Read Scripts While Streaming With Streamlabs Mac
Streamlabs Desktop turns your Mac into a fully featured streaming studio with widgets, alerts, and scene control. It doesn't ship with a teleprompter, and adding one as a browser source means it actually goes on stream. Telepront is a free native Mac teleprompter that floats above Streamlabs Desktop without ever entering your scenes — only you see the script, while Streamlabs sends out the clean broadcast.
See It in Action
Streamlabs Desktop on Mac packs a serious feature set — alerts, chat, multistream, and a full scene editor. The one piece missing is a teleprompter that doesn't end up on stream. Adding a browser source pointing at a teleprompter website means viewers see the script too. That's the opposite of what you want.
Telepront avoids the problem entirely. As a native macOS app, it floats above your Streamlabs Desktop windows on your local screen only. If you use window capture or game capture for your scenes (the recommended approach), the prompter is excluded automatically because it's not part of the captured window. Even with display capture, you can position the prompter outside the captured display.
The overlay is fully customizable: width, height, font, line height, opacity, and scroll speed. Voice tracking uses Apple's on-device speech engine, so scrolling matches your live pacing without sending any audio off your Mac. Live streams shift tone constantly, and the engine handles laughter, banter, and reset moments without losing place in the script.
Because Telepront is free with no subscription, every streamer can use it — from someone running their first eight-viewer stream to a partnered creator hitting four-figure concurrent counts. No watermark, no time limit, no upsell.
Key Features
How to Get Started
Tips from Creators
Prefer window capture over display capture so the overlay is naturally excluded
Use a contrasting background color in Telepront so the script reads well at distance
Save your most-used cold-open scripts in a single Telepront folder for one-click access
Frequently Asked Questions
Will Streamlabs Desktop's display capture pick up Telepront?
Use window or game capture instead of display capture and the overlay stays off-stream.
Does it work alongside the Streamlabs Mac plugin ecosystem?
Yes. Telepront is a separate floating app and doesn't touch Streamlabs internals.
Will it conflict with my Streamlabs hotkeys?
No. Telepront's shortcuts are remappable to avoid clashing with scene transitions.
Does it support multi-monitor Streamlabs setups?
Yes. Drag the floating panel onto whichever display has your webcam.
Can I use it for prepared rant segments and scripted intros?
Absolutely. Save scripts for cold opens, sponsor reads, and pre-game intros.
Ready to try it?
Free on the Mac App Store. No account needed.
Download on Mac App Store