How to record a video while reading a script on a Mac
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
- Open Mirror and set the camera, light and background. Leave the tab so the camera is free for your recorder.
- Open Teleprompter. Press the pencil, paste the script, press the check.
- 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.
- Press back to start and then pause, so the script waits at the top.
- Press Keep open in the header. The notch will now stay up when your pointer goes to the recorder.
- 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 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 lists apps that do, with prices from their own pages on 4 November 2026. See the Teleprompter page for its controls.
