Updated October 2026
Presenting a webinar, pitching on a sales call, or delivering scripted opening remarks on a video call all benefit from a prompter — but Zoom (or Meet, or Teams) doesn't have a built-in one, and this tool isn't a Zoom plugin. It's a website you open alongside your call. Here's how that actually works in practice, including the one real conflict to plan around.
The simplest setup is running your video call and this tool as two separate windows on one screen — Zoom's window sized to leave room for a teleprompter window near the top of your display, close to where your camera sits. If you have a second monitor, put the call on one screen and the teleprompter on the other, positioned as close as possible to the edge nearest your camera so your eyeline stays close to "looking at camera" while you read.
Voice Follow mode needs microphone permission to listen and track your reading — but your video call is already using your microphone to transmit your voice to everyone else on the call. Whether both can access the mic at once depends on your browser and operating system; some allow multiple tabs/apps to read from the same input device simultaneously, others don't, and behavior varies by platform. Rather than count on that working, there are two more reliable approaches for call scenarios:
Beyond the mic question, video calls also involve back-and-forth — someone might ask a question mid-presentation, or you pause to share your screen. A steady, low manual scroll speed you can pause and resume with a click tends to be easier to manage in that context than a mode built around continuously tracking your speech, especially if you're frequently talking off-script to respond to the room.
Keep opening remarks, key transitions, and any exact figures or disclaimers scripted in full — the parts of a call where getting the wording right matters most — and treat everything else (Q&A, ad-libbed reactions) as off-script entirely rather than trying to scroll through it. A shorter, tightly scoped script that covers only the parts you genuinely need word-for-word reads more naturally than a full call transcript you're trying to follow start to finish.
If you'll be sharing your screen during the call, make sure you're sharing only the specific application window or a portion of your screen that excludes the teleprompter window — most video call software lets you pick a specific window to share rather than your entire screen, which keeps your script private from anyone watching the share.