Free Online Teleprompter
PrompterPal's online teleprompter scrolls your script smoothly across the screen, right in your browser, so you can keep your eyes up while you present, record a video or speak on a call. It works on a laptop, desktop, tablet or phone, with nothing to install. Write your script on your computer, then send it to the PrompterPal app on your phone with a QR code.
Free. No sign-up. Your script stays in this browser unless you send it to the app.
How to use the online teleprompter
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Add your script
In Edit Mode, type or paste it into the editor, or import a .txt, .docx or .pdf file. The text is plain, so pasting from anywhere keeps the words and drops the formatting.
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Press Play
Play Mode shows your script full screen in large text. A short Countdown gives you a moment to get ready, then the text starts scrolling.
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Read at your own pace
Change the Speed while you read, pause with Space, or nudge the text back and forth. Your place is saved, so you can come back to it later.
Features
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Mirror and Reverse
Mirror the text for a beam-splitter teleprompter rig, or Reverse it so it runs bottom to top.
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Speed or Duration Mode
Set how fast the text scrolls, or set a Target Duration and let the teleprompter work out the Speed so you finish on time.
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Browser Fullscreen
Hide the browser's own toolbars so nothing but your script is on screen.
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Keyboard, clicker and foot pedal control
Play, pause, change the Speed and move through the text from the keyboard. Presentation clickers and foot pedals work with no setup, and you can assign almost any key to any action.
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Display Settings
Choose the font, font size, alignment and colors, bionic reading, the Cue Indicator that marks your reading line, and the margins.
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File import
Bring in a script from a text file, a Word document or a PDF.
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Share a script by QR code
Write on your computer, then press Send to app and scan the QR code with your phone to open the script in the PrompterPal app.
Send your script to your phone with a QR code
Write on your computer, then read or record on your phone. Send to app turns your script into a QR code and a link that open it in the PrompterPal app on iPhone or Android. Each code works for 15 minutes, and your script is kept on our server only for that long.
- Write or paste your script in Edit Mode, or import a .txt, .docx or .pdf file.
- Press Send to app, beside Play. A QR code appears, valid for 15 minutes.
- Open the camera on your phone.
- Point it at the code, then tap the link that appears.
- Your script opens in PrompterPal, ready to read.
If the code doesn't work
- The link opens in the browser, not the app
- If you have PrompterPal, tap Open in PrompterPal on that page. If you don't, install it, then scan the code again. Updating the app to the latest version lets the code open it directly.
- Scan with the app instead
- In PrompterPal, tap New Script, then the QR code button, and point it at the code.
- The code has expired
- Each code works for 15 minutes. Create a new one with Send to app.
- The code won't scan
- Turn up the screen's brightness and hold your phone steady, a little way back. Or copy the link and open it on your phone.
Use it on your laptop: Zoom, Teams and Google Meet
Reading from notes on a video call makes you look away from the camera. A teleprompter on your laptop puts your script right under the webcam and scrolls it at the pace you speak, so you keep eye contact on Zoom, Microsoft Teams or Google Meet. It works in any modern browser on Windows, macOS, ChromeOS or Linux, with nothing to install.
Put the text right under your webcam
Make the teleprompter's window a short, narrow strip and move it to the top of the screen, just below the camera: the closer the words are to it, the more it looks like you're looking at the people on the call. Then, in Display Settings, choose Adjust margins and drag the Top handle up, so the line you read, where the Cue Indicator points, is only a little way under the camera. The Start and End handles narrow the column of text, so your eyes don't move from side to side.
Join the call beside it
The teleprompter is an ordinary browser tab, so it works alongside any call app. Put the call window below it or beside it, and you can still see the other people while you read. Nobody on the call sees your script: it's on your screen, not in your camera's picture. If you share your screen, share the window with your slides rather than the whole screen.
A smaller window, or Browser Fullscreen
On a single laptop screen, a smaller window is usually best, so the call stays in view. When you don't need to watch a call, such as when the teleprompter is on a second monitor by the camera, press F for Browser Fullscreen, which hides the browser's tabs and toolbars. Press F or Esc to leave it.
Control it from the keyboard, a clicker or a foot pedal
In Play Mode, these are the keys the teleprompter uses until you change them:
| What it does | Keys |
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| Play/Pause | Space / F5 / Escape |
| Speed up | Right Arrow / Period |
| Speed down | Left Arrow / Comma |
| Nudge forward | Page Down / Down Arrow |
| Nudge backward | Page Up / Up Arrow |
| Go to start | Home |
| Go to end | End |
| Toggle Mirror | M |
| Toggle Reverse | R |
| Font size up | Plus / Equals |
| Font size down | Minus |
| Browser Fullscreen | F |
Works with Bluetooth or USB keyboards, presentation clickers and foot pedals. Clickers send Page Down and Page Up, which nudge the text, and F5 or Esc from their slideshow button, which play and pause; Esc can't pause in Browser Fullscreen, where the browser uses it to leave. Open Key Assignments in Display Settings to give almost any key the action you want. Keep the teleprompter window active: if you click into the call app, click back on the teleprompter first.
Tips for sounding natural
- Write the way you talk, in short sentences, and leave line breaks where you want to pause.
- Read it through once before the call, at the Speed you'll use.
- Pause with Space to answer a question, then press it again to carry on from the same line.
- Mute notifications so nothing pops up over your script.
Frequently asked questions
Is the online teleprompter free?
Yes. It's free to use, with no sign-up and no account.
Where is my script stored?
Only in this browser, on this device. Your script, your reading position and your Display Settings are saved locally. The script is uploaded only if you press Send to app, and then kept for just 15 minutes, so the PrompterPal app can download it. Start a New Session when you want to begin again with an empty one.
Can I use a presentation remote, a clicker or a foot pedal?
Yes, with no setup. Clickers send Page Down and Page Up, which nudge the text forward and back, and their slideshow button sends F5 or Esc, which play and pause. Foot pedals that send Page Down and Page Up, or ↓ and ↑, nudge it too. Open Key Assignments in Display Settings to give any button the action you want.
Does it work on a phone or tablet?
Yes, in any modern browser. Browser Fullscreen isn't available on iPhone, whose browsers don't support it. To record yourself while you read, use the PrompterPal app.
Get the PrompterPal app
The PrompterPal teleprompter app for iPhone and Android adds video recording, so you can read your script and film yourself at the same time.
