Luke Beninga

Promptly - Scrolls with voice. Invisible to others. Actions on cue.

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Most people read off a Google Doc on a second monitor and scroll by hand. Go off-script and you're lost. Promptly fixes that: 1. Scrolls with your voice, not a timer. The line you're saying is lit up. 2. Auto-recovers when you wander. Answer a question, come back, it finds your place. 3. Outline mode for longer talks. Trigger cues on demand. 4. Invisible on screen share (macOS content protection). 5. Drop [[slide:next]] or [[app:Keynote]] inline. Your script becomes your remote.

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Luke Beninga
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Hey PH! I'm Luke. Promptly is a nights-and-weekends solo project. It's the first app I've shipped end-to-end. Most people read off a Google Doc on a second monitor and scroll it by hand. It drifts out of sync the second you look away. Fixed-speed teleprompter apps are worse, you end up racing the script or waiting for the next line. Both fall apart the second you go off-script to answer a real question. Live transcription finally got cheap and fast enough to drive scrolling in real time instead of guessing at a pace. What Promptly does differently: • Voice-tracked scrolling. The line you're saying is always the line lit up. No timer, no pace setting. • Auto-anchor recovery. Wander off-script to answer a question, come back, and it silently finds your place. No tapping, no scrolling back by hand. • Invisible on Zoom screen share. Uses macOS content protection, so the overlay is there for you and gone for them. • Inline action cues. Drop [[slide:next]], [[link:...]], or [[app:Keynote]] anywhere in the script. Slides advance, links open, apps come to the front at the exact word you choose. Your script becomes your remote. How it stands out against other similar products: Other teleprompter-for-Zoom apps all shipped the same shape: word-for-word reading. A demo is a scripted opener, off-script Q&A, and muscle memory on the slides. A keynote is an outline. A pitch is 30% script and 70% improv. Promptly ships both shapes (script mode for verbatim, outline mode for keynotes) plus inline action cues, so your slides and links fire on the right word no matter which mode you're in. I'd love honest feedback in the comments, especially from anyone who does a lot of sales demos, investor pitches, or interview calls. What's the one thing that would make you trust a teleprompter enough to use it on a real call? Thanks for taking a look!