Talk To Scroll
How it works
Where it runs
Questions
Open the web app
You talk,
it scrolls.
Talk To Scroll is a teleprompter that listens while you read and keeps your script in step with your voice. Speed up, slow down, stop to think or go off script. It waits for you.
Works in Chrome and Safari. Nothing to install, no account.
A simulated reading. The real thing listens to you.
A prompter that keeps pace with you, not the other way round
Ordinary teleprompters scroll at a fixed speed. The moment you pause, the text runs away. Talk To Scroll moves only when you do.
read it out loud once, and then let it follow
It follows your pace
The word you are about to say is lit, and everything you have read fades back. Read fast or slow; the line you are on stays put on screen.
…sorry, one second, where was I…
It holds when you ad-lib
Say something that is not in the script and the page stays where it is. Come back to the script and it carries on from the same spot.
skip ahead → and it finds you
It finds you when you jump
Skip a paragraph, go back to redo a line, or restart a sentence. After a few words it catches up. You can also tap any word to start from there.
Three steps, no setup
Paste your script
Open the web app, choose Edit script and paste or type what you want to say.
Press Start listening
Allow the microphone when your browser asks. Pick the language you will speak.
Read
Talk the way you normally do. The script scrolls with you until you press Stop.
Where it runs
In your browser, and on your desktop
- Chrome and Safari, on Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad and Android.
- Install it as an app in its own window: use Install app in Chrome or Edge, or File, Add to Dock in Safari on a Mac.
- Your script is saved in your browser on your device. It is not uploaded to us.
On iPhone and iPad
- A native app with speech recognition that runs on the device itself.
- Saved scripts, adjustable text size, portrait and landscape.
Questions
Which browsers work?
Chrome and Safari. They have speech recognition built in, which is what lets the page hear where you are. Edge usually works too. Firefox does not have it, so there you can only watch the demo.
Who hears my voice?
In the web app, your browser turns your speech into text. Chrome sends the audio to Google to do this, and Safari uses Apple’s speech service. We never receive your audio or the words it heard. The iPhone and iPad app does the recognition on the device.
Is my script uploaded anywhere?
No. The script you paste is stored in your browser on your device and stays there. We do not have a copy.
Does it need an internet connection?
For voice following in Chrome, yes, because Chrome’s speech recognition runs online. Without a connection the page still opens and you can scroll by hand.
What if it loses me?
Keep reading and it usually finds you within a few words. Or tap the word you are on and it jumps there straight away.