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The teleprompter app built for a mirror rig.

Beam-splitter glass reverses everything it reflects. Teleprompter Mirror Pro reverses the script first — horizontally, vertically, or both — so the text in the glass reads exactly the way you wrote it. Free on every plan.

Both axes, independently

Four orientations. All of them read correctly.

Most apps ship a single mirror toggle and assume your rig matches their assumption. Here the two axes are separate switches, which covers every way a phone can sit under a piece of glass.

Every great video starts

the same way — you, talking

straight down the lens.

No cue cards. No memorising.

No fifteenth take because

you lost the thread again.

Your script sits right over

the camera, moving at the

speed you actually speak.

Pause for breath and it

waits for you. Pick the pace

back up and it keeps up.

Every great video starts

the same way — you, talking

straight down the lens.

No cue cards. No memorising.

No fifteenth take because

you lost the thread again.

Your script sits right over

the camera, moving at the

speed you actually speak.

Pause for breath and it

waits for you. Pick the pace

back up and it keeps up.

4K · 60

Off

Phone facing you directly — no glass in the path.

Every great video starts

the same way — you, talking

straight down the lens.

No cue cards. No memorising.

No fifteenth take because

you lost the thread again.

Your script sits right over

the camera, moving at the

speed you actually speak.

Pause for breath and it

waits for you. Pick the pace

back up and it keeps up.

Every great video starts

the same way — you, talking

straight down the lens.

No cue cards. No memorising.

No fifteenth take because

you lost the thread again.

Your script sits right over

the camera, moving at the

speed you actually speak.

Pause for breath and it

waits for you. Pick the pace

back up and it keeps up.

4K · 60

Horizontal Most rigs

The standard beam-splitter setup. Phone flat, glass at 45°.

Every great video starts

the same way — you, talking

straight down the lens.

No cue cards. No memorising.

No fifteenth take because

you lost the thread again.

Your script sits right over

the camera, moving at the

speed you actually speak.

Pause for breath and it

waits for you. Pick the pace

back up and it keeps up.

Every great video starts

the same way — you, talking

straight down the lens.

No cue cards. No memorising.

No fifteenth take because

you lost the thread again.

Your script sits right over

the camera, moving at the

speed you actually speak.

Pause for breath and it

waits for you. Pick the pace

back up and it keeps up.

4K · 60

Vertical

Phone mounted upside down above the glass.

Every great video starts

the same way — you, talking

straight down the lens.

No cue cards. No memorising.

No fifteenth take because

you lost the thread again.

Your script sits right over

the camera, moving at the

speed you actually speak.

Pause for breath and it

waits for you. Pick the pace

back up and it keeps up.

Every great video starts

the same way — you, talking

straight down the lens.

No cue cards. No memorising.

No fifteenth take because

you lost the thread again.

Your script sits right over

the camera, moving at the

speed you actually speak.

Pause for breath and it

waits for you. Pick the pace

back up and it keeps up.

4K · 60

Both

Inverted and reflected — overhead arm rigs.

The physics, briefly

Why the text has to be backwards.

A beam-splitter — sometimes called a two-way mirror or teleprompter glass — is a sheet of glass with a partial mirror coating. It sits at 45° between you and the lens, and it does two jobs at once. It reflects your phone screen upward into your eyeline, and it lets the camera see through it to film your face.

That reflection is the catch. Every mirror swaps left and right, so a script that reads correctly on the phone reads backwards in the glass. The fix is to draw the script backwards on the phone in the first place: two reversals cancel, and what you read in the glass is the right way round.

The camera never sees any of this. It is looking through the glass at you, not at the reflection, so your recording comes out exactly as it should — no flipped shirt logos, no reversed lettering behind you.

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Setup

Setting up a mirror rig, start to finish.

About five minutes the first time, and roughly thirty seconds every time after.

  1. 1

    Mount the phone in the rig

    Slide the phone into the hood so the screen faces the underside of the angled glass. Most rigs mount it face-up on a shelf; some hang it face-down above the glass.

  2. 2

    Open the script and start a session

    Choose Teleprompter-only mode if a separate camera is doing the filming, or Video mode if the phone is both prompter and camera.

  3. 3

    Open Settings and turn on Mirror horizontally

    The text reverses on screen. Look at the reflection in the glass — it now reads normally. If your rig mounts the phone inverted, also switch on Mirror vertically.

  4. 4

    Set the frame shape to match your glass

    Narrow the readable window so no line runs off the edge of the reflection, and raise the text size until you can read it comfortably from your speaking position.

  5. 5

    Set the reading band and rehearse one paragraph

    Check that your eyes stay in a single spot rather than tracking down the glass. If they wander, increase the text size and shorten the line length.

Beyond the flip

A rig needs more than a mirrored font.

Reading off glass is harder than reading off a screen — the contrast is lower and the distance is longer. These are the controls that make it comfortable.

Reading size to 52pt and beyond

A rig puts the text an arm’s length away and dims it through the glass. The size range goes well past what a hand-held phone needs.

Adjustable frame shape

Narrow the readable window to match your glass so lines never run off the edge of the reflection.

Fixed reading band

A marked zone your eyes stay in, rather than tracking down the page — which is what keeps you looking at the lens.

Countdown cue

Three, two, one before the scroll starts, so you are settled before the first word moves.

Teleprompter-only mode

When a proper camera is filming, the phone is purely a prompter and records nothing at all.

Remote control

Once the phone is buried in a hood you cannot reach it. Drive it from a second phone instead.

Mirror rigs

Questions about mirroring.

The ones we actually get asked, answered properly.

Why does teleprompter text need to be mirrored?

A beam-splitter rig works by reflecting your screen off a sheet of half-silvered glass angled at 45°, while the camera films straight through the same glass. A reflection reverses left and right, so unmirrored text appears backwards to you. Mirroring the text on the screen cancels that reversal out, and the reflection reads normally.

What is the difference between horizontal and vertical mirroring?

Horizontal mirroring flips left and right, which is what a standard beam-splitter reflection needs. Vertical mirroring flips top and bottom, which you need when the phone is mounted upside down — common in rigs that hang the phone above the glass rather than resting it below. Teleprompter Mirror Pro lets you switch each axis independently, so any of the four orientations reads correctly.

Does mirror mode work with any teleprompter hardware?

Yes. Mirror mode is a property of what is drawn on the screen, not of any particular bracket, so it works with beam-splitter rigs from any manufacturer as well as home-built ones. All the rig has to do is hold the phone under angled glass.

Do I need Pro to use mirror mode?

No. Mirroring is free on every plan, on both axes, with no watermark. Pro is for unlimited recording sessions, Voice Follow, the AI writer, 4K export, remote control and the camera effects.

Can I use mirror mode without a rig?

You can, though there is rarely a reason to. Without a reflection, mirrored text simply reads backwards. Some people use vertical mirroring alone when a phone is clamped upside down on an overhead arm and no glass is involved.

Can I record video while the text is mirrored?

Yes, and the recording is not affected. Mirroring changes only how the script is drawn on your screen; the camera pipeline and the saved file are untouched, so your video is never accidentally flipped.

Free to start

Put your script in the glass.

Mirror mode is free on every plan, on both axes, with no watermark and no account.

No sign-up · No watermark · Nothing leaves your device