Use speaker notes while recording (teleprompter)

Speaker notes are Tella’s built-in teleprompter. You can read a script or talking points while recording without the notes appearing in your final video.

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Use speaker notes in the web recorder

1. Open the web recorder and set up your camera and microphone.
2. Click More in the recorder controls.
3. Select Show Speaker Notes.
4. Write or paste your script into the notes panel.
5. Start recording when you are ready.

Your notes stay available between recording sessions on the same device.

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Resize or hide your notes

• Drag the handle at the bottom of the notes panel to make it taller or shorter. Tella limits the height to keep your recording preview visible.
• Click the minus button to hide the panel. Open More and select Show Speaker Notes to restore it.

Tella remembers the panel height on your current device.

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Use teleprompter playback

Click Play in the notes panel to start auto-scrolling your script. Click Pause whenever you need to stop. If you scroll the notes manually, playback continues from the new position. When playback reaches the end, click Play again to restart from the top.

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Change the text size or speed

1. Click Speaker notes preferences in the notes panel.
2. Choose Text size, then select Small, Medium, or Large.
3. Choose Playback speed, then select:
   • Slow: 120 words per minute
   • Medium: 160 words per minute
   • Fast: 200 words per minute

Tella remembers your text size and playback speed on your current device.

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Use the free online teleprompter

You can use Tella’s free online teleprompter in any browser without creating an account. It works on computers, phones, and tablets.

1. Write or paste your script.
2. Set your reading speed in words per minute and choose a text size.
3. Turn on Mirror if you use beam-splitter teleprompter glass.
4. Click Start teleprompter. Your script begins scrolling after a three-second countdown.

The tool displays your script but does not record video. Run it alongside Tella or another recorder on the same screen or a second device.

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Control the teleprompter while reading

• Press Space to pause or resume.
• Press the up or down arrow to change the speed by 10 words per minute.
• Press the left or right arrow to move backward or forward a few lines.
• Press M to mirror the text.
• Press R to restart from the top.
• Press Esc to close the teleprompter.

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Use speaker notes while sharing your screen

Speaker notes stay inside the web recorder, so they are not visible when you switch to another window.

• With two monitors, keep Tella and your speaker notes on one display while sharing content from the other.
• With one monitor, return to the Tella recorder when you need to view or control your notes.

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Use speaker notes in the Mac app

Open the … menu in the top right of the recorder window and choose Speaker notes. A floating notepad appears that you can drag anywhere on screen and resize. It stays above your other windows and does not appear in the final recording, which makes it useful for screen recordings when you do not have a second monitor. Inside the notepad:

• Click play to start the teleprompter scrolling, and pause to stop. When it reaches the end, the button restarts it from the top.
• Open the … menu in the notepad to set Transparency (on or off), Text size (Small, Medium, Large), and Teleprompter speed: Slow (100 wpm), Natural (150 wpm), Medium (200 wpm), or Fast (300 wpm).

Your notes, text size, and speed are remembered on that Mac.

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Use speaker notes in the Windows app

Open Speaker Notes to show a separate teleprompter window. You can type or paste your script, move the window, and set its Transparency, Text size, and Teleprompter speed from the window’s menu, the same options as the Mac app. The notes never appear in your recording. There’s no shortcut for speaker notes out of the box. To add one, open the Windows app settings, choose Keyboard shortcuts, and assign a combination to Open Speaker Notes. It must use at least two modifier keys (Ctrl, Alt, Shift, or Win).