Teleprompter for macOS
Textream is a free teleprompter app that listens to your voice and highlights your script in real-time. It displays an elegant Dynamic Island overlay at the top of your screen — invisible to your audience, always visible to you.
Built for streamers · interviewers · presenters · podcasters · content creators
Stop memorizing scripts. Stop glancing at notes off-camera. Textream puts your words right where you need them — in a subtle overlay that only you can see, highlighting each line as you say it. Your audience sees confidence; you see your next line.
Made for people who speak on camera
Whether you’re live or recording, Textream keeps you on script.
Streamers
Read sponsor segments, announcements, and talking points without looking away from the camera.
Interviewers
Keep your questions on screen while maintaining natural eye contact with your guest.
Presenters
Deliver keynotes, demos, and talks with confidence. Never lose your place in the script.
Podcasters
Follow your show notes, ad reads, and topic outlines hands-free while recording.
How it keeps you on track
Powered by macOS speech recognition. No cloud. No latency.
Real-Time Voice Tracking
Textream listens through your microphone and highlights each word as you say it. It uses macOS on-device speech recognition — fast, private, and works offline.
Dynamic Island Overlay
Your script appears in a sleek notch-shaped overlay at the top of your screen, inspired by the MacBook Dynamic Island. It floats above all apps and disappears when you’re done.
Live Voice Waveform
A real-time waveform at the bottom of the overlay shows your voice activity, so you always know the mic is picking you up.
Pause & Resume Anytime
Take a break, go off-script, come back. Tap any word to jump to that position. The tracker picks up right where you left off.
Adjustable Overlay Size
Resize the notch width and text height to fit your screen. Works great on any MacBook or external display.
Completely Private
All speech recognition happens on-device. No data leaves your Mac. No accounts, no tracking, no cloud processing.
Up and running in seconds
Paste your script
Drop your talking points, interview questions, or full script into the text editor.
Hit the play button
The Dynamic Island overlay slides down from the top of your screen, showing your text.
Start speaking
Words light up in real-time as you read. When you finish, the overlay closes automatically.
Download Textream
Free. No sign-up. Just download, paste your script, and go.
Install via Homebrew
You can also install Textream using Homebrew:
brew install f/textream/textream
First Launch on macOS
Textream is a free, independently distributed app. Since it isn’t notarized through the Mac App Store, macOS may block it on first launch. To fix this, open Terminal and run:
xattr -cr /Applications/Textream.app
Then right-click the app and choose Open. After the first launch, macOS remembers your choice and the app opens normally.