Telepront Teleprompter for Teachable Instructors on Mac
Teachable instructors live or die by completion rate, and completion rate hinges on lessons that flow without ums and restarts. Telepront is a free native Mac teleprompter that floats above your screen recorder so you can read tight scripts straight to camera. It uses Apple's on-device speech tracking, so the script scrolls when you speak and waits when you pause.
See It in Action
A typical Teachable course is 20 to 60 short lessons of three to ten minutes each. Reading from notes off-screen makes your eyes drift, and memorizing each lesson costs hours of unpaid prep. Telepront fixes the prep tax by letting you record from a polished script while keeping your gaze pointed at the camera.\nOn the recording side, most Teachable instructors use Loom, ScreenFlow, or QuickTime on Mac. Telepront sits above any of those without conflict because it is a transparent always-on-top window, not a screen capture itself. Resize it to span the area just under your webcam, set the panel opacity to around 80 percent, and your slides remain visible while your script floats in front.\nFor structure, write each Teachable lesson script with a strong first sentence (the hook), a clear learning objective, two or three teaching points with examples, and a 15-second recap that previews the next lesson. Keep sentences under 18 words so the auto-scroll feels conversational rather than choppy. Add line breaks where you naturally breathe; the on-device speech tracker uses pauses to keep itself synced.\nWhen you finish a recording, drop the file into your Teachable lesson upload, write captions from the same script you just read, and move to the next module. Because the script and the spoken audio match almost word for word, captions and transcripts come together in minutes instead of hours.
Key Features
How to Get Started
Tips from Creators
Bold the lesson objective at the top of every script so you naturally state it within the first 15 seconds.
Use 32-36 pt font for a 14 inch MacBook so you can read at a comfortable 24 inch distance without leaning.
Set panel opacity to 80 percent so slide thumbnails behind it stay visible during pre-recording rehearsal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will Telepront slow down my Mac during a long Teachable lesson recording?
No. Telepront is a native macOS app and uses minimal CPU, so ScreenFlow, Loom, or QuickTime keeps full headroom for video encoding.
Can I read scripts for both video lessons and audio-only modules?
Yes. Telepront works the same whether you record video lessons, audio-only podcast lectures, or combined screen-and-camera explainers for Teachable.
Do I need to grant any permissions?
Telepront requires microphone access for speech tracking. Audio is processed entirely on-device by Apple's framework and never uploaded.
Can multiple instructors share scripts?
Telepront stores scripts locally per Mac, but you can paste from any shared Notion, Google Docs, or Dropbox file your team already uses.
Is it really free for Teachable creators?
Yes. Telepront is free on the Mac App Store with no subscription, no watermark, and no lesson limit.
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