macOS teleprompter

Write it once.
Read it straight to camera.

Scripts live in a notes-style window. Open any one as a floating overlay that stays above every other app, follows your voice as you speak, and keeps you on the clock.

Download for macOS

Requires macOS 13 Ventura or later

First launch: cue isn’t notarized yet, so macOS will block it. Right-click cue in Applications and choose Open, then confirm. Once only.

The cue main window: a sidebar of scripts beside an editor showing a script with bold, highlight and pause markers.

Always on top

The overlay floats above every other app, including your camera or meeting window, and can be dialled down to a see-through pane.

Follows your voice

Voice mode scrolls as you speak and waits when you stop. Recognition runs on your Mac — the audio never leaves it.

Stage clock

Countdown, wrap-up colours and overtime, so you know how long you have without glancing away from the lens.

An overlay built to stay out of the way

A glass island you can park beside the lens. It can hide itself from screenshots and many screen shares, so the people on the call see you — not your script.

Voice or timer scrolling, switchable mid-take
Wrap-up cues: slow down, speed up, Q&A, hold
Space to start, Esc to close, ⌘⇧P from anywhere

The floating cue overlay: a countdown clock, the script with the current phrase emphasised, and transport controls.

cue on first launch, inviting you to write a new script or load the samples.

Plain text, lightly marked up

Scripts are plain text. Wrap a phrase in **bold** to stress it, ==highlight== to make it jump out on the overlay, and drop [pause] where you want the prompter to wait for you.