Voice-tracked scrolling
The script follows your speech, not a timer. Your current line sits on the guide line and the text moves to keep it there.
Teleprompter for Windows
A teleprompter that listens to you.
Paste in your script, start talking, and the line you’re reading stays centred on screen as you speak. Pause for emphasis and it waits. Stumble, and it stays with you. Skip a whole section, and it catches up.
- Windows 10 & 11
- On-device speech
- No account
- Works offline
Coming soon toMicrosoft Store
See how it worksFree trial on the Microsoft Store. Your scripts never leave your computer.
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A simulation of the app. In Onwords, this is your own script and your own voice.
The problem
Every other teleprompter makes you keep up with it.
The text is moving, you’re not quite with it, and every take becomes a negotiation between how you want to say the line and how fast the words are sliding past. Speed it up and you gabble. Slow it down and you drift. The performance ends up serving the equipment.
Onwords inverts the relationship. It listens, works out where you are, and moves the text to match you.
- No clicker. Nothing to hold, nothing to fumble mid-sentence.
- No operator. Nobody sitting off-camera running the scroll for you.
- No guesswork. A live transcript shows exactly what the app is hearing.
| Traditional teleprompter | Onwords | |
|---|---|---|
| Sets the pace | The machine | You do |
| Needs an operator | Often | No |
| If you pause | Text keeps moving | It waits |
| If you ad-lib | You lose your place | It holds position |
| If you skip a section | Manual scrolling | It catches up |
| Your script | Depends on the tool | Stays on your machine |
Features
Built for the way people actually record.
Everything here is in the app today — no roadmap items, no asterisks.
Runs entirely offline
Speech is recognised on your own computer using the engine built into Windows. No account, no cloud, no connection needed at any point.
Forgiving tracking
A few recognisable words are enough to hold its place, so stumbles, filler words and ad-libs don’t throw it. When it isn’t sure, it holds rather than guessing.
Two-presenter scripts
Assign lines to either speaker and each one is tinted on screen, so a handover is something you see coming rather than something you discover.
Mirror mode
Flip the text horizontally for beam-splitter teleprompter glass, so you can read straight down the lens.
Clean second screen
Run the prompter full screen on a second monitor while the controls stay on your laptop. Scale the type up or down for your distance.
No clicker. No operator. No guesswork.
You speak at whatever pace suits the material.
Two presenters, one script
See the handover coming.
Co-hosted shows, interviews and double-act pieces all break a normal teleprompter the same way: one undifferentiated block of text, with no warning that your line is next.
- Assign lines to either presenter and each is tinted on screen — pale yellow and pale blue.
- Tracking carries straight through the changeover, because it follows whoever is talking.
- Both presenters share one microphone. No extra hardware, no setup.
- Assignments live in the script itself, so they survive editing and save with it.
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Inside the app
A real Windows app, not a web page in a wrapper.
Built with WinUI on .NET 8, with native builds for Intel and ARM. It starts quickly and sits at almost no CPU while you read.
Privacy
Your script never leaves your computer.
Speech recognition happens on your own machine, using the engine built into Windows. There is no cloud service, no API key, no account to create and no internet connection required.
- No audio is recorded or stored — sound is processed as it arrives and discarded.
- Nothing is uploaded. The app makes no network connections of any kind.
- No sign-in, no telemetry, no third party in the middle.
That matters when you’re working on something under embargo, under NDA, or simply not finished yet. Read the privacy policy →
How it works
Three steps, then talk.
Paste your script
Anything from a single paragraph to a full presentation. It’s saved automatically and restored next time you open the app.
Pick your microphone
Choose the one you’re actually speaking into. A live level meter shows it hearing you before you start the take.
Start talking
The script follows you, keeping your line centred. Arrow keys nudge the position by hand at any moment.
Who it’s for
Anyone recording alone, with nobody to run the prompter.
Video creators, corporate and marketing teams, keynote speakers, educators and course creators, livestreamers, webinar hosts and podcasters.
Podcasters
Scripted intros, ad reads and co-hosted episodes — with each host’s lines tinted on screen.
For podcasters
Social media video
Hit the hook word for word, keep the energy up, and batch a week of videos without losing your place.
For social video
Live streams & webinars
No second takes. Ad-lib into a question, come back to the script, and the prompter is still with you.
For live & webinarsQuestions
The short answers.
Does it work without an internet connection?
Yes, completely. Onwords needs no connection at any point — speech recognition runs on your own computer using the engine built into Windows.
What if I stumble, or say something that isn’t in the script?
Nothing breaks. The app needs only a few recognisable words to keep its place, so a fluffed line, a filler word or a short unscripted aside won’t throw it off. When it isn’t confident, it holds position rather than guessing.
Do I need special teleprompter hardware?
No. Onwords works on any screen. If you do use beam-splitter teleprompter glass, mirror mode flips the text horizontally for it.
What does it cost?
Onwords will be sold on the Microsoft Store with a free trial, so you can try it on your own machine and your own microphone before buying. Pricing is confirmed at launch.
Onwords for Windows
Set your own pace.
Onwords is coming to the Microsoft Store with a free trial. Windows 10 and 11, Intel and ARM.
Coming soon toMicrosoft Store
Support & FAQsWindows 10 and 11 · free trial on the Microsoft Store · no account required · your scripts never leave your computer