A teleprompter for speeches and presentations
Read the parts that have to be exact — the opening, the numbers, the close — while still facing the room. Or run the whole thing in Rehearse mode with no camera at all.
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A presentation does not usually need to be recorded. It needs to be delivered, on your feet, without burying your face in notes. That is where a phone teleprompter earns its place: it holds the script at a size you can read from a lectern, so your eyes come up to the audience instead of down to a page.
And for the run-throughs beforehand, Rehearse mode turns the same app into a plain prompter that records nothing.
Rehearse without recording anything
Turn on Rehearse mode and the script scrolls with the camera off — nothing is recorded and nothing is saved. It is a teleprompter, full stop. Run the speech at full speed to find out the real runtime rather than the one you hoped for, and repeat the open as many times as you like.
Because each script shows a word count and an estimated read time before you start, you can trim a fifteen-minute talk down to twelve before you ever stand up.
Do one full-speed pass in Rehearse mode the day before. It is the single fastest way to catch a talk that runs long.
Reading on stage or at a lectern
Prop the phone where your eyes naturally rest — on the lectern, or on a stand just below the audience’s eyeline — and size the text large. Across a room you may want 72 pt or more, well within the app’s 24–120 pt range, with a slower scroll to match a spoken, deliberate pace.
Keep your gaze on one reading band and let the lines come up through it. You are not tracking every word; you are glancing down for the next phrase and coming straight back up to the room.
| Setting | Scroll speed | Font size |
|---|---|---|
| Lectern, script in front of you | 0.8× – 1.1× | 56 – 80 pt |
| Phone on a stand, few steps back | 0.7× – 1.0× | 80 – 120 pt |
| Keynote with slides to hit | 0.8× – 1.0× | 64 – 96 pt |
Stay readable under stage lights
Warm, bright stage lighting washes out a low-contrast screen. Yellow on black is the easiest theme to read under warm lights; white on black is the clean default indoors. There is also an adjustable text background for when the room is genuinely bright.
Only the exact lines need to scroll — the definition, the disclaimer, the quote, the pricing. Let the connective tissue be spoken freely so the delivery never sounds recited.
Or record it, if you want the take
Recording a talk for a course, a conference submission or your own review? The same app records with the front or back camera while the script scrolls, with a 3, 5 or 10 second countdown to settle before the first line. See teleprompter for video for camera-specific settings.
Questions
Can I use it as a teleprompter without recording?
Yes — that is exactly what Rehearse mode is for. The script scrolls with the camera off, and nothing is recorded or saved. It works as a plain teleprompter for practising a speech or reading to a room.
How big can the text get for reading from a distance?
Up to 120 pt, in any of five typefaces. For a lectern, 56–80 pt is usually comfortable; from a few steps back, go larger and slow the scroll to match a spoken pace.
Which theme is easiest to read under stage lighting?
Yellow on black holds up best under warm stage lights. White on black is the clean default indoors, and there is an adjustable text background for very bright rooms.
Face the room, not the page
Rehearse with no camera, or read the exact lines on stage.
iOS 16.4 or later · iPhone and iPad