Voice Follow scrolling
Voice Follow listens to what you actually say and advances the script to match your spoken words, so you can pause, skip, backtrack, or ad-lib without losing your place.
Tellie
Tellie is a macOS teleprompter that follows your spoken words, helping you stay on camera with private notes for calls, interviews, and presentations.
What Tellie is
Tellie is a macOS teleprompter designed to follow your spoken words instead of scrolling at a fixed speed. It listens on-device, tracks the words you actually say, and keeps your place when you pause, skip ahead, or phrase something differently.
The product is aimed at situations where you want to stay in eye line with a webcam or camera while using notes: calls, interviews, presentations, auditions, lectures, and recorded takes. It also includes optional tools for marking must-cover points, checking them off as you speak, and showing Keynote notes in the notch.
Features
Stagehand coverage tracking
Marked sections can be set as must-cover items, which turn green as you cover them and can trigger a quiet warning before time runs out.
Keynote notes in the notch
Presenter Magic places Keynote speaker notes in the notch so you can present without looking to a second screen or shifting your eyes away from the camera.
Invisible on calls and recordings
Tellie hides from screen capture on macOS, so Zoom, Teams, Meet, recordings, and screenshots see only the content behind its window.
Flexible script control
The app supports multi-script playlists, per-script memory, Section navigation, global hotkeys, and a resizable floating prompter that can detach from the notch.
Broad script import and handoff
Tellie works with Markdown, plain text, RTF, Word, PDF, and Apple Pages documents, and it can receive text from other apps through Send to Tellie.
Common use cases
Zoom, Teams, Meet, and Webex calls
Use Tellie when you need to stay on camera during a live call but still track a short list of talking points. The notch placement keeps notes near the lens so you can glance up instead of down.
Job interviews
Use Voice Follow in interviews when answers may need to be phrased naturally rather than read verbatim. The script advances as you speak, which helps you stay in flow while still covering key points.
Presentations and Keynote sessions
Use Tellie for recorded or live presentations where you want to stay aligned with a script while keeping eye contact with the camera. The app can also show Keynote speaker notes in the notch.
Auditions, pitches, and scripted takes
Use Stagehand when a script has specific points that must be covered in a particular take, such as a pitch, lecture, audition, or recorded segment. It marks those items and gives a warning if time is running short.
Private note-taking during screen shares
Use it as a private speaking aid when you want notes available without leaving the Mac or revealing them to the audience. Tellie is positioned as hidden from screen capture and recorded output on supported macOS workflows.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Voice Follow follows the words you actually say, which helps if you pause, ad-lib, or rephrase on the fly.
- The app is designed to stay invisible in screen sharing and recordings on macOS.
- Speech recognition runs on-device, and the site says your voice and script do not leave your Mac.
- The product supports a range of common document formats, including Word, PDF, Pages, Markdown, RTF, and plain text.
- Tellie Pro includes a 10-day trial with no card or sign-up, plus a one-time purchase model rather than a subscription.
Cons
- It is built for macOS, so the source material does not indicate support for Windows or mobile platforms.
- The pricing page returns a 404, so plan details beyond the site’s stated $29 one-time Pro purchase are not visible from the pricing URL itself.
- Several advanced capabilities, such as Stagehand and Presenter Magic, appear to be part of Tellie Pro rather than the free teleprompter.
FAQ
Can other people on the call see my script?
Tellie uses macOS screen-capture exclusion so its window is hidden from Zoom, Teams, Meet, Webex, Loom, and OBS recordings. The page also mentions an opt-in visible mode for demos that resets when you quit.
Which meeting apps does Tellie work with?
Yes. The product pages mention Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and Webex. Tellie sits above whatever is on screen rather than integrating with a specific meeting app.
What kinds of scripts can I import?
Tellie accepts scripts loaded from Markdown, plain text, RTF, Word (.docx), PDF, and Apple Pages. It can also receive text from other apps through Send to Tellie.
Is Tellie free to try?
Tellie Pro includes a free 10-day trial with no card or sign-up. After that, the site says Pro is a one-time $29 purchase with no subscription.
How many Macs can one license cover?
Tellie is built for macOS and the pages refer to downloading it for Mac. The site also says one license can be used on up to 3 Macs.
Quick Facts
- Category
- Mac teleprompter
- Platform
- macOS
- Primary use
- Camera-facing speaking with private notes
- Trial
- 10 days of Pro included
- Pricing
- $29 once for Pro, according to the site
- Website
- tellieapp.com
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