Best teleprompter apps for Windows in 2026

Wispim and Flow Teleprompter scroll by voice and float above other windows with click-through, so they suit a talk over slides. Virtual Teleprompter moves at a speed you set and has a free version up to 1000 characters. QPrompt is free and open source, and you control its speed from the keyboard, a clicker or a phone.

Three questions narrow the list quickly on a PC. The first is whether the script follows your voice or moves at a speed you set and keep up with. The second is whether it floats above your slides or a call, or takes over the screen. The third is whether you pay once, every month or nothing. The table answers all three for each app below, from each maker’s own pages.

Competitor details last checked on 30 October 2026, from each maker’s own website, its Microsoft Store listing or its GitHub page. This is desk research, not a hands-on test of every app. “Not stated” means the maker’s pages say nothing about it.

Wispim, if the script should follow you above your slides

Wispim for Windows has been in the Microsoft Store since 21 October 2026, for a 64-bit PC with Windows 10 version 2004 or later, Windows 11 included. The script reads in a floating panel above your slides, a meeting or a call, and the panel can sit right under the camera. A see-through setting lets the slides show through it, and click-through sends your clicks to the window underneath. Three keys work from any app: Ctrl+Alt+P pauses, Ctrl+Alt+F shows or hides the panel, and Ctrl+Alt+T turns click-through on and off.

Voice mode scrolls to the words you actually say, so there is no speed to set. On Windows it works in 31 languages: the speech model for a language downloads once, and recognition then runs on the PC. Microsoft’s online speech is an option that starts switched off; turned on, it recognises over the internet a language that has no model on the PC. Sound scrolls while it hears your voice and Constant at a fixed speed, both in any language. You can also say pause, continue, go back, restart and go to the end, in English, Russian, German and Polish. There is a full-screen prompter with mirrored text for a glass rig, a click on any word carries on from it, and a start delay holds the text still before you begin.

Wispim is free for six takes, with voice following, the voice commands and the floating panel included, and scripts are unlimited. Pro removes the limit and adds import from TXT, Markdown, PDF, DOCX and RTF, as a monthly or yearly subscription or a one-time purchase, bought and restored through your Microsoft account. Pro bought in one store works only in the apps from that store. The Windows page has the Store link and the details. The weak point is that the Windows app is new.

Flow Teleprompter, if you want voice following on the PC itself

Flow Teleprompter, by LumoRez, is the other app here built for Windows around the voice. Its README lists five modes: Voice, Highlight, Line, Arrow and Scroll. Voice runs on local speech models, and its site says the speech processing stays on your device. English comes with the app; Turkish, Arabic, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Finnish download separately. The README describes an always-on-top overlay with click-through and capture-protection options, and the site lists mirror modes and transparency. The Microsoft Store version costs $9.99, and a free, open-source build is on GitHub under the GPL.

Virtual Teleprompter, if a set speed is enough

Virtual Teleprompter, from VTP Apps, scrolls automatically at a speed you adjust, or by hand. The window’s transparency is adjustable, and its site lists mirrored text for a beam splitter. The free edition is limited to 1000 characters; Virtual teleprompter PRO is a one-time $8.99 in the Microsoft Store. Its site says it needs no internet connection, and it handles right-to-left languages.

QPrompt, if you want it free and open source

QPrompt is free for any use, commercial included, and open source under the GPL. It installs on Windows 10 and later. The speed is yours to drive, from keyboard shortcuts, a presentation clicker or a phone through KDE Connect, and it can send the prompter to several screens. An opacity slider lets you lay it over other apps.

Teleprompter Pro, if you record with a webcam in the app

Teleprompter Pro, by Purple Wizard, is a one-time $8.99 in the Microsoft Store with a one-day free trial. Its listing names speech recognition control without saying how it works or in which languages. It mirrors and inverts the text for teleprompter hardware, takes wireless presenter remotes, drives a second screen, and records from the webcam.

Transparent Teleprompter, if you only need text over a video

Transparent Teleprompter, by Wojciech Rozga, sits always on top as a transparent overlay, from 10 to 100%, and scrolls automatically from 1x to 10x. The free version has limited daily use, and Pro is monthly or yearly; the listing gives no amounts.

Speakflow, if your scripts live in a browser

Speakflow runs in the browser, and its desktop app for Windows is labelled Beta and comes with the Plus and Studio plans. The free plan includes unlimited Flow, its voice scrolling, through your microphone. The desktop page lists always on top, opacity, resizing and a setting it calls Invisible when you share. Takes recorded in the browser download as MP4. The Speakflow comparison covers the rest.

Teleprompter.com and CuePrompter, if a browser tab will do

Teleprompter.com names iOS, Android, macOS and the web, so on a PC it runs in a browser. Its site says VoiceGlide is free on every plan, runs on the device and works in all 28 languages the app is translated into. It also offers fixed and timed scrolling, mirroring on Pro, and recording, with a watermark on the free plan. Pro is $19.99 a month, or less on the yearly plan, with a seven-day free trial. CuePrompter, which its page says is made by Teleprompter.com, is a free browser prompter with an adjustable speed and mirrored text, and no sign-up.

This site has a free browser teleprompter too, with the same three modes as the app. Its voice following needs a browser with speech recognition, such as Chrome.

What to check before you install

Four things decide it on a PC: your Windows version, where the voice is heard, whether the window stays on top, and what the free tier stops at.

• Most of these name Windows 10 or later, and the version each one needs is on its Store listing.
• Some recognise speech on the PC, and others use an online service. A maker that says which is telling you something about privacy and about a bad connection.
• For a talk over slides or a call, the script has to stay above the window you present from. The column above says which ones say so.
• A free tier can stop at a character limit, a daily limit, a watermark or a number of takes. Each one is fine for a trial and decides what you pay later.

Questions

Is there a free teleprompter for Windows?

Yes, several. QPrompt is free and open source, Flow has a free build on GitHub, and CuePrompter and this site’s online teleprompter run free in a browser. Virtual Teleprompter, Transparent Teleprompter and Wispim have free versions with limits, and Speakflow has a free plan.

Which Windows teleprompters follow your voice?

Wispim, Flow Teleprompter, Speakflow’s Flow and Teleprompter.com’s VoiceGlide all say they scroll as you speak. Teleprompter Pro by Purple Wizard lists speech recognition control. How each one copes with a pause or an ad-lib is the thing to try in a free take.

Can a teleprompter sit on top of my slides?

Wispim’s panel, Flow’s overlay, Transparent Teleprompter and Speakflow’s desktop app say they stay on top, and QPrompt and Virtual Teleprompter offer transparency. The guide to teleprompters for presentations covers where to put the script in a room as well.

What about a teleprompter for iPhone or Mac?

The survey of iPhone teleprompters compares those, and Wispim has its own Mac app with a floating panel.