How to use a teleprompter on TikTok
- Paste your script into Float Script and tap Start.
- Open TikTok and tap + to open the camera.
- Move the floating window to the top, near the front camera.
- Pick your effects and sound as usual, then record.
- Read. With Follow my words, the script moves with your voice. Stop to think and it waits.
- Edit and post in TikTok like any other video.
The window isn't part of TikTok, so it never ends up in your video. The same steps work in the Camera app if you'd rather read a script while recording there and upload the video later.
TikTok's own teleprompter or Float Script?
TikTok has a teleprompter of its own. Some accounts have it in the camera's tools, and others use the Teleprompter effect. If you only post to TikTok and a steady speed suits you, it does the job. Float Script is for when you want the script to keep pace with you, or you film the same script for Reels and Shorts too.
| TikTok's teleprompter | Float Script | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it works | Inside TikTok's camera | Over TikTok, Instagram, the iPhone Camera app and any other app |
| How it scrolls | At a speed you set before you record | With your voice, at a speed you set, or when you press your AirPods |
| When you pause | It keeps scrolling | Follow my words waits for you |
| Who has it | Rolling out by app version and region | Anyone with an iPhone or iPad on iOS 17 or later |
| Price | Free | Free |
Write a TikTok script you can read naturally
- Put the hook in the first line, and say it in your first breath.
- Keep lines short. Short videos move fast, and long sentences give away that you're reading.
- Cut words before you speed up.
- Read it out loud once and rewrite any line you stumble on.
- Keep a few versions. Float Script saves your last 50 scripts and shows how many times you've read each one, and how fast.