Teleprompter for video calls.
Read your script while looking at the camera. Two methods that actually work, and one common piece of advice that does not.
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ScrollCue works on video calls in two ways. The free method is to open it on a phone or tablet propped below your webcam. The Pro method is to run it over a screen share of your own so you can read while presenting your slides. ScrollCue is not a virtual camera and does not alter what participants see.
Let us be straight about what this is not
ScrollCue is not a virtual camera. It does not inject anything into your Zoom feed and it does not modify what participants see. Plenty of tools claim something like that, and plenty of them then require you to install a system-level virtual camera driver, which is a very different product from a web page.
What ScrollCue does instead is put the script somewhere your eyes can be while still appearing to be on the lens. There are two ways to do that, and both work fine.
Method one, free
Open ScrollCue on a phone or tablet and prop it directly under your webcam. A stand, a clamp, or a stack of books. Your eye line drops a couple of degrees, which is genuinely imperceptible on a video call, and nothing about your call software changes.
- Works with Zoom, Meet, Teams, Webex, anything
- Nothing to install on the machine running the call
- Costs nothing
Method two, Pro
Put a screen share of your own slides behind the script inside ScrollCue. Now you are reading the script and watching exactly what your audience is seeing, in one place, on one screen. This is the answer for anyone who has been juggling a deck and a second monitor.
- Read and present from the same screen
- Adjustable dim keeps the text legible over the slides
- Or use your camera as the background to practise eye contact before the call
Do not script the whole call
A word-for-word script for forty-five minutes goes wrong the second somebody asks a question, because you have nowhere to come back to and you sound like a recording. Script the opening minute, the closing and the ask, the transitions between sections, and anything with a number or a legal phrase in it. Leave the middle as section headings you expand from, and leave the questions completely alone.
Sections are what make this work. When a question derails you, you jump to where you were and carry on, rather than scrolling around looking lost while everyone watches you do it.
Frequently asked questions
Is ScrollCue a Zoom virtual camera?
No. It does not modify your camera feed and does not install a virtual camera driver. It puts the script somewhere your eyes can be while still looking at the lens.
Can participants see my script?
No. With the free second-device method the script is on a separate physical device. With the Pro screen background it is rendered on your screen inside ScrollCue and is not part of what you are sharing.
What is the free way to run a teleprompter on a call?
Open ScrollCue on a phone or tablet and prop it directly below your webcam. The eye line drops a couple of degrees, which nobody can see on a video call.
Should I script my whole presentation?
No. Script the opening, the close, the transitions, and anything with a specific figure or a legal phrase. Deliver the middle from section headings. A fully scripted call falls apart the moment someone interrupts.
Does it work with Google Meet and Teams?
Yes. Neither method touches your calling software, so it works with all of them.