Launch the teleprompter in the studio

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Use Riverside's built-in teleprompter to smoothly read notes or a script during a recording or a live stream. Write, format, and read your script in one place. The text scrolls at your preferred pace, and you can keep the teleprompter in a separate window, dock it at the top of the studio, or place it over your video.

Step by step

Follow the steps below based on if you're using a computer or your mobile device.

• Launch the teleprompter from a computer

  1. Join a studio session as the host or producer.

  2. At the bottom of the screen, click Teleprompter.
     The teleprompter opens in a separate window by default.

  3. Type or paste your text in the teleprompter.
  4. To start scrolling the text, click the Play icon.
  5. To change the scroll speed, drag the speed slider in the bottom right corner of the teleprompter.
     Choose from 10 speeds, from 0.25x to 2x.
     The current speed and approximate reading time appear when you hover over the slider.
     
  6. To scroll manually instead, click the pause icon and scroll through the text.
  7. Click Restart to return to the top of the teleprompter.
  8. To change where the teleprompter appears, click the view dropdown at the top right of the teleprompter. The dropdown shows the current view. 
  9. Then choose:
     • Popped in: Dock the teleprompter at the top of the studio.
     • Popped out: Open the teleprompter in a separate window.
     • Overlay: Place the teleprompter over your video in the studio, so you can read your script while looking at your camera view.

  The host and producers can make edits to the text simultaneously.

• Launch the teleprompter from your phone

  1. Download and launch the Riverside iOS app or the Riverside Android app.
  2. Tap Record, then tap Join.
  3. Tap the script icon at the bottom of the screen.
  4. At the top of the screen, type script or paste in text from another source. 
  5. Tap Save.
  6. Tap the Restart icon to return to the top of the script.
  7. Tap the Start icon to begin auto-scrolling the text.
  8. Tap the Settings icon:
     • Tap Speed and drag the slider to set the auto-scroll pace.
     • Tap Text size and drag the slider to adjust text size
     • Toggle Auto-start to automatically start scrolling when you tap Record.
     • Toggle Focus Mode to hide the camera feed for distraction-free recording.
     • Toggle Share to display the teleprompter each participant's screen.
       When disabled, the teleprompter will only be visible on the host's screen.
       

Good to know

• Your teleprompter view stays the same for the rest of the session. Each new session opens the teleprompter in the Popped out view for hosts and producers
• To mirror the text for a beam splitter teleprompter rig, click the Settings icon, then choose Flip horizontal or Flip vertical.
• Only the line you're reading is highlighted, and a progress bar shows how far through the script you are.
• To have the teleprompter follow your voice as you speak.

Learn more

• Studio Teleprompter: Overview
• Host and producer teleprompter controls
• Guest teleprompter controls
• Share Teleprompter with Guests
• Use follow voice in the teleprompter