text tool
Online teleprompter
Paste your script, press Start reading, and the text scrolls up past a reading line at the pace you set in words per minute, large enough to read from a desk or a camera's distance. Tap or press Space to pause, use the arrow keys to speed up or slow down, and switch on mirror mode for a glass teleprompter rig.
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- Runs on your device, nothing is uploaded
- Free, no sign in
- No watermark, no file limit
How it works
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Paste the script
Replace the sample in Your script with your own words. The word count and the time at the current speed appear under the box.
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Set speed and size
Most people read aloud at 120 to 160 words a minute; start at 140. Make the text as large as fits about six to eight words a line.
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Start reading
Press Start reading, then Full screen. A tap or Space pauses and resumes.
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Adjust while you read
Up and Down change the speed by 10 words a minute, + and minus change the size, M mirrors and Home jumps back to the start.
Speed in words a minute, not an abstract slider
Most teleprompter apps offer a speed from 1 to 10, which means nothing until you have tried each setting. This one asks for words per minute, the unit speaking coaches use. Toastmasters calls 120 to 160 words a minute the most effective speaking rate, so 140 is the default. Behind the scenes the reader measures how tall your script is at the chosen size, divides by the number of words, and scrolls that many pixels per word. Changing the text size keeps the pace in words, so bigger text simply scrolls faster on screen.
Where to put the screen
Your eyes should be as close to the camera lens as possible, because viewers notice when you are reading from somewhere else. On a laptop, shrink the reader to a strip right under the webcam rather than reading full screen in the middle of the display, and keep the amber reading line near the top. On a desk with a separate camera, a tablet just below the lens works. Further away from the camera, larger text lets you read without leaning in, which reads as more natural on video.
Mirror mode and glass rigs
A beam splitter teleprompter places a sheet of glass at an angle in front of the lens and reflects a screen lying underneath it. The reflection reverses the text left to right, so the screen has to show it mirrored for it to read correctly on the glass. Tick Mirror the text, or press M while reading, and the script is flipped with a CSS transform without changing the layout. Lay the device flat under the glass, set full screen, and adjust the size until a line fits the glass comfortably.
From a slide deck to a script
When the talk already exists as slides, the words you plan to say are usually in the speaker notes. In the presentation builder, notes are rich text stored per slide and never drawn on the slide, and in present mode N shows them while the notes pop out into their own window for a second screen. Use those notes for a live talk. For a recorded talk or a video introduction where you face the camera the whole time, paste the full script here and read it as one continuous scroll instead.
Limits worth knowing
The pace is an average, so a dense paragraph of long words feels slower. Some phones refuse full screen for page elements; the reader still works inside the page. The script stays in this tab while you read and is gone when you close it: nothing is uploaded and nothing is stored, ever.
Limits
- There is no camera. Put this window just under your webcam, or on the screen behind a glass rig, and read along the amber line.
- The pace follows an average words per line, so a passage of long words moves slightly slower in words per minute and a passage of short ones slightly faster.
- Scripts can be up to 200,000 characters. A longer one gets a plain message to split it.
What it does not do
- It does not record audio or video.
- It does not follow your voice; you set the pace and change it with the keys.
- It does not save the script between visits.
Questions people ask
How fast should a teleprompter scroll?
Start at 140 words a minute, the middle of the 120 to 160 range Toastmasters calls most effective, then adjust while you rehearse. If you find yourself waiting for the text, press Up; if you are reading ahead of the amber line and rushing, press Down. Each press changes the speed by 10 words a minute, and the setting is shown in the corner.
How do I read without looking like I am reading?
Keep the text close to the lens, keep lines short, and rehearse twice so the words are familiar. Six to eight words a line means your eyes barely move sideways. Mark pauses with blank lines, which become paragraph breaks, and look into the lens for the first and last sentence, which are the easiest to say from memory.
Can I use it on a phone?
Yes. It works in a phone browser, and a tap anywhere on the reader pauses and resumes. Some phones do not allow a page element to go full screen, in which case the reader stays inside the page and you can turn the phone sideways for longer lines. Keep the screen from locking in your phone's settings while you record.
How long will my script take to read?
The count under the script box gives the word count and the minutes at the current speed, so at 140 words a minute a 700 word script runs about five minutes. Pauses for breath and emphasis come on top, so allow a little extra. The speaking time calculator gives a more detailed estimate with pauses and different paces.
Does this work with a glass teleprompter?
Yes. Tick Mirror the text, or press M in the reader, so the reflection on the glass reads the right way round. Use full screen on the tablet or phone lying under the glass, raise the text size until a line fills the glass comfortably, and set the brightness high, since a beam splitter passes only part of the light.
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