Use cases · Zoom
Teleprompter for Zoom
Read your notes right under the camera while you talk on Zoom. Avocado stays out of every screen share and recording, so the only thing anyone sees is you, looking at them.
Why it works for Zoom. Four things you get the moment you open it.
Invisible on Zoom
Left out of every screen share, recording and screenshot, whatever you share.
Right under the camera
Notch Mode puts the words where your eyes should be, so you read toward the lens.
Scrolls with your voice
Speak and it moves. Pause and it waits. No clicker, no second person.
Private and on-device
Speech recognition and the AI features run on your Mac, and it works offline.
In detail
Avocado for Zoom
Avocado is a free teleprompter for Mac that you run alongside Zoom. Your script sits right under the camera, in the MacBook notch or in a floating window you can put under any webcam, so when you read, you're looking at the lens. macOS keeps Avocado out of screen capture, so it never shows in a Zoom screen share, even when you share your entire desktop, and it never ends up in a Zoom recording.
Setting it up takes a minute. Paste your notes or script into Avocado and start it in the notch, then join your Zoom call as usual. Two Zoom settings help your eye contact: make the meeting window smaller and drag it to the top of the screen, right under the camera, and hide your self view so your eyes aren't pulled to your own face. There's more on why that works in how to make eye contact on camera.
It's built for the calls where reading from the middle of your screen shows: sales calls and demos, interviews, all-hands updates and webinars. For recurring calls, save the script and add a Script Marker for each section, so you can jump to pricing or the next agenda item when the conversation gets there. Presenting slides? Here's how to read your speaker notes at the lens while the slides play. Recording a video of yourself in Zoom instead of a live call? See how to record yourself on Zoom.
The free version scrolls at a speed you choose, and you can nudge it with ⌘↑ and ⌘↓ mid-call without touching Zoom. With Avocado Pro, the script follows your voice instead and pauses when you stop to answer a question. The free plan includes three Pro sessions a week, so you can try that on a real call. Speech recognition runs on your Mac, and nothing about your call or your script is uploaded.
Questions about Avocado for Zoom.
Not for reading notes during a meeting. Zoom shows the call, so your notes end up in another window, usually in the middle of your screen. A teleprompter app like Avocado puts them right under the camera instead and keeps them out of your screen share.
Not with Avocado. macOS keeps it out of screen capture, so it doesn't appear when you share a window or your entire desktop, and it isn't in Zoom recordings. The people on the call see your camera feed and whatever you choose to share.
No. On a MacBook with a notch, the script sits in the notch next to the camera. On any other Mac, use the floating prompter and put it right under your webcam. Avocado needs macOS 14 Sonoma or later and works with any version of Zoom, with no plugin.
Yes. Avocado is free to download and the free version has no time limit or script length limit: notch and floating modes, scrolling at a speed you set, screen-share invisibility and Script Markers. Voice-following scrolling is part of Pro, and the free plan includes three Pro sessions a week.
Put the notes right under the camera, not in the middle of the screen, and move the Zoom window up under the camera too. Then look at the lens when you're making a point and at faces when you're listening.
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