-down modes for teleprompter glass, four high-contrast colour schemes, text up to 160 px and an adjustable reading line.
- Optional camera behind the text: see yourself while reading and record to an MP4 or WebM file on your device.
- Controlled by keyboard, presentation clickers and Bluetooth page turners, or by touch: tap to pause, drag to move. The screen is kept awake while you read.
- Scripts can have
#sections to jump between with keys 1–9,[stage directions]that are shown but not read, and**bold**words. Your script and settings are saved only in this browser.
How fast should a teleprompter scroll?
As fast as you speak naturally – which is why the speed here is set in words per minute rather than an abstract number. Start at the default of 140 and adjust with the arrow keys while reading; the prompter remembers your speed for next time.
| Delivery | Words per minute (about) | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Slow and deliberate | 100–120 | speeches, training videos, reading in a second language |
| Presentation | 120–140 | talks, webinars, explainer videos |
| Conversational | 140–160 | YouTube, vlogs, interviews |
| Brisk | 160–190 | ads, news-style updates, short-form video |
Writing a script that reads well
- Write the way you talk: short sentences, everyday words, contractions.
- One idea per paragraph, with a blank line between them – the gaps are natural places to breathe.
- Spell out anything awkward to say: “twenty twenty-six”, “J-S-O-N”.
- Use
[pause],[smile]or[show the product]for directions you should not read aloud. - Mark the few words to stress with
**stars**– not whole sentences. - Split long scripts into
#sections, and record them as separate takes.
Keeping eye contact with a webcam
Viewers notice when your eyes drift down the screen. Put the reading line high (20–30 %), make the text column narrow (50–70 %) and sit far enough back that the lines are small movements for your eyes. On a laptop, a browser window placed just under the camera works better than full screen.
For a real teleprompter, a tablet lies under a sheet of beam-splitter glass in front of the lens. The glass reflects the screen, so turn on Mirror the text to read it the right way round.
FAQ
Questions about Online Teleprompter
Where does Online Teleprompter run?
How does voice scrolling work?
Is my voice sent anywhere?
Does it work on an iPad or phone?
Can I control it with a remote?
Can I record myself while reading?
Why is my text backwards?
Where is my script saved?
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