A teleprompter for your Mac that sits under the webcam

Updated 9 November 2026 · Everlong s.r.o., the makers of Followline

Followline for Mac opens a slim prompter window at the top of your screen, right under the webcam, and scrolls your script as you speak. It stays above Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet or your recording app, so you read your notes while you look almost straight into the camera.

Why the script belongs under the webcam

On a call, people see where your eyes go. If your notes sit in a window in the middle of the screen, you look down and away from them. Followline puts the line you read 22 points below the top of its window, which sits right under the camera of a MacBook or a display. Your eyes stay close to the lens, so you look at the people you talk to, not at a screen.

Works over Zoom, Teams, Meet and recording apps

• The prompter window stays above other windows, so a video call or a recording app can't cover it. You can switch that off in its settings.
• If you share your screen, share a single window or app instead of the whole screen. The prompter is a separate window, so it stays on your side.
• Space starts and pauses, the trackpad scrolls and a click on any word moves the reading line there.

It follows your voice

Followline listens through the microphone and moves the script on word by word as you speak. It holds still while you add something of your own, jumps ahead when you skip a sentence and goes back when you read a line again. Timed scrolling at a speed you set and manual scrolling are there too. See how voice following works.

Record yourself on the Mac

• Use the built-in camera, a USB webcam or your iPhone as a Continuity Camera.
• Choose any microphone the Mac sees, such as a USB or wireless clip-on microphone, and watch its level while you speak.
• Record in 1080p or 4K at 30 or 60 frames a second, where the camera can.
• Takes are saved in your Movies/Followline folder, where Finder, QuickTime and video editors find them.
• With Followline Pro, the clean take cuts out your retakes and long pauses and adds captions from your script.

Set it up in a minute

1. Install Followline from the Mac App Store. It is the same app as on iPhone and iPad, so Followline Pro bought there works here too.
2. Turn on Dictation in System Settings, Keyboard. macOS only allows speech recognition when Dictation or Siri is on; Followline tells you and opens the setting if it is off.
3. Allow the microphone and speech recognition when Followline asks.
4. Paste or import your script, choose its language and press Open in prompter (Command and Return).
5. Press Space and start talking.

One purchase for iPhone, iPad and Mac

Followline is free to try: voice following works for 3 minutes a day, and timed scrolling, manual scrolling and recording are free with no limit. Followline Pro costs €14.99 once, with no subscription, and unlocks voice following without a time limit and the clean take on your iPhone, iPad and Mac with the same Apple Account. It needs macOS 14 or later and understands English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish and Portuguese.

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