Use cases · Hands-Free Reading
Voice-Activated Teleprompter
The script moves when you speak and stops when you stop. Take a breath or look up, and it's still there waiting, so you can talk at your own pace instead of chasing the text.
Why it works for Hands-Free Reading. Four things that change when the script follows you.
Moves when you speak
Talk and the script moves. Stop and it stops. There's no speed to set.
Learns your pace
With Adaptive Speed on, it matches how you talk and catches up if you skip a line.
Right under the camera
Notch Mode puts the words where your eyes should be, so you read toward the lens.
On Mac, iPhone and iPad
It's Voice-Activated Scrolling on your Mac and Follow My Voice on iPhone and iPad.
In detail
Avocado for Hands-Free Reading
Avocado is a teleprompter that follows your voice. Instead of scrolling at a fixed speed, it listens as you read, moves the script while you're talking and holds it when you stop. It's the difference between keeping up with a prompter and having it keep up with you, which matters most on long takes and live calls, where your pace changes.
On a Mac the feature is called Voice-Activated Scrolling, and you turn it on under Settings › Voice. Add Adaptive Speed and Avocado tracks where you are in the script, not just whether you're talking. It learns your pace as you go, and if you skip a line it finds your place and catches up. On iPhone and iPad the same feature is called Follow My Voice, and you'll find it under Settings › Voice or in the prompter's reading options.
Going off script is fine too. With Adaptive Speed on, the text slows and holds while you ad-lib, and with Wait for Me When I Ad-Lib turned on, it stays there until you're back on your words. Avocado Pro subscribers on Mac also get Voice Labs, its most precise voice following for English scripts, which can highlight the next word to say and catch up in about a second if you jump ahead.
Voice following is part of Avocado Pro, on scripts of any length. The free plan on Mac includes three Pro sessions a week, so you can try it on a real take. It needs macOS 14 or iOS 17 or later. Want the words first? Start with our video script templates, or see how Avocado works.
Questions about Avocado for Hands-Free Reading.
It's a teleprompter that listens as you read and scrolls with your voice, instead of at a fixed speed. Avocado moves the script while you talk and stops it when you stop, on Mac, iPhone and iPad.
The script stops when you stop and carries on when you speak again, so you can pause for as long as you need.
With Adaptive Speed on, Avocado slows and holds the text while you ad-lib, and if you skip a line it looks ahead in the script and catches up. If you jump a long way, use a section marker to get back to your place.
It's part of Avocado Pro. The free plan on Mac includes three Pro sessions a week, on scripts of any length. Scrolling at a speed you set is free on Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Yes, in the languages Apple's speech recognition supports on your device. On Mac, Avocado can detect the language from your script, and on iPhone and iPad it can match the script too. Voice Labs on Mac is English only.
Avocado's app is for Mac, iPhone and iPad. On Windows, our free <a href='/online-teleprompter' class='text-emerald-600 hover:underline font-semibold'>online teleprompter</a> runs in your browser at a speed you set, and the iPhone app follows your voice with no Mac needed.
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