Free online teleprompter

A narrow column can reduce how far your eyes move across the screen. Adjust the line width and font size until each line is easy to read without leaning forward. Larger text is not always better: a very narrow window with oversized text can make you look up and down constantly. Test a short take and watch your eye movement before recording the complete script.

Camera window opens a separate small browser window that you can position near the webcam. Keep it outside the area you are sharing if the audience should not see your notes. Your browser may block popups; allow the window for this site or use the main view instead. This tool does not control what a screen recorder captures, and it does not hide itself from a shared desktop. Before a take, check your picture, lighting and framing with the webcam test. To record yourself reading without a screen recorder, open the webcam recorder in another window.

Start reading opens the reading view and begins scrolling after the selected countdown. Pause leaves the script at its current position, and Back to start returns it to the beginning. While paused you can scroll manually to another paragraph. Space starts or pauses when focus is outside a text field or button; the up and down arrows adjust the speed in small steps. Typing in the script editor does not trigger these shortcuts.

Changing the script or the main layout controls pauses scrolling so your position does not unexpectedly jump while you edit. The main view also pauses when its tab goes into the background, unless the camera window is open. Browser power-saving behavior can still affect a background window, so rehearse with the same recording setup you intend to use. Keep the prompter visible rather than minimizing it.

Mirror mode reverses the script horizontally for use with a glass teleprompter that reflects a display. Leave it off when reading directly from your laptop screen. It affects the displayed script, not your webcam or exported recording. Full-screen mode gives the script more room; press Escape to leave it, or use the full-screen button again. If the browser refuses full screen, the normal view remains usable.

Write the script as words you would actually say, or draft a tutorial with the video script generator and open it here. Short sentences and paragraph breaks make it easier to recover after a mistake. Keep instructions to yourself clearly separate from narration, and pause scrolling while demonstrating a step. The prompter does not listen to your voice or automatically stop at stage directions. Rehearsing once helps you decide where manual pauses belong.

Read through the script once while performing the steps in your software. Add pauses where a page needs to load or a viewer needs time to find a button. Then use Rescreen’s browser screen recorder to capture your demonstration and narration. Position the separate camera window near your webcam if you are speaking to camera, and share only the application you want viewers to see.