Recording Video using OBS Teleprompter

Keep your script close to the camera and give yourself room to speak naturally. You can record with the webcam tools in OBS Teleprompter or keep using an existing OBS Studio setup.

Record inside the app

Webcam recording is available with Premium, Plus, and an active trial.

1. Open OBS Teleprompter and prepare your script.
2. Choose Record Video and allow camera and microphone access. Your preview appears behind the text.
3. In Settings → Video recording, select your camera, microphone, aspect ratio, and an available codec. Keep Enable recording switched on to save a video.
4. Choose your reading mode and press Play. Recording starts after the countdown.
5. Press Pause to pause both scrolling and the recording. Press Play to resume the same take.
6. Choose Stop and save recording to finish the take and return the script to the start.

Pause keeps your place by default. Use it for breaks or another attempt at a sentence. Reset also returns to the start and ends the current take.

For a camera preview without recording, turn off Enable recording. Available formats and devices depend on your browser.

Let your script follow your voice

With Dictate, your prepared script follows the words you say and waits when you stop speaking. Dictate is included with Plus, and active trial accounts can try approximately one hour across the entire trial on a supported desktop browser.

Prepare your microphone, then press Play to begin. If recognition fails or the trial allowance runs out, voice-following stops but your independent recording keeps running. Finish the take with the recording controls when you are ready.

Get started with Dictate.

Keep recording in OBS Studio

If your cameras, scenes, and audio are already set up in OBS Studio, keep recording there. Connect directly through Settings → OBS server in the teleprompter app and use the OBS control to turn on the connection.

With Autoscroll, Manual, or Follow selected, starting an OBS recording can start your reading. Stopping that recording stops and resets the script. Dictate is started with Play in the app so you choose when to use the microphone. Pausing the app does not pause the recording in OBS Studio.

To see an OBS preview behind your script, open its preview in a separate window and select it with Set Background App Window. Adjust Background masking in Settings for comfortable contrast. Browser capture support and camera sharing vary by setup.

Follow the OBS connection guide for the connection steps.