Studio-Grade Teleprompter for Mac mini Setups
Mac mini is the quiet centre of countless home studios and podcast booths. Telepront fits that workflow exactly: a native Swift teleprompter that drives any external display you connect, scrolls smoothly under your camera feed, and never competes with your audio interface or capture card.
See It in Action
Most Mac mini studios run an external camera, an audio interface and at least one large display. Telepront slots in by living on the display closest to the camera, ideally a Studio Display or 4K monitor mounted just above the lens. The floating panel can be dragged across displays and will reappear in the same place every time you launch.\nBecause Mac mini sessions are often long, energy use matters. Telepront uses Core Animation for scrolling rather than a render loop, so even a base M2 Mac mini stays cool while running OBS, Loopback and a virtual camera at the same time. There is no Electron overhead and no hidden background services.\nVoice scrolling shines on Mac mini setups because you usually have a real microphone, not a laptop's built-in array. Apple's on-device speech recognition picks up your reading word by word and advances the script automatically, and because everything runs locally, your draft never leaves the box.\nFor mirrored beam splitter rigs, Telepront supports horizontal flipping with one toggle. Combine that with HDMI or DisplayPort output and you have a professional teleprompter for less than the cost of one external display, all from a Mac mini already on your desk.
Key Features
How to Get Started
Tips from Creators
Place the panel on the display directly under your camera, centred horizontally, with about 5 cm between camera and top of text.
At 1.5 m from a 27 inch monitor, 80 to 100 pt text reads comfortably without squinting.
Mount the camera at eyeline rather than above the monitor so your gaze stays natural while reading.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Telepront work on Mac mini with two or three displays?
Yes. The floating panel can live on any connected display and remembers its position per monitor.
Will it run on the M2 Pro Mac mini for live production?
Yes. It is fully optimised for M-series chips and has been used live alongside OBS, vMix and ATEM Mini.
Do I need macOS 15 Sequoia?
macOS 14 Sonoma is the minimum. Sequoia is fully supported, including the new window tiling shortcuts.
Can I drive a 4K Studio Display from a base M2 Mac mini?
Yes. Telepront only redraws when text actually scrolls, so it adds negligible GPU load even at 4K.
Does voice scrolling work without a built-in microphone?
Yes. Plug in any USB or XLR-to-USB microphone and macOS will let you select it as the input for Telepront's speech recognition.
Ready to try it?
Free on the Mac App Store. No account needed.
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