Online Teleprompter – Free Scrolling Script Reader

A free online teleprompter that scrolls at your speaking pace

This online teleprompter turns any script into smooth, steady scrolling text, so you can look at the lens instead of at your notes. Paste your script, choose a speed in words per minute, press Start and read. It runs in your browser: nothing is uploaded, and your script is saved only on your own device.

The scroll is time-based, not frame-based, so it moves at the same pace on a 60 Hz phone and a 144 Hz monitor. You can change the speed while it runs, jump back or forward ten seconds, mirror the text for a beam-splitter prompter, or flip it for a mirror setup. Use a presentation clicker and the page-up and page-down keys work as remote controls.

How to use the Online Teleprompter

1. Paste or type your script. Blank lines become paragraph breaks and the word count and reading time update at once.
2. Set the speed in words per minute and the text size so you can read comfortably from your recording distance.
3. Choose a countdown, colours, and whether to mirror or flip the text. Keep the reading line on to know where to look.
4. Press Start or the space bar, or click the text. Use the arrow keys to adjust speed on the fly.
5. For filming, press Fullscreen. Turn on Show camera only if you want a preview behind the text; it is never recorded or uploaded.

Online Teleprompter features

How the speed works

Speed is the number of words the prompter advances each minute. The script is mapped onto the scrollable text from the first word to the last, and the position moves by (elapsed time × words per minute ÷ 60,000) words on every frame. If you change speed mid-read, it carries on from the exact place you were. Dragging or scrolling the text yourself moves the position too, so you can skip ahead and resume.

Conversational speech is often quoted at roughly 120 to 160 words per minute, and many presenters read a little slower than they talk. Treat that as a starting point: record a minute of yourself and set the speed to match. To count words in a draft, use the word counter; to plan the sections and timings first, use the video script template builder.

Tips for a natural read

• Write the way you talk: short sentences, contractions, and a clear marker where you want a pause.
• Put the prompter as close to the lens as you can, and use a larger text size from further away.
• Rehearse once at full speed. Reading cold is why prompted video can sound flat.
• If you use mirror mode, test it on a phone or screen first; it should read normally in the reflection.

Limits

• This tool does not record video. Use your phone or camera app to film while the prompter is on another screen, or enable the optional preview only to check framing.
• Screen wake lock depends on the browser; if it is refused, switch off auto-lock in your device settings.
• Fullscreen is not available in every mobile browser. Use the browser’s own full-screen option or add the page to the home screen.
• The text scrolls evenly across the script, so long pauses you add as blank lines are not timed separately.