Stinger
Stinger keeps your script under the lens while you talk
Stinger is a Mac teleprompter that hangs your script right under the camera so your eyes stay on or near the lens.
Free 7-day trial · No card · Auto scrolling on one Mac. Voice and Track require a paid license. Start your trial inside the downloaded Mac app.
For people whose work puts them on camera.
You know the material. But a script in another window asks you to keep finding your place while you talk to the camera. Stinger puts those words close to the lens, where a quick glance takes less of your attention.
It is built for coaches, consultants, course creators, salespeople, and business owners who make their own videos. Your Mac can be the place you write, rehearse, and deliver the message.
Choose a fixed pace, scroll when you speak, or use Track to follow your words. You can pause, restart, and move the panel to suit the camera you use.
Made by David Vaughan.
I'm David Vaughan, the maker of Stinger. I run First Light Holdings LLC in North Carolina. Stinger is for the part of your work that asks you to show up on camera: a lesson, a client call, a product explanation, or a video for your business.
The aim is practical: put your words where you can use them, help you rehearse, and make the controls easy to reach while you talk. If something gets in the way, I want to hear about the setup you use and the job you were trying to finish.
Follows words, not volume
Track mode uses on-device speech recognition to keep the lit line on the words leaving your mouth, and it learns your pace as you read to set the fallback speed.
Check your capture
Stinger asks macOS to exclude its panel from capture. Use Ghost Check, then verify in the meeting or recording app and sharing mode you plan to use; capture behavior varies.
Local tools, optional cloud features
Voice and Track process microphone input locally. Premier Practice Partner sends microphone audio and script context for cloud processing; Voiceover sends script text. Optional iCloud sync uploads scripts to your Apple Account.
What's built today
macOS 15 (Sequoia) or later, Apple Silicon or Intel
What's in the app today
- Notch-anchored panel that can float as a rounded card, resize from any edge, with adjustable background opacity
- Three scroll modes: Auto (set pace), Voice (scrolls while you talk, pauses when you stop), and Track (follows your actual words)
- Pace calibration — Track measures your words-per-minute while you read and sets the fallback speed
- Voice and Track process microphone input locally; Premier adds optional cloud features
- Capture exclusion request and Ghost Check; verify the actual app and sharing mode you use
- Built-in editor and script library, stored as plain files on your Mac, with a watched folder and deletes going to the Trash
- Imports .txt, .md, .docx, .pdf, and .rtf
- System-wide, rebindable hotkeys, hover-to-pause, 3-2-1 countdown, and pause at "…"
- Memorize mode and rehearsal recording with playback
- Phone remote over your local network — off by default, nothing leaves your Wi-Fi
- Keep my scripts in iCloud — opt-in; your scripts show up on your other Macs signed in to the same Apple Account, and the license and keys stay on each Mac
- Track follows your words in any language your Mac has on-device dictation for — English works out of the box
- Optional one-click pull of scripts from KBD
- A regular Mac app with a Dock icon, full menu bar, and Settings window
- Practice Partner, with Premier
- Voiceover, with Premier
- License key and customer portal to manage your Macs and renewal — no telemetry, no analytics
Try it. Tell me what gets in the way.
Stinger help
Short guides for your first script, scroll modes, screen-capture checks, license management, and Premier minutes.