Does Loom Have a Teleprompter? No - Here's How to Add One
No - Loom doesn't include a teleprompter. As of mid-2026 there's no script or prompter feature anywhere in the Loom recorder. But you can add one in about a minute: run a floating teleprompter app on top of Loom that scrolls as you speak and stays out of your recording. Here's exactly how I do it.
What Loom actually gives you (and what's missing)
Loom records your screen, your camera bubble, or both. That's it - there's no place to load a script, no cue cards, no notes panel visible while you record. If your video is scripted (a product walkthrough, an onboarding video, a sales follow-up), you're left reading from a second monitor or a printout, and viewers can see your eyes drift.
That eye drift is the real problem. A Loom is supposed to feel personal, like you're talking to the viewer. The moment you visibly read from somewhere off-camera, that effect dies.
How do you add a teleprompter to Loom?
Run a separate teleprompter app in a floating window near your camera, positioned so it isn't captured in the recording. The setup I use on my Mac:
- Copy your script from wherever you wrote it - Notes, Google Docs, Notion.
- Start the prompter from the clipboard. In VoicePrompter that's one click ("Start from clipboard") - no pasting into an in-app editor, no saving, no naming.
- Position the window just under your camera. The closer your reading line is to the lens, the more it looks like eye contact.
- Hit record in Loom and just talk. The script scrolls as you speak, at your pace, and pauses when you pause.
Will the teleprompter show up in my Loom recording?
Not if you use a prompter that's excluded from screen capture. This is the detail most people miss: if you're recording your screen in Loom, an ordinary floating window (a Stickies note, a doc in a corner) gets captured along with everything else. Your viewers see your script.
VoicePrompter's window is invisible to screen recording and screen sharing on Mac. You see the script; the recording sees only your apps. I built it that way specifically for screen-share situations - Loom, Zoom, Google Meet - because that's where a prompter is most useful and most embarrassing to expose. If you only record your camera (no screen), any floating prompter works; keep it near the lens.
Why voice scrolling matters for Loom videos
Loom videos are conversational, and fixed-speed scrolling fights that. A regular teleprompter scrolls at a constant rate, so you either race it or wait for it, and the read sounds mechanical.
A voice-paced prompter listens to what you're saying and follows you. VoicePrompter tracks your speech against the entire script, so you can pause to click through your product, ad-lib an aside, even jump back to re-record a sentence, and the text stays with you. One reviewer put it well: "I record a lot of product demos and it already saved me time." - Junk., App Store review.
The time math is simple. Assuming a 5-minute scripted video, going from about 6 takes (stumbles, lost place, restarts) to about 2, at roughly 7 minutes per take, saves 25-30 minutes per video. For a sales team sending several Looms a week, that adds up fast.
What about a free option?
If you record camera-only Looms, the free VoicePrompter web app runs in your browser with the same voice scrolling, no download and no account. The catch: a browser tab will appear in screen recordings, so for screen-share Looms you want the Mac app, which is free to use for up to 3 custom scripts plus an unlimited demo script.
There's a full walkthrough of the Loom setup on the teleprompter for Loom page.
Frequently asked questions
Does Loom have a built-in teleprompter? No. As of mid-2026, Loom has no teleprompter, script, or notes feature in its recorder. You need a separate teleprompter app running alongside it.
Can I use a teleprompter with Loom without it showing in the video? Yes - use a prompter whose window is excluded from screen capture. VoicePrompter on Mac stays invisible in Loom recordings while remaining visible to you.
Does this work with Loom's screen recording, not just camera? Yes, that's the main point. The prompter floats above your shared screen but isn't captured in it.
Is there a free teleprompter I can use with Loom? The VoicePrompter web app is free and works for camera-only recordings. For invisible prompting during screen recording, the Mac app is free for up to 3 scripts.
Do other recording tools have built-in teleprompters? A few browser recorders do, but most popular tools (Loom, Zoom, Google Meet, QuickTime) don't - the floating-prompter approach works the same across all of them. See the guides for Zoom and Google Meet.
