ScriptfoxTeleprompter for Mac
Paste your script and read it on your Mac, in Safari or Chrome. It scrolls at the speed you set, full screen or in a narrow window under your webcam. Nothing to download, nothing to sign up for.
At 130 words a minute. Titles and notes aren't counted.
Change it while you read, too: the − and + buttons, or the − and = keys.
Paste a script, or try the sample, to start.
Save this script to a free account: Scriptfox scrolls as you speak and waits when you pause. No card.
Your script stays in this browser. Nothing is uploaded unless you save it.
On your Mac
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Open it in Safari or Chrome
Both run it the same way, and so does any modern browser on a Mac. Nothing installs.
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Put the words under the camera
A MacBook's camera sits in the middle of the top edge. Read full screen (press F), or make the window narrow and push it up under the lens.
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Drive it from the keyboard
Space pauses, − and = change the speed, the up and down arrows nudge the text, and M mirrors the text for a glass rig.
How to use a teleprompter on a Mac
A teleprompter on a Mac is a window that scrolls your script while you look at the camera. The one above runs in the browser you already have: paste the script, set a speed in words a minute, press Start, and after a 3-2-1 the text rises past two small arrows. Read the line between them. The reading time changes as you move the speed, so you know before you start whether the script fits.
Where the words sit matters more than anything else. On a MacBook or an iMac the camera is in the middle of the top edge, so the closer the text is to it, the less your eyes travel and the less you look like you are reading. Full screen is the easiest to read. A narrow window pushed to the top of the screen keeps your eyes nearest the lens. If the text feels small from where you sit, make it bigger while it scrolls.
Before you film, time your script: at 150 words a minute a 900-word script runs six minutes, and a paragraph is easier to cut now than in the edit. The guide on how to use a teleprompter covers the rest, from the first read to the take you keep.
A set speed, or your voice?
The teleprompter on this page moves at the speed you set, and you keep up with it. That works once the speed is right. The trouble starts when you pause for effect, slow down for an important line or go off script for a sentence: the text carries on without you, and you either rush or reach for the space bar.
Scriptfox's own teleprompter listens instead. It follows your voice as you read, holds when you pause and catches up when you skip ahead, in Safari or Chrome on the same Mac. A free account includes 30 voice minutes a month, and the script you paste here comes with you when you save it. Safari asks once for the microphone; if you said no, here is how to allow the microphone in Safari.
Keeping the script above your other windows
Recording a screen tutorial or reading on a call means the teleprompter has to stay above other apps. With a free Scriptfox account, the float button opens your script in a small window that stays on top of everything, and you drag it under your webcam. It needs Chrome or Edge on your Mac: Safari doesn't support it, so the button is hidden there. With Pro, the same window becomes Call Mode, see-through, so you can watch the call behind your script.
There is no Mac app yet. The Scriptfox desktop app, with its click-through overlay and the Studio video editor, is for Windows today; on a Mac everything else runs in the browser, with the same account and scripts. Reading over a video call? The teleprompter for Zoom page covers it.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a teleprompter app for Mac?
You don't need one. Scriptfox runs in Safari or Chrome on your Mac, and the free teleprompter on this page needs no account at all. Scriptfox's desktop app is for Windows only for now; on a Mac the web app does the same reading, with your account and scripts.
Does it work on a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro?
Yes, and on an iMac, Mac mini or Mac Studio. It is a web page, so the model and the chip don't matter, only a modern browser.
Safari or Chrome?
Either runs the free teleprompter, full screen included. For Scriptfox's floating window, the one that stays on top of other apps, use Chrome or Edge: Safari doesn't support it.
Can I mirror the text for a glass teleprompter?
Yes. Tick "Mirror the text" before you start, or press M while it scrolls. The text flips left to right so it reads the right way round in the glass; drag the window onto the screen under your rig.
Can I use a presentation clicker with my Mac?
Yes. Forward and back nudge the text and the clicker's play button pauses it, as long as the teleprompter's window is the one in front.
Can it follow my voice instead of a set speed?
Not this free page: it never turns on the microphone. A free Scriptfox account does, in Safari or Chrome, with 30 voice minutes a month. Unlimited voice following is the Prompter plan at $79 a year, or Pro at $19 a month.
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