How to Record Video with a Teleprompter on a Mac

You can read from a script using a Teleprompter app on your Mac, while recording video in QuickTime, OBS or any other video recording app.

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How to Record a Video with a Teleprompter:

1. Install Teleprompter Pro on your Mac (it’s a free app on the App Store here →)

2. Open Teleprompter Pro, and type, paste or import your pre-written script/notes that you want to show on the Teleprompter while you’re recording video.

3. Open your script in Teleprompter Pro, then click at the bottom, then go to Window Settings, and enable Transparent Window:

   

4. Open your video recording app, such as QuickTime, OBS, Photos Booth or any other video recording app.

5. Drag the Teleprompter window over video. Placing it beside the camera is the best position, so that you’re looking towards the camera as you read:

   

6. You can now use the transparent Teleprompter while you’re recording a video in another app on your Mac.

Floating Window

If you’d like the Teleprompter to remain floating above the window of your recording even when you click away from Teleprompter, you can also enable the Floating Window option in the same Window Settings menu where you enabled the transparency. Learn More →

More Tips for Video Recording:

• You can control the Teleprompter with your Mac’s keyboard and customise the key commands.
• You can control the Teleprompter with a bluetooth controller, or even a gaming controller such as an XBOX or PlayStation controller connected to your Mac
• The best free Teleprompter app for macOS is Teleprompter Pro, available on the Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1533078079

Window Settings Learn more about the Window Settings options in Teleprompter Pro for transparency and Floating Window modes

Keyboard Control Control the Teleprompter using keyboard commands

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