ScriptfoxTeleprompter for Zoom
Read your talking points on a video call while you look at the camera. Paste the script, put this window under your webcam beside the call, and press Start. Free, with no download and no account.
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.
Before the call
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Put it under the webcam
Make this browser window narrow and place it right under your camera, next to the Zoom window rather than behind it.
- 2
Find your speed
Start near 130 words a minute and read a paragraph aloud. Space or a tap pauses it when someone asks a question.
- 3
Share a window, not the screen
If you share slides, share just that window. Sharing your whole screen shows everyone the script.
How to use a teleprompter on a Zoom call
On a call, people notice where your eyes go. Notes at the bottom of the screen or on the desk look like reading; words just under the camera look like eye contact. That is all a teleprompter for Zoom is: your script, moving, as close to the lens as you can put it.
The one above runs in a browser window of its own. Paste your script and set the speed, then make the window small and put it right under your webcam, beside the Zoom window rather than behind it, because whichever window you click comes to the front. Press Start and the text rises past two small arrows; read the line between them. The keys work while its window is in front: Space pauses, − and = change the speed, the up and down arrows nudge the text.
The same setup works for Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and Webex, and for recording yourself in Zoom. Write the parts you want word for word, the opening, the pitch, the close, and put reminders in [brackets]: they show on the prompter, dimmed, and you talk around them. Time your script so the opening fits the minute you have. More in how to not look like you're reading a teleprompter.
A set speed, or your voice?
A call is the hardest place for a set speed. Someone asks a question, you answer it, and the script has scrolled on without you. With this page you press Space, answer, and press it again.
Scriptfox's own teleprompter follows your voice instead: it holds while you talk off script and picks up when you come back to the words. A free account includes 30 voice minutes a month, and the script you paste here becomes your first script. It also adds what a browser tab can't do by itself: a script window that stays on top of the call.
A script that stays on top of the call
With a free account, the float button in Scriptfox's teleprompter opens your script in a small window that stays above Zoom, so clicking into the call never hides it. Drag it under your webcam and read. It needs Chrome or Edge; Safari and Firefox don't support it, and on an iPad or a phone the button is hidden. The help answer on Floating Mode and Call Mode has the details.
Call Mode, part of Pro at $19 a month, makes that window see-through, its opacity anywhere from 20 to 100 percent, so you see faces through your script. In the Windows desktop app, Call Mode is an overlay your clicks can pass through to the call behind it, with hotkeys that pause or nudge the script while Zoom has the keyboard, and it is left out of screen recordings by default. There is no Mac app yet; on a Mac, Call Mode runs in Chrome or Edge.
Frequently asked questions
Can people on the call see my teleprompter?
No, unless you share your whole screen: they see your camera. When you share, pick the window with your slides rather than the entire screen, and the script stays yours.
Does it work with Teams, Google Meet and Webex?
Yes. It is a browser window beside the call, so it works next to any video call app, and when you record yourself in Zoom too.
Will it look like I'm reading?
Less, the closer the words are to the lens. Keep the window narrow so your eyes move less from side to side, read from the arrows rather than the bottom, and look up into the camera between paragraphs.
Can the teleprompter float over the Zoom window?
An ordinary browser window can't stay above other apps. A free Scriptfox account can: in Chrome or Edge its float button opens the script in a window that stays on top of the call. With Pro it turns see-through (Call Mode), and in the Windows app it becomes an overlay you can click through.
Can it follow my voice during the call?
This free page never uses the microphone. A free Scriptfox account follows your voice, 30 minutes a month, and holds while you answer a question. Unlimited is the Prompter plan at $79 a year or Pro at $19 a month.
Help answers
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