Free Teleprompter

How do you use a free online autocue?

Paste your script, choose how it should scroll, and press Start. This free teleprompter, also called an autocue, runs in your browser with nothing to install.

1. Paste or type your script into the text box, or click Try a sample script to test it in seconds.
2. Pick Manual to scroll at a fixed speed, or Follow my voice to have the text track your speech.
3. Set the speed in manual mode, or the language in voice mode, then press Start. Font size, recording and mirroring are under Options.
4. In manual mode a 3, 2, 1 countdown plays first. Press Space or Resume to skip it.
5. To try a passage again, tap any word to jump straight to it, or press Back (or the left arrow) to go up one line.

The reading view fills the screen. With a mouse, the controls fade out after about 2.5 seconds without movement and come back as soon as you move it or press a key.

What is the difference between manual and voice mode?

Manual mode scrolls on a timer; voice mode scrolls when you speak. Manual moves the script upward at a constant rate in pixels per second. At the default 60 px/s a large 52 px line clears the reading line in about one second, near a 150 word-per-minute delivery, and the up and down arrows change the speed in steps of 5 without stopping.

Voice mode uses the browser's speech recognition. Each word you say is matched against your script, so a small misread still tracks. It ignores short words and bare numbers, and only jumps to a repeated word when the words around it match too, which keeps the position moving forward. If you stumble, tap the word where you want to restart: the tool forgets what it just heard, so the words you had already spoken do not pull the text forward again.

That last row matters for confidential scripts, sponsored reads and internal presentations: in manual mode nothing leaves your device, so use it for anything you would not want processed elsewhere.

How fast should a teleprompter scroll?

Match the speed to your speaking pace. Most people read comfortably at 130 to 160 words per minute, and broadcast news sits around 150. Start at 60 px/s, do one test read, then nudge the speed until the reading line matches your natural delivery. A bigger font moves fewer words past the line per second, so if you change the font size, check the speed again. In voice mode you skip this entirely.

How do you read a teleprompter without looking like you are reading?

Keep your eyes as close to the lens as you can. The further the text sits from the camera, the more viewers notice your eyes moving down and across.

• Put the window right under the webcam, and drag the side handle so the reading line sits near the top of the screen, closest to the lens.
• Use a large font. Fewer words per line means your eyes travel less from side to side.
• Sit further back if you can still read comfortably. Distance makes small eye movements harder to see.
• Rehearse once at the final speed, so you read phrases rather than single words.

How do you mirror text for a teleprompter glass?

Turn on Mirror text under Options before you press Start. A hardware teleprompter, or the cheap kits that hold a phone or tablet under a sheet of angled glass, reflects the screen towards you, and the reflection reverses the letters. Mirroring flips the text on the screen so it reads the right way round on the glass. The controls are not mirrored, so you can still tap them normally.

Can you record while you read, and is your script saved?

You can record. Turn on Record my voice under Options to capture a clean, unprocessed 16-bit WAV take while you read, then play it back and download it. There is no echo cancellation or noise suppression, so you get the raw sound to edit later.

Your script is not saved. It lives only in this page: every script you paste goes into the history panel so you can switch between drafts during the session, but reloading or leaving the page clears all of it. That is deliberate, so nothing you write is stored anywhere. Keep a copy of your script elsewhere if you need it again.