Mac Teleprompter Built for Voiceover Sessions
Page turns and scroll wheels are the enemy of a clean voiceover take — every rustle becomes a pickup. Telepront is a free native macOS teleprompter that scrolls silently to your voice using Apple on-device speech recognition, so your hands stay still and your room tone stays consistent. Built for VO artists working in Logic, Pro Tools, Reaper, and Audacity sessions.
See It in Action
Voiceover work lives or dies on take cleanliness. A scroll wheel click, a paper shuffle, or a keyboard tap means an editor pulling room tone from somewhere else to patch the gap — or you doing a pickup pass. Telepront removes the physical scrolling problem entirely by listening to your voice and advancing the script automatically.
The app uses Apple's on-device speech recognition, which is a critical detail for booth setups: it works without internet, doesn't add latency from cloud round-trips, and never sends audio off your Mac. For union work or NDA-bound corporate narration, that local-only processing is non-negotiable.
Set the floating panel directly above your microphone or just below your monitor's bottom bezel — wherever your natural eyeline lands when projecting into the mic. VO artists often complain about apps that force their gaze too high or too low, which changes mic axis and timbre. Because Telepront is freely positionable and stays on top of your DAW, you control your read posture.
For character VO and animation work, mark up scripts with breaths, emphasis, and timing notes. Telepront preserves formatting and renders large enough that you can color-code without squinting. Between auditions, swap scripts in seconds — useful when you're cutting three demos a day.
Key Features
How to Get Started
Tips from Creators
Position the floating panel directly above the mic at eye level so your jaw and chest stay open — reading down at a laptop kills projection and adds chin compression to your tone
Set font size to 36-42pt so you can read from 18-24 inches off the mic without leaning in or squinting between takes
Keep opacity at 100% in a dim booth — voiceover sessions reward maximum readability, and there's no overlay underneath that needs to show through
Frequently Asked Questions
Will the app interfere with my Logic or Pro Tools session?
No. Telepront runs as a separate window and doesn't touch audio I/O. You can record in any DAW while the prompter scrolls in front of it.
Can I use it in a booth with no internet?
Yes. Apple's on-device speech framework works fully offline once the language model is downloaded, which matters for isolated booths and home studios with poor Wi-Fi.
Does the mic for speech recognition pick up my recording mic?
Set Telepront to listen via your Mac's built-in mic or a separate USB headset, leaving your XLR chain free for the DAW. Routing them separately avoids conflict.
How does it handle long-form copy like e-learning narration?
Telepront scrolls continuously and tracks your position even on 20-minute scripts, so you can pause for water without losing your place.
Is it free for commercial VO work?
Yes. Telepront is free on the Mac App Store with no commercial usage restrictions or watermarks on output.
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