Magician Patter Rehearsal Teleprompter for Mac
Magic is patter — the hand does the trick, but the words sell it. Telepront is a free native macOS teleprompter with voice-tracked scrolling, perfect for magicians rehearsing patter while their hands do the work. Walk through the routine with cards or coins; the script waits when you misdirect and advances when you deliver the line.
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Magicians spend more time scripting and rehearsing patter than they do learning sleights. The trick works because of the words, the beat structure, and the misdirection — and all three need to be drilled until they're automatic. Telepront gives magicians a tool that respects the silent beats inside a routine and the verbal beats around them.
The core voice-tracking advantage for magic is the silent-beat pause. A coin matrix has long stretches where the patter stops and the hands do the work. A card force has a deliberate three-second silence before the reveal. Fixed-speed prompters scroll through these and lose your place; voice tracking pauses with you and resumes when you speak the next line.
Close-up rehearsal usually happens at a table with the Mac propped on a stand — laptop or desk monitor, doesn't matter. Position the floating panel just behind your spread or your coin field, where you can glance at it without breaking the spectator's eyeline (in rehearsal, your imaginary spectator's eyeline). Stage magicians work the room differently, but the principle is the same: the prompter is for rehearsal, not for the actual gig.
For mentalism and longer parlor routines, save each routine as its own file and run through your full set in sequence. Magicians putting together a 45-minute parlor act might run a half-dozen routines back-to-back during practice, and Telepront's quick file switching means you can simulate the real flow including transitions.
Key Features
How to Get Started
Tips from Creators
Position the floating panel just past your prop field — for close-up that's behind the spread, for parlor that's at audience-front-row eyeline — so glancing reads as eye contact, not script-checking
Use 36-44pt font for table rehearsal so you can read it at deck-distance without bending forward and breaking your performance posture
Set opacity to 85% during patter rehearsal so you can see your hands and props through the script when you glance up at a critical reveal beat
Frequently Asked Questions
How does voice tracking handle silent misdirection beats?
It pauses. When you go silent for a load, switch, or steal, the script holds. When you start the patter again, scrolling resumes wherever you left off.
Can I use it for stage magic where I move around?
Yes. Set the Mac at a downstage edge or audience eyeline mark and walk the rehearsal — voice tracking works as long as your mic-distance speech is intelligible.
Does it help with close-up card and coin work?
Particularly well. Close-up patter has tight beats — the reveal line, the gag, the reset. Voice tracking holds for the silent moves and feeds the next line on time.
Can I rehearse mentalism scripts with conditional branches?
Yes. Write each branch as a numbered section and switch between them with the keyboard during rehearsal. For live performance, magicians who use prompters typically use it for the framing only.
Is it free for working magicians?
Yes. Free on the Mac App Store, no subscription — useful when you're investing in props, decks, and gimmicks instead.
Ready to try it?
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