Can I use my iPhone as a teleprompter display without downloading an app?

Yes — Avocado's Teleprompter Viewer is a webpage served directly from your Mac over Wi-Fi. Open the URL in Safari on your iPhone and it displays a fully synced teleprompter with no App Store download, no account, and no pairing required. Font size, colors, and smart cue markers all match the Mac app in real time.

How do I turn my iPad into a teleprompter display for my Mac?

Enable Director Mode in Avocado on your Mac — it generates a QR code for the Teleprompter Viewer. Scan it with your iPad's camera to open the viewer URL in Safari. Your iPad instantly shows a live, synced teleprompter display that updates as you edit the script or change settings on the Mac.

Does the teleprompter viewer work in Safari on iPhone?

Yes — the viewer is designed for iOS Safari. It detects iOS automatically and shows instructions to set Auto-Lock to Never so your screen stays on during a take, since Safari on local HTTP can't use the Screen Wake Lock API. The display, scrolling, and settings sync all work correctly in Safari without any special configuration.

Is the teleprompter viewer connection private? Does it go through the internet?

The viewer is served entirely over your local Wi-Fi network — there is no internet relay and no cloud server involved. Your script and session data never leave your home or studio. The Mac acts as the server and the phone connects directly to it, with no third-party infrastructure in the path.

Use Your iPhone or iPad as a Teleprompter

Avocado turns any phone or tablet on your Wi-Fi into a live, synced teleprompter display in seconds — no app download, no account, no pairing. Open a URL in Safari and you're reading.

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How Avocado Solves Use Your iPhone or iPad as a Teleprompter

Key Advantages at a Glance

100% Invisible on Use Your iPhone or iPad as a Teleprompter
Native macOS System Integration
Voice-Activated Smart Scrolling
Zero Latency, On-Device AI

Most teleprompter setups that involve a second screen require installing an app on every device, creating accounts, and pairing hardware. Avocado works differently. When you enable Director Mode on your Mac, it spins up a local web server and generates a URL for the Teleprompter Viewer. Any phone, tablet, or laptop on the same Wi-Fi network can open that URL in their browser — Safari, Chrome, Firefox — and instantly see a fully synced teleprompter display. No App Store download. No account. No pairing step. Just a URL. The browser viewer mirrors the Mac app exactly. Font size, text color, background color, text alignment, and Smart Cue markers all render identically on the phone screen. Script edits, delivery cue toggles, and alignment changes push to the viewer instantly over WebSocket — you don't need to refresh the page. Smooth scrolling uses velocity estimation so the phone display moves fluidly rather than snapping every broadcast tick. When the prompter isn't running on the Mac, the viewer shows a holding screen with the Avocado icon; it disappears automatically when the Mac starts. The most common setup is placing the phone or tablet on a stand close to the camera lens — Floating Mode on the Mac controls the script while the phone serves as the reading surface near the lens. This gives you a larger, dedicated display without a second monitor, and you can position it wherever your eye level is. For hardware rig users, the viewer's gear menu includes its own mirror toggle so the phone can be placed face-down in a beam-splitter mount independently of the Mac setting. Because this is served over your local network — not the internet — your script never leaves your home or studio. No cloud relay, no latency from a server, no internet dependency. The viewer connects directly to the Mac over Wi-Fi.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use my iPhone as a teleprompter display without downloading an app?: Yes — Avocado's Teleprompter Viewer is a webpage served directly from your Mac over Wi-Fi. Open the URL in Safari on your iPhone and it displays a fully synced teleprompter with no App Store download, no account, and no pairing required. Font size, colors, and smart cue markers all match the Mac app in real time.
How do I turn my iPad into a teleprompter display for my Mac?: Enable Director Mode in Avocado on your Mac — it generates a QR code for the Teleprompter Viewer. Scan it with your iPad's camera to open the viewer URL in Safari. Your iPad instantly shows a live, synced teleprompter display that updates as you edit the script or change settings on the Mac.
Does the teleprompter viewer work in Safari on iPhone?: Yes — the viewer is designed for iOS Safari. It detects iOS automatically and shows instructions to set Auto-Lock to Never so your screen stays on during a take, since Safari on local HTTP can't use the Screen Wake Lock API. The display, scrolling, and settings sync all work correctly in Safari without any special configuration.
Is the teleprompter viewer connection private? Does it go through the internet?: The viewer is served entirely over your local Wi-Fi network — there is no internet relay and no cloud server involved. Your script and session data never leave your home or studio. The Mac acts as the server and the phone connects directly to it, with no third-party infrastructure in the path.

Perfect eye contact, every single time.

Avocado lives in your notch. Stop looking off-screen and start engaging directly with your audience. Your eyes stay perfectly leveled with your camera.

Build trust visually

Audiences connect when you look directly at them.

Invisible on screen shares

Nobody knows you're reading a script. Completely private.

Clean UI

Avocado only shows exactly what you need.

Adaptive speed.
It learns as you speak.

Forget fiddling with speed sliders. Our smart adaptive model listens to your voice and perfectly matches the text scroll to your natural pace.

No manual guessing

Setup takes seconds. Avocado calibrates to you.

Pause when you pause

Take a breath or ad-lib. The text waits for you.

Float it anywhere.

Need to read notes while presenting Google Slides? Switch to Floating Mode. Detach Avocado from the notch and position it perfectly over any window.

Always on top

Overlay your script over key presentation apps.

Fully resizable

Make it as wide or compact as you need it to be.

Script Markers.

Jump instantly to key sections in your script without ever scrolling manually. Avocado supports fully automated markers using any customizable syntax.

Automated Structure

Start any line with your marker, and it dynamically becomes a visual Marker.

Editor Sidebar

Toggle the sidebar to see all your active markers and jump between them instantly.

Your AI speech coach.

Using on-device Apple Intelligence, Smart Cues automatically analyzes your script and invisibly sprinkles pauses, breaths, and smiles to give you the perfect pacing naturally.

Apple Intelligence

Processes locally on your Mac's Neural Engine. 100% private.Requires macOS 15.1+ & Apple Silicon

Smarter Delivery

Reminds you exactly when to breathe or pause for dramatic effect.

The invisible teleprompter
that listens to you.

Level up your virtual meetings, webcasts, and tutorials with an invisible, voice-tracking prompter.

Free

Basic

Essential features to get you started.

No credit card required.

Notch and Floating modes

Script Markers

Custom sizes, colors & invisibility

Voice-activated scrolling up to 200 words

PowerPoint (.pptx) notes import

Focus Guide (dims already-read text)

Fully private (works offline)

Pro

Avocado Pro

All Avocado features included.

$19.99

One-time payment. Yours forever.

Everything in Basic

Unlimited voice-activated & adaptive speed

Mouse scroll & pause on hover

AI Smart Cues (Apple Intelligence)

Hide controls & stats when playing

Follow Mouse (auto-jumps to active monitor)

Director Mode (remote control from any device)

Teleprompter Viewer (phone/tablet as display)

Mirror Text (hardware teleprompter rigs)

2 personal macOS devices

Free Tool

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Questions & Answers

Everything you need to know about Avocado.

No. Avocado is free with no time limit and no credit card required. If you want unlimited voice scrolling and AI features, Avocado Pro is a one-time $19.99 — pay once, use forever, including all future updates.

The Free version is yours forever — no credit card required. It includes Notch and Floating modes, PowerPoint import, Script Markers, Focus Guide, full aesthetic customization (font size, colors, alignment), and complete screen-share invisibility. Voice-activated and adaptive scrolling are also included free for scripts up to 200 words.

Yes. Avocado uses on-device Apple speech recognition to scroll the script precisely as you speak and pause when you stop — no cloud, no latency. It learns your natural reading pace in real time so you never need to touch a slider. Voice-activated scrolling is free for scripts up to 200 words; Avocado Pro removes that limit entirely.

Yes. While Notch mode is designed to blend into the MacBook camera notch for perfect eye contact, Floating mode lets you drag and resize the prompter window anywhere on screen. It works great on external monitors, studio displays, and older Macs without a notch.

Absolutely — Avocado is built for any on-camera moment. Solo YouTube videos, course recordings, Loom walkthroughs, podcast intros, audition tapes. Notch mode places your script directly below the lens so you maintain natural eye contact with the camera, and since Avocado is invisible to screen capture, it won't appear anywhere in your recording.

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Yes. Everything stays on your Mac. Voice recognition, AI Smart Cues, and your scripts are all processed on-device using Apple frameworks — no cloud uploads, no account required, and it works completely offline.

No. Avocado is completely invisible during screen shares and recordings. Whether you're on Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, recording a Loom walkthrough, or streaming through OBS, your teleprompter stays entirely hidden — it won't appear in screenshots or video captures either.

Yes. Drop any .pptx file directly into Avocado and it instantly extracts your presenter notes as a ready-to-read script. Each slide is automatically bookmarked with a Script Marker so you can jump between sections from the sidebar. It's a free feature — no Pro license needed.

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