Sample teleprompter scripts to practise with
10 short scripts for learning to read naturally on camera, from a 30-second warm-up to a webinar welcome. Each opens in our free teleprompter with one click, ready to read with voice tracking.
Warm-up: read at a steady pace
Let's start slowly. Read this out loud at the pace you would use with a friend. Notice that the words move when you move. If you stop, they wait for you. If you speed up, they keep up. Now try a pause. Count to two in your head, then carry on. Good. Your eyes should stay near the top of the screen, close to the camera. If you catch yourself looking down, make the text bigger or the column narrower. Last line: look into the lens and smile as you finish.Open in teleprompter →
Introduce yourself on a video call
Hi everyone, thanks for having me. I'm Sam, and I lead customer onboarding at Northwind. Over the last three years, I've helped more than two hundred teams get set up and running in their first month. What I enjoy most is turning a confusing first week into a simple checklist. Today I'd love to hear what's working for you, and where you're getting stuck. Shall we start with your current setup?Open in teleprompter →
YouTube video intro (30 seconds)
You've written the perfect script. Then you hit record, and suddenly you sound like a robot. In this video, I'll show you three simple ways to read a script on camera and still sound like yourself. The second one takes ten seconds to set up, and it changed how all my videos sound. Let's get into it.Open in teleprompter →
Product demo opener
Thanks for making the time today. Before I share my screen, I want to make sure this is useful for you. From our last call, you mentioned two things: reports take your team a full day every month, and nobody trusts the numbers. So in the next fifteen minutes, I'll show you how a report like yours is built in about five minutes, and where the numbers come from. If anything doesn't fit how you work, stop me. Sound good?Open in teleprompter →
Webinar welcome
Hello and welcome, everyone. Thank you for joining us today. While people are still arriving, a few quick notes. This session is being recorded, and we'll send the recording to everyone who registered. Please drop your questions in the Q and A box at any time. We'll save the last ten minutes to answer as many as we can. Today's session has three parts. First, what's changed this year. Second, a live walkthrough. And third, your questions. Let's begin.Open in teleprompter →
Elevator pitch (45 seconds)
You know how small teams spend hours every week chasing the same status updates? We built a tool that collects them automatically, from the apps the team already uses, and turns them into one short summary every Friday. Teams using it save about three hours a week each, and managers finally know what's happening without another meeting. We're working with forty companies today, and we're looking for partners in professional services. Would it be worth a fifteen-minute call to see if it fits your team?Open in teleprompter →
"Tell me about yourself" interview answer
Sure. I'm a backend engineer with five years of experience, mostly in payments. Right now I'm at Acme, where I lead a small team that runs our billing services. Last year we moved them to a new platform with no downtime, which cut our hosting costs by about a third. Before that, I spent two years at a startup, where I learned to ship quickly and talk to customers directly. I'm looking for a role where I can keep building reliable systems, but with more ownership of the product. That's what drew me to this position.Open in teleprompter →
Short toast
Good evening, everyone. If we haven't met, I'm Alex, and I've known Jordan since our first terrible job, selling phones in a shopping centre. Even then, Jordan was the one who remembered every customer's name, and somehow made a twelve-hour shift feel like a party. That hasn't changed. Jordan makes everyone around them feel seen. So please raise your glasses. To Jordan: thank you for every laugh, and here's to everything that comes next. Cheers!Open in teleprompter →
News-style read (practise pace and clarity)
Good morning. Here are today's headlines. City council has approved a plan to add twenty kilometres of protected bike lanes over the next two years. Work begins in the spring, starting in the city centre. In business, local bakery chain Fresh Rise is opening three new stores, creating around sixty jobs. And finally, the weather. Expect sunshine this morning, with clouds and light rain moving in after four o'clock. Highs of eighteen degrees. That's the news for now. Have a great day.Open in teleprompter →
Articulation warm-up
Red leather, yellow leather. Red leather, yellow leather. Unique New York. Unique New York. You know you need unique New York. She sells sea shells by the sea shore. The tip of the tongue, the teeth, the lips. Good blood, bad blood. Good blood, bad blood. Now say your first line again, slowly and clearly.Open in teleprompter →
How to practise with a script
- Read it once silently to understand where the ideas change.
- Open it in the teleprompter and read out loud with voice tracking. Don't aim for perfect; aim for "sounds like me".
- Record yourself on your phone or webcam and watch it back once. Notice where you rushed or looked away.
- Rewrite one line you stumbled on, in words you would actually say. Then read it again.
Best font and settings for a teleprompter
- Font: a clean sans-serif (Arial, Helvetica, Verdana or your system font). Avoid decorative or condensed fonts.
- Case: sentence case. All capitals is harder to read quickly because every word has the same shape.
- Size: big enough for 6–10 words per line. On a laptop that's usually 36–48 px; on a rig across the room, larger.
- Colours: white or yellow text on black reduces glare; black on white suits bright rooms. Our teleprompter has all three in Settings.
- Line width: narrow, so your eyes barely move sideways and stay near the camera.
Writing your own script
Write the way you talk: short sentences, contractions, one idea per paragraph. Put a blank line where you want to pause. Then check the length with thespeech time calculator before you record.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use these scripts for free?
Yes. They were written for practice; use them, edit them and record them however you like.
How do I open a script in the teleprompter?
Press "Open in teleprompter" under any script. It loads in our free online teleprompter, ready to read with voice tracking or a steady scroll.
What is the best font for a teleprompter?
A plain sans-serif such as Arial, Helvetica, Verdana or the system font, in sentence case (not all capitals), large enough that 6–10 words fit on a line, with generous line spacing.
How long should a teleprompter script be?
At a conversational 140 words per minute, a 1-minute script is about 140 words and a 5-minute script about 700. Use the speech time calculator to check yours.