Teleprompter for wedding speeches
Say it the way you wrote it at 2am.
A wedding speech is the highest-stakes public speaking most people ever do, delivered to a room of people who love you, usually after a drink, from a folded piece of paper that has been in a jacket pocket all day. The paper is the weak link. It rustles, it's hard to read in dim light, and looking down at it breaks exactly the eye contact that makes a toast land.
A phone held at chest height with large, slowly scrolling text solves all three. You keep the wording you agonised over, you keep your head up for the punchlines, and you can see it in a candlelit room.
Why it works for speeches
- Read from your phone instead of shuffling cue cards.
- Large, bright text stays readable in dim reception lighting.
- Keep your head up for the moments that matter.
- The time estimate keeps you honest about length.
Recommended settings
A toast is slower than any other kind of read. Nerves speed everyone up, so set the scroll slower than feels right.
- Scroll speed
- 100–120 wpm. Slower than you think — you will speak faster on the night than in rehearsal.
- Font size
- 48–64 px so you can hold the phone at chest height rather than up near your face.
- Display
- White on black, screen brightness up. Reception rooms are darker than you remember.
On the night
Load your speech before dinner and check it scrolls at a comfortable pace, because the room will be louder and you will be quicker than in your kitchen. Hold the phone at chest height rather than in front of your face, and pause with a tap whenever the room laughs — a toast that waits for its laughs always lands better than one that talks over them. Aim for three to five minutes: the time estimate above the script box tells you where you are before you stand up, and it beats finding out at the microphone.
Questions about this setup
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Ready to read on camera with confidence?
Open the prompter, paste your script, and press play.