Built-in Teleprompter

Every content kit you generate from a text or voice idea includes a video script. The built-in teleprompter lets you read that script aloud while your camera records β€” no separate teleprompter app, no extra editing app, no copy-paste between tools.

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1

Open a content kit with a script

From Your Library, open any content kit that originated from a text or voice idea (video uploads don’t generate a fresh script β€” the source video already is one). On the kit detail page, switch to the Video Script tab in the inline content editor.

πŸ’‘ The teleprompter button also appears on the YouTube and TikTok script tabs whenever those have content.

2

Hit Record with Teleprompter

The button opens a full-screen recording modal. Your browser will ask for camera and microphone access β€” allow both. The script appears as an overlay; the camera fills the rest of the screen.

3

Pick your layout

Two layout modes:

  • Camera-first (default) β€” camera fills the screen, script floats in the top third near the lens. Best for short scripts and natural eye-line.
  • Big script β€” script dominates the viewport at ~1.7Γ— font, camera shrinks to a 120Γ—180 corner thumbnail. Best for long YouTube scripts where readability matters more than eye-line.
4

Tune the speed and look

Settings row at the bottom:

  • WPM slider β€” 80 to 220 words per minute. Drag mid-recording and the scroll adjusts live.
  • Font size β€” S / M / L. Pair with the layout toggle for distance reading.
  • Font family β€” Sans / Serif / Mono.
  • Mirror β€” flips the camera horizontally if your front cam shows you reversed.
  • Width β€” narrow the script box to reduce side-to-side eye sweep.
  • Zoom β€” 1Γ— to ~3Γ—. Hardware zoom on supported cameras (most Android back cameras, some iOS); CSS preview-only fallback when not.
  • 9:16 / 16:9 β€” portrait or landscape framing.
5

Smart scrolling (optional)

Three scroll modes when your browser supports the Web Speech API (Chrome, Edge, Safari):

  • Manual β€” constant WPM, you control the pace.
  • Auto-pause β€” scroll pauses when you stop talking, resumes when you speak. Good for natural beats and reading slowly.
  • VoiceTrack β€” script position follows what you actually say. Skip a sentence, paraphrase, or pause without losing your place.

Firefox doesn’t expose the Web Speech API, so those modes are hidden there.

6

Record + review

Hit the red record button to start. A 3-2-1 countdown gives you a beat. The script begins scrolling on its own. You can use the up/down arrows on the right edge to nudge by a couple of lines, or pause/resume mid-take.

When you stop, the review screen lets you preview the take, retake, download (with or without burned-in captions), or upload to Echo.

7

What happens after Upload to Echo

Recordings land in Your Library as a new clip on the same content kit you started from:

  • Under 3 minutes β€” the recording becomes a single clip on your kit. Caption it and schedule it like any other clip.
  • 3 minutes or more β€” the recording becomes a clip on your kit AND triggers a fresh content kit derived from it (clip-finder cuts + per-platform social posts written from your transcript).
  • Clip-finder finds nothing useful β€” we redeliver the full recording as a single clip rather than ship an empty kit.

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