Teleprompter for video recording

Read your script in LilPrompter while your camera or recording app records. You can use it for a phone video, a webcam recording or a demo of your screen. Try a short recording first to check the sound and where you're looking.

Open LilPrompter

LilPrompter browser reading screen with script text, formatting and playback controls — Move the script near your camera and make the text large enough to read.

How to set up your reading screen

Choose how you'll record
Decide what will capture the camera and microphone.
Choose what viewers will see
Decide whether to record just your camera, one app window or your whole screen.
Keep the script off camera
Put the script on another device or in a window you aren't recording.
Record and play back a test
Play back a short recording. Check the sound and make sure your script isn't showing.
Pause when you need to
Pause the scrolling while you demonstrate something or repeat a line. Edit the video in your recording app.

Choose camera-only, webcam or screen-demo video

For a separate camera, a second device near the lens can show the script. For webcam video, keep a browser reading window visible alongside the recorder. For a screen demo, choose the app window or screen you want viewers to see. If you use teleprompter glass, check that your screen fits and turn on mirror mode if the reflection looks backwards.

The OBS sources guide explains how to record a camera, window, display or webpage. If you add LilPrompter as a Browser Source, viewers will see it in the video. Keep your script in a separate window instead.

Pause the script during a demonstration

I'll show you how to change this setting. [Pause the script and show the setting.] You can see the change here. [Return to the script.]

Notes in brackets can remind you when to stop, but you'll need to press Pause yourself. If you make a mistake, go back to the start of the sentence and record it again.

Keep the script out of screen capture

Choose the window you want to record and check the saved video. OBS Window Capture differs by platform; macOS 13 and later use macOS Screen Capture. Recording your whole display can show any script window that's open on it.

Check a short recording

Set up your camera and microphone, and check you can read the text. Run a test recording and listen to the sound as well as watching the picture. Keep the script tab visible while you read; some browsers pause or slow down tabs in the background.