# How to record a video while reading a script on a Mac > Frame yourself with Mirror, read from the NotchStar Teleprompter beside the lens, and record in your usual app. Includes what NotchStar does not record. Canonical: https://www.notchstar.com/use-cases/record-a-talking-head-video-with-a-script-on-a-mac/ Last updated: 2026-11-04 Published 2026-11-04. To record a video while reading a script, check your framing in NotchStar's Mirror, paste the script into the Teleprompter, pin the notch open and start your recorder. NotchStar does not record. It supplies the preview and the scrolling text, and your recording app does the rest. ## Steps 1. Open **Mirror** and set the camera, light and background. Leave the tab so the camera is free for your recorder. 2. Open **Teleprompter**. Press the pencil, paste the script, press the check. 3. Press play for a few lines. Set the speed so you can read aloud without rushing, then set the text size so you can sit back from the screen. 4. Press back to start and then pause, so the script waits at the top. 5. Press **Keep open** in the header. The notch will now stay up when your pointer goes to the recorder. 6. Start your recorder. Press play on the Teleprompter and begin speaking. Press pause if you need to stop. ## Choose the right recording Recording the camera only captures what the lens sees, so the teleprompter is not in the video at all. Recording the screen can include the notch area, and NotchStar has no feature to hide itself from a recording. If you record the screen with your face in a corner, preview a short clip and look for the script. ## Scripts that read well Write short sentences and one idea per line. Spell out numbers the way you will say them. Put pauses in as blank lines, since the text is plain and scrolls evenly. The [teleprompter guide](https://www.notchstar.com/guides/teleprompter-on-mac/) has more, including a rehearsal routine. ## What it will not do - **It will not follow you.** The text moves at the speed you set. If you stumble, press pause. Back to start returns to the top of the whole script. There is no way to jump to a paragraph. - **One script at a time,** plain text. - **No sound recording or editing.** Check your microphone in your recorder. - **No marker for where you stopped.** Pausing keeps the position, though, until you press back to start. If you need the prompter to react to your voice, the [notch teleprompter comparison](https://www.notchstar.com/guides/best-mac-notch-teleprompter-apps/) lists apps that do, with prices from their own pages on 4 November 2026. See the [Teleprompter page](https://www.notchstar.com/features/teleprompter/) for its controls. ## Quick answers. ### Does NotchStar record the video? No. It has no recording feature. Mirror is a live preview only. Use QuickTime Player, your meeting app or another recorder. ### Will the teleprompter appear in a screen recording? NotchStar does not hide itself. If you record the screen, check the result. A camera recording shows only what the camera sees. ## Keep reading. - [A teleprompter right under your camera](https://www.notchstar.com/features/teleprompter/): Read a scrolling script right beside your Mac's camera. Adjustable speed and text size, fading edges, and an edit mode for your script. - [A quick mirror before every call](https://www.notchstar.com/features/mirror/): Check how you look before a call with a live, mirrored camera preview in the notch. The camera runs only while the Mirror tab is open. - [Using a teleprompter on your Mac for calls and video](https://www.notchstar.com/guides/teleprompter-on-mac/): How to read a script on camera without looking like you are reading: placement, pacing, writing for the ear and a notch based setup. - [Notch teleprompter apps for Mac, compared with prices](https://www.notchstar.com/guides/best-mac-notch-teleprompter-apps/): Compare Mac teleprompters in the notch: voice following, hiding from screen sharing, price and macOS version, from official pages checked 4 November 2026. ## More in Calls and recording. - [How to read a script on a Zoom call on a Mac](https://www.notchstar.com/use-cases/read-a-script-on-a-zoom-call-on-a-mac/): Paste a script into the NotchStar Teleprompter, pin the notch open and read beside your camera on a Zoom or other video call. Limits included. - [How to keep talking points near your camera on a work call on a Mac](https://www.notchstar.com/use-cases/read-notes-during-a-sales-or-interview-call-on-a-mac/): Keep short talking points beside the camera on a video call with the NotchStar Quick Note or Teleprompter, with exact steps and honest limits. - [How to check your camera before a video interview on a Mac](https://www.notchstar.com/use-cases/check-your-camera-before-a-job-interview-on-a-mac/): Use the NotchStar Mirror to see yourself before a video interview, fix the framing, and check the camera your call app uses. Mirror does not record. - [How to see yourself on your Mac camera before joining a meeting](https://www.notchstar.com/use-cases/see-yourself-before-joining-a-meeting-without-opening-photo-booth/): Preview your Mac camera in one hover with the NotchStar Mirror, without Photo Booth or a test meeting. Camera permission, limits and the camera light. - [How to send a screenshot in a support chat on a Mac](https://www.notchstar.com/use-cases/send-screenshots-in-a-support-chat-on-a-mac/): Take a screenshot, then drag it from the NotchStar Screenshot Tray into a support chat. Steps, the five minute limit, and what the tray does not do. - [How to send several screenshots at once on a Mac](https://www.notchstar.com/use-cases/send-several-screenshots-at-once-on-a-mac/): Take a few screenshots, Command click to pick them in the NotchStar tray, then drag them together into a chat or email. Option drag sends all of them.