Free Online Teleprompter

How to Use a Teleprompter Online

A teleprompter — sometimes called an autocue — is a tool that scrolls a script in front of a presenter so they can read it while looking close to the camera. This online teleprompter brings that same setup to any browser, with no installation and no signup. Paste a script, set the speed to match your speaking pace, and start reading.

If you have ever tried to read a script off a Google Doc or a Notes app, you will know how awkward it gets. Your eyes track left-to-right, you lose your place, and the text either doesn't scroll or scrolls at the wrong speed. A proper teleprompter solves these problems by scrolling vertically at a steady rate, centering each line, and giving you a reading band where your eyes can lock in place.

Three steps to read a script on camera

1. Paste your script — Drop your script into the editor. The tool counts your words and estimates how long the read will take at 150 words per minute, the typical presentation pace.
2. Open Present mode — Click the mode toggle, then press F to go fullscreen. A 3-2-1 countdown gives you time to settle in front of the camera before the text starts moving.
3. Read at your pace — Press the up and down arrows to adjust the scroll speed in real time. Press the space bar to pause if you stumble or need to take a breath.

Keyboard shortcuts

Once you are in Present mode, the keyboard does everything:

• Play / pause — Space
• Speed up / slow down — ↑ / ↓
• Manual scroll — ← / →
• Reset to top — R
• Toggle fullscreen — F or V
• Toggle mirror — M
• Exit fullscreen / Present mode — Esc
• Open help overlay — ?

Adjustable scroll speed and read-time estimate

The default scroll speed is calibrated to about 150 words per minute, which is the average pace for a clear, well-paced presentation. The live read-time estimate updates as you type — useful when you are trying to fit a script into a fixed slot like a 2-minute video intro or a 5-minute conference talk. If you tend to speak faster on camera (most people do because of nerves), nudge the speed up by one or two clicks once you start reading.

Mirror mode for beam-splitter rigs

Hardware teleprompters use a glass beam splitter mounted at 45 degrees in front of the camera lens. A monitor below or above the glass projects the script onto the glass; the camera shoots through it without seeing the script. To make the projected script readable in the reflection, the source video has to be horizontally flipped — that is what mirror mode does. If you are not using a beam splitter, leave mirror mode off; for software-only setups (laptop screen next to your camera), the regular view is what you want.

Customize the typography

Every reader and every camera distance is different. The settings panel lets you tune:

• Font size — bigger for far-away monitors, smaller for close-up reading
• Line height — tighter for short sessions, looser for long reads
• Alignment — left-aligned reads more naturally; centered looks cleaner
• Script width — narrower columns force shorter eye saccades and reduce reading errors
• Theme — high-contrast white-on-black is easiest under most camera setups; yellow-on-black reduces glare on glass beam splitters

All settings are remembered in your browser, so the next session starts where you left off.

Import speaker notes from PowerPoint

If your script already lives as speaker notes inside a PowerPoint deck, you can drop the .pptx file directly into the teleprompter. The notes from each slide are extracted in your browser — the file itself is never uploaded — and stitched into a single script you can read. Signed-in users can optionally let AI rewrite the notes for spoken delivery, smoothing bullet syntax into natural sentences.

Who this teleprompter is for

• Video creators recording YouTube intros, product walkthroughs, or social cuts who want to look at the camera while reading.
• Speakers rehearsing a keynote or pitch and timing themselves against the live read-time estimate.
• Sales teams running consistent on-camera demos or onboarding videos.
• Educators recording lecture videos who need to hit specific learning beats.
• Founders practicing investor pitches before going live on Zoom or in person.

Your script never leaves your device

The teleprompter runs entirely in your browser. Your script is held in memory while you use the tool and, optionally, in your browser's local storage if you turn on script history. Nothing is uploaded to a server, nothing is logged, and clearing your browser data removes everything. This matters for confidential drafts — pre-launch product copy, sales pitches with named accounts, internal company announcements — that you do not want stored in a third-party SaaS.

Pair with a clean presentation deck

If your video or talk involves slides, build them with our PowerPoint templates — over 200,000 designs across business, education, and creative categories. When the deck is in good shape, you can export speaker notes to use here, or run the deck side-by-side with the teleprompter using the PDF Presenter.