Textream

Textream

A free teleprompter for Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

Built for streamers, interviewers, presenters, and podcasters.

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What is Textream?

Textream is a free, open-source teleprompter that guides you through your script with three modes: word tracking (highlights each word as you say it), classic (constant-speed auto-scroll), and voice-activated (scrolls while you speak, pauses when you're silent). The Mac app displays your text in a sleek Dynamic Island-style overlay, a draggable floating window, or fullscreen on a Sidecar iPad. The iPhone and iPad app adds near-camera reading and presenter-only camera recording.

Paste your script, hit play, and start speaking. When you're done, the overlay closes automatically.

iOS 26 Companion

The Textream companion for iPhone and iPad is part of the same universal App Store listing as the Mac app.

• Portrait and landscape — A fullscreen teleprompter layout adapts to both orientations.
• Mirror mode for teleprompter glass — Read mode can flip the prompt horizontally, vertically, or on both axes whenever the device is in landscape. The prompt controls stay readable, and a compact ↔ button opens live mirror, position, text-size, speed, and playback-control settings.
• Eye-contact reading position — The active line sits just below the front camera by default, or can be centered in Prompter Settings.
• The same three guidance modes — Word Tracking, Classic auto-scroll, and Voice-Activated scrolling use the same behavior as the Mac app.
• Optional camera while reading — Read mode works as a distraction-free teleprompter, or you can show and hide the camera behind the prompt.
• Selfie video recording — Record mode captures camera video and microphone audio, starts with the front camera, and lets you switch between front and back cameras before recording.
• Saved to Photos — Completed recordings are added to Photos and appear in an adaptive Textream recordings gallery, where you can play, select, and delete them. If a save fails, Textream keeps a pending local copy and offers retry or discard controls in the current or next Record session.
• Presenter-only prompt — The translucent scrolling prompt is visible on screen while you record, but it is not burned into the saved video.
• Matching fonts — Sans, Serif, Mono, and OpenDyslexic are available on both platforms.