Use a Teleprompter with Zoom on a Mac

You can read from a script using a Teleprompter app on your Mac, while in a call on Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, FaceTime or other video calls.

How to use a Teleprompter while in a Zoom, Teams, FaceTime, Google Meet or other call on a Mac:

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 in your call.

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

   

4. Start or join your Zoom call. Maybe start a practice call to test your setup with the Teleprompter.

5. While in your call or meeting, drag the Teleprompter window over your call. 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 Teleprompter while you’re participating in your video call or meeting on your Mac.

Floating Window

If you’d like the Teleprompter to remain floating above the window of your call 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 your Video Calls:

• 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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