Your phone is already a good teleprompter screen. It's bright, it's small enough to sit right next to your lens, and you carry it everywhere. All it needs is software that runs in the browser, fills the screen, and keeps the text moving while you talk.
Key takeaways
- ✓Open the prompter in any modern phone browser — **nothing to install from an app store**.
- ✓Add it to your home screen as an app for a tab-free, fullscreen prompter.
- ✓**Voice-follow** scrolls in time with your speech, so you read at your own pace instead of chasing a fixed speed.
- ✓Screen rotation handles sideways phone mounts; a wake lock keeps the screen on while you prompt.
- ✓Send a script from your computer to your phone with a QR code — the phone doesn't even need to log in.
Why a phone works behind the lens
A phone sits close to the lens without blocking it, which keeps your eyes near the camera so you look like you're talking to the viewer. Pair it with a clip mount or a beamsplitter rig and the screen lines up right where your gaze should be.
The catch with most phone setups is the screen dimming or sleeping mid-take, and apps that bury the text behind tabs and toolbars. DocPrompter handles both: install it to your home screen and it opens fullscreen with no browser chrome, and a screen wake lock keeps the display awake the whole time you're prompting.
Read at your own pace with voice-follow
Most teleprompters scroll at a fixed speed and dare you to keep up. DocPrompter has that mode too, but its default is different: voice-follow uses your phone's speech recognition to keep the line you're saying at the eye-line, and it pauses when you pause.
That means you can slow down for an important sentence, take a breath, or restart a line, and the text waits for you. Voice-follow works in Chrome, Edge, and iOS Safari 16.4 and up. If you'd rather drive it yourself, Manual mode lets you set a speed and nudge it with the arrow keys.
Set up your phone teleprompter
- Mount your phone as close to the lens as your rig allows, screen facing you.
- Open DocPrompter in your phone browser and, when prompted, choose Add to Home Screen for a fullscreen app.
- Paste a Google Docs link (shared as *Anyone with the link*) or paste raw text.
- If your phone is mounted sideways, set screen rotation to 90, 180, or 270 degrees so the text reads upright.
- Pick voice-follow, run the 3-2-1 countdown, and start talking.
Send a script from your computer
If you write and edit on a laptop, you don't have to retype anything on the phone. Use Send to device: your phone scans a QR code or opens a link, and the script loads straight onto it. That device doesn't need an account or a login — handy when the phone on the rig isn't the one signed in.
On Pro, a Google Doc stays in live sync, so edits you make on your computer show up on the phone without re-sending. Good for last-minute script changes between takes. Here's the full walkthrough for auto-scrolling a Google Doc.
What you get for free
A free account saves one script and lets you prompt it as much as you want, with voice-follow, all the controls, and send-to-device included. That's enough to shoot regularly from your phone. Start on the free plan and move up to Pro ($12/mo) when you need more saved scripts, live Doc sync, or fixed-time mode.
Turn your phone into a teleprompter
Open DocPrompter in your phone's browser, add it to your home screen, and read your next take on camera. No app store, free to start.
Start prompting — freeFrequently asked questions
How do I use my phone as a teleprompter?+
Open DocPrompter in your phone browser, add it to your home screen for a fullscreen app, paste a Google Doc link or your text, mount the phone near your lens, and pick voice-follow or manual scrolling. Nothing to download from an app store.
Do I need to install an app?+
No. DocPrompter runs in your phone's browser. You can optionally Add to Home Screen, which installs it as a PWA for a tab-free fullscreen prompter and a home-screen icon, but there's no app store download.
Will my phone screen go to sleep while I'm reading?+
No. While you're prompting, a screen wake lock keeps the display awake so it won't dim or sleep mid-take.
Can I mount my phone sideways?+
Yes. Set screen rotation to 0, 90, 180, or 270 degrees so the text reads upright no matter how your phone is clamped to the rig.
Can I send a script from my computer to my phone?+
Yes. Use Send to device to open the script on your phone via a QR code or link. The phone doesn't need to log in. On Pro, a Google Doc stays in live sync so edits on your computer appear on the phone automatically.