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Tellie
The Mac teleprompter that follows your voice, word by word.
13 followers
The Mac teleprompter that follows your voice, word by word.
13 followers
Tellie, the Mac teleprompter that follows your voice, word by word. Not just scrolling when it hears sound: it tracks what you're saying and highlights where you are. Skip ahead, ad-lib, go back. Tellie knows.
Lives in the notch (works on any Mac). Invisible to Zoom. 50 languages, all on-device. NEW: Presenter Mode shows your Keynote notes and advances slides when you finish your last word. Free tier is a real teleprompter. Pro: $18 with code PRODUCTHUNT ($29 after). One-time, no subscription.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
Yes, another notch teleprompter. There are at least seven now. Here's why this one earned its launch:
Since May, with zero marketing: 500+ downloads, paying Pro customers, 1000+ npm installs of the developer tools, and working actors using it to prep real auditions. When I asked ChatGPT for the best Mac teleprompter that follows your voice, it answered Tellie ("the one I'd install first tonight"). I didn't pay for any of that. It happened while I was quietly fixing bugs. That felt good.
I'm Steve, a 30-year Apple/Cisco/Salesforce veteran who's never written production code. I built Tellie in 3 days using AI as my pair programmer and designed it with the UX instincts I learned working with Steve Jobs. I built it for my own needs, and it evolved into something I'm really proud of and want to share with others.
60-second demo (I'm using Tellie to read this very script):
Who it's for: Creators recording videos. Presenters on Zoom. Founders pitching on camera. Actors prepping auditions. Devs who want to know what their agents are doing. Anyone who needs to read while looking near a lens.
What makes it different: Most teleprompters scroll when they hear your voice. Tellie tracks the actual words you're saying, highlights where you are, and follows you if you skip, go back, or ad-lib. Word-level tracking, not pace-matching. Built-in developer surface that uses the notch for notifications.
🎤 ~50 languages, all on-device. Nothing leaves your Mac
👻 Invisible to Zoom, screen recorders, and screenshots
💻 NEW: Presenter Mode auto-advances Keynote slides when you finish talking
📊 Live pace report after every take: WPM, longest pause, stumble points
⏪ One-key retake, multi-script playlists, section navigation
Sprague Theobald (Law & Order, Only Murders in the Building, FBI, Poker Face) uses Tellie for audition prep. He's dyslexic, and found that Tellie's OpenDyslexic font can help him read scripts more comfortably.
Pricing: Free is a real teleprompter. Pro adds voice-follow, Presenter Mode, and more.
PH exclusive: code PRODUCTHUNT for $11 off ($18, normally $29). One-time, no subscription.
Tiny, 2.4 MB Apple-notarized DMG with no registration or tracking at all
🔗 https://tellieapp.com
📖 https://stevechazin.com/i-built-a-mac-app-in-3-days-and-you-can-too/
🔨 https://tellieapp.com/developers
Feedback wanted, especially on voice-follow accuracy with non-English languages and different accents.
— Steve
how does it actually track where you are mid-sentence when you pause or throw in an aside, does it get confused or does it just hold its place
@birsen954572377 it actually tracks the words from your script in real time using built-in speech recognition. When you go off script, it holds its place and waits for you to come back and then it picks up exactly where you are. You can also scroll the prompter to move it forward and backwards, and it’ll pick up from there. Thanks for trying Tellie. I worked really hard to make this magical.
Here is a Loom showing exactly how it does that, using your own question!