Teleprompter for YouTubers
Make every take count.
A YouTube intro is the twenty seconds that decides whether anyone watches the rest, and it is almost always the part that takes the most takes. A prompter turns that from a memory exercise into a reading one — you keep the energy of take one without losing the wording you spent an hour getting right.
The trick on YouTube specifically is that the read has to stay conversational. Long paragraphs scroll past like a legal notice; short lines with one idea each let you look away, land the beat, and come back. Write your script the way you would say it, then let the scroll do the remembering.
Why creators love it
- Cut down on retakes with a steady, predictable scroll.
- Look directly at the lens while you read, not down at notes.
- Save intros, outros and sponsor reads as reusable scripts.
- Works whether you film on a phone or a mirrorless camera.
Recommended settings
A talking-head read sits a little quicker than a presentation. Start here and adjust after one rehearsal pass.
- Scroll speed
- 130–150 wpm. The prompter shows the pace it is actually delivering next to the speed slider — drag until it reads about 140.
- Font size
- 48–64 px if the screen is an arm's length away; go bigger if your camera sits further back.
- Display
- White on black is the safe default. Turn on mirror only if you read through a beam-splitter rig.
A simple setup
Put your phone or tablet directly under your camera lens — the smaller the gap, the less your eyes drift off-centre on playback. Paste your script, set the speed to match your delivery, and press Play. If you use a beam-splitter rig, turn on mirror mode and you're set. For long tutorials, break the script into sections and save each as its own named script so you can reset between takes without scrolling.
Questions about this setup
Other ways people use it
Ready to read on camera with confidence?
Open the prompter, paste your script, and press play.