Loom Teleprompter: Speaker Notes or a Separate Script?
Start with Loom’s built-in desktop Speaker Notes, then compare a separate browser script. Check the capture source and rehearse before recording a walkthrough.
Loom already offers Speaker Notes in its desktop app. Try those first when you want notes that Loom excludes from its own recording. A separate LilPrompter window can provide fixed scrolling, but its visibility depends on what you capture; it does not inherit Loom’s built-in notes exclusion.
Start with Loom’s built-in Speaker Notes
Loom’s Speaker Notes documentation lists the desktop feature for macOS 13+ and Windows 10+. It supports bullets, numbering and basic text formatting, with a 10,000-character limit. Open the desktop app and select Speaker notes, add your text, then arrange the notes before recording.
Loom says these notes stay out of the recording. They remain on the monitor being recorded, rather than being draggable to another display. Use that built-in workflow when it fits the notes and recording arrangement you need.
The support page describes the desktop feature; do not assume the browser extension has the same controls. Check the recording client you actually use before preparing your entire script around a particular notes layout.
Choose notes for a demo and a script for a planned statement
For a product walkthrough, a short list often works better than a paragraph for every click. Write the problem, the action to demonstrate and the result the viewer should notice. Leave room to react to the application you are showing.
For a precise introduction, customer update or closing statement, a full script can help keep the wording consistent. A fixed-scrolling browser screen is an option if you want to read that passage continuously. It still needs a separate recording arrangement and a pause when the demonstration interrupts the read.
Keep the final wording in a master document. The Google Docs handoff guide explains how to replace a reading copy after an edit so the next take uses the approved version.
Check what Loom captures when using a browser prompter
- Open LilPrompter in a separate window and paste the spoken passage.
- Place it close to the webcam and choose readable text before setting scroll speed.
- Inspect the capture source in the Loom client you are using.
- Keep the browser script outside that source. If you need the full display, consider a separate reading device.
- Record ten seconds, play it back and confirm the script is absent from the output you intend to share.
An ordinary browser window can appear in a screen recording. Moving it beside the camera does not automatically exclude it, and opening a second browser window is not a guarantee that your selected capture mode omits it. Use the test recording to check the actual arrangement.
Rehearse a short walkthrough without chasing the scroll
Reusable demo outline
- Opening: “Here is the change and who it helps.”
- Show: Pause the script while demonstrating one action.
- Explain: “Notice the result here.”
- Close: “The next step is…”
Start and pause the browser prompter manually around each demonstration. LilPrompter does not follow your speech, recognize clicks in the demo or control Loom recording. Rehearse returning focus to the prompter before using its keyboard controls.
Measure the planned spoken portions with the rehearsal timer, then allow additional time for the demonstration. If you keep rushing the final sentence, cut a point or record the introduction separately instead of making the text move faster.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Loom have built-in speaker notes?
Yes. Loom documents Speaker Notes in its desktop app, with text formatting and a 10,000-character limit. Its current support page lists macOS 13+ and Windows 10+ for that feature.
Are Loom Speaker Notes included in the recording?
Loom says its own Speaker Notes are only visible while recording and do not appear in the recording. That statement does not apply to an ordinary browser prompter inside a captured screen or window.
Does LilPrompter record a Loom video?
No. It provides a separate scrolling script. Loom handles the recording, and the selected capture source determines whether a browser script is visible in the output.