PrompterQ

Teleprompter software built on the operator desk.

One HTML file that runs in Chrome and never touches the internet. Autosave, crash recovery, mirror and flip, cue markers, and reverse as fast as forward. Made by a live-show operator for keynotes, galas, awards, broadcast and political events.

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Live demo of the output window. Real screenshots of the editor and prompter are further down.

One file. No install. No login. No cloud.

PrompterQ is a single HTML file. Open it in Chrome and you have a full teleprompter: editor, output window for the talent glass, run list, cue markers and a timer.

It works with the venue Wi-Fi off, which is how it should be on show day.

  • Built for keynotes, galas, award shows, broadcast and political events.
  • Opens .docx, .doc, .rtf and .txt straight from the client, in any encoding. Garbage characters from a Word export get fixed, not pasted.
  • Output window goes to the second display or the glass feed. Normal, mirrored, flipped, or both.
  • Session files (.pqs) keep the script, cues and run list together so the next show loads in one click.
  • Made by a working operator with 25 years on the desk, and still used on his own shows.
PrompterQ v11 — editor
PrompterQ editor: a toolbar with New, Open, Save, Load and Save session, Archive, undo, speaker color tags, alignment, find, font and size controls; below it a black editing field showing white script text at 120 pt; at the bottom the Shortcut List, Run List and General Settings tabs.

The editor wraps lines exactly where the glass will wrap them. What you see on the desk is what the talent sees, pixel for pixel.

What it does, in the order it saved a show.

Every feature below exists because something went wrong on a real stage once. None of them are there to fill a comparison chart.

Reads any file the client sends

Word, RTF and plain text, in any encoding. Smart quotes, em dashes and accented names come through clean instead of as ’ and é.

Autosave every 30 seconds, plus crash recovery

A snapshot lands on every save, every Go and every Exit. If Chrome dies or the laptop reboots, Recover Autosave lists the snapshots and puts one back in the editor.

One-key archive to a folder

Set the archive folder once. Ctrl+Shift+A files the current script with a timestamp. Last-minute edits from the campaign never overwrite the version that was approved.

Software mirror and flip

Normal, mirrored, flipped, or both, from the settings tab or with one key while running. No hardware mirror box, no re-rigging when the glass changes.

Editor matches the glass pixel for pixel

Line breaks in the editor are the line breaks on the output. You can mark a cue on line 40 knowing line 40 is where the talent will be.

Speaker color tags

Tag each speaker's lines with a color. On a panel or an awards show with six presenters, the operator sees the hand-off coming before the talent does.

Cue markers tied to the text

Ctrl+M drops a cue at the cursor. Cues ride with the text when it is edited, and any key from 0–9 or A–Z jumps straight to its cue while running. 36 cues per script.

Reverse as fast as forward

Speed runs from +20 to −20. When the speaker skips a paragraph and then comes back to it, you are already there, with a timer and percent-complete to tell the stage manager where you are.

Find as a locator

Type three words the speaker just said and the editor jumps to them. Faster than scrolling, quieter than asking.

Undo for destructive actions

Cleared the script by accident at 7:58 for an 8:00 downbeat? Ctrl+Shift+Z brings it back.

Run list

Queue every script for the night. PgDn and PgUp move between them without leaving the prompter.

Voice-follow

Scroll driven by the microphone is in development. It ships when it is reliable on a stage, not before.

PrompterQ running: large white script text on a black field with the HUD reading speed 3.0, elapsed 0:15, remaining 0:34, progress 30 percent.
Operator view while running. Speed, elapsed, remaining and progress sit at the foot of the screen.
PrompterQ output mirrored for the talent glass: the same script text reversed left to right, with a dim MIRROR indicator in the center.
Same output, mirrored for the glass with the M key.

Every control is one key. Your other hand stays on the speed.

F8 Start or stop the prompter
Space Pause and resume
↑ Speed up
↓ Slow down, then reverse
← → Cycle through cues
0–9 A–Z Jump to that cue
M Toggle mirror
+ − Font size, live
Home Jump to start
End Jump to end
Ctrl+M Set a cue at the cursor
Ctrl+O Open a script
Ctrl+Shift+A Archive to folder
PgUp PgDn Previous or next script in the run list
Esc Exit the prompter

Failure on a show is a CEO on stage with no words.

That is the whole design brief. PrompterQ has no accounts to expire, no update that lands the morning of load-in, and no server between the operator and the glass. The file you buy today runs the same way in five years.

Created by a teleprompter operator for the operators who run the room.

PrompterQ is licensed per operator, by request. Tell us where you run shows and you will hear back from the person who built it.

  • PrompterQ v11, a single HTML file you keep
  • Runs on any laptop with Chrome, Mac or Windows
  • Delivered by email as one file. Nothing to install, nothing to activate
  • Questions go to the operator who built it, not a ticket queue

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