A teleprompter that lets you go off-script

What happens when you go off-script?

When you say something that is not in the script, TellyPrompter stops moving. The reading line stays where you left it while you talk.

When you return to the words on the page, it picks you up again, usually within a few words, and carries on from there.

A skipped line, a repeated line and a long pause mid-sentence are handled the same way: it finds you again on its own.

Can you plan a tangent in the script?

Yes. Write [GO OFF-SCRIPT] in the script, with a note to yourself after it inside the brackets, and TellyPrompter treats it as a direction rather than as words to be spoken.

Any note in square brackets is skipped that way. GO OFF-SCRIPT is one of ten named production cues; the other nine are PAUSE, EMPHASISE, SHOW, B-ROLL, SCREEN, PROP, PRONOUNCE, CUT and DISCLOSURE.

Does pausing break it?

No. A pause of any length leaves the reading line where it is. There is no scroll speed to keep up with: the read sets the pace.

What does it cost?

Start without an account or card. On the free-first-session offer, your first complete session includes prompting, recording, retakes, review and original downloads; Pro unlocks your next sessions. Existing Free users and visitors on the earlier offer keep their ongoing Free access. There is no timer or script-length limit within your free session, and recordings have no watermark. Browser support and microphone permission still apply.

Pro unlocks continued sessions on the free-first-session offer, prepared caption, marker and rough-cut exports, organised local handoff packages and export files in editor links. Supported local exports are also included in the complete free first session. Pro includes an unlimited account script library and personal-template sync. Export readiness depends on available timing and media.

Pro costs £7 a month, £40 a year or £99 once. All options include the same Pro features. One payment includes Pro for as long as we operate TellyPrompter. See the Free and Pro pricing comparison for full details.

A free account syncs up to five scripts. Optional account recording storage is available on both Free and Pro: 1 GB per account, with a 250 MB limit per recording. Sign in and choose Save to account to upload a recording; downloading originals remains free without an account.

What does it need?

Voice-following uses the speech recognition built into your browser. Chrome, Edge and Safari have it; Firefox does not.

Without it, TellyPrompter can still follow the sound of your voice, or scroll at a steady pace you set. Those two modes work in every browser.

It runs on iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows, in the browser.

Where does your voice go?

Speech recognition does not send audio to TellyPrompter. It uses the speech recognition built into your browser; we do not operate a speech service. A recording reaches our storage only when you choose Save to account.

Some browsers implement their speech API by sending audio to their own servers — Chrome's is documented as server-based, which is why dictation there does not work offline. Where your browser works that way, your voice reaches your browser vendor under their privacy policy rather than ours, and what they do with it is governed by their terms.