Miracue for Chrome

A teleprompter in the side panel, beside your call instead of over it

Paste what you are about to say, press Read, and the words scroll at a speed you set. Turn the microphone on and it follows your voice instead: speech recognition runs on your own machine and moves the script at the pace you actually speak, so you can pause, ad-lib or go back a line without touching anything. Free, no account, no time limit.

What it looks like

The script sits next to the tab you are working in

Chrome with a video call in the main tab and the Miracue teleprompter open in the side panel to its right, the script mid-read.
Beside the call, not on top of it
The Miracue side panel with voice follow switched on, the current line highlighted as it is spoken.
Follows your voice
The panel's settings showing text size, line spacing and margins, with a note that scripts are stored in this browser.
Stays on your computer
The Miracue side panel reading a pasted script with no sign-in prompt anywhere in view.
No account needed to read
Plainly

What it does, and what it does not

Reads in the side panel

Beside whatever tab you are working in, so a call, a script document or a recording page stays where it is.

Follows your voice, or scrolls at a fixed speed

Your choice, per read. Voice follow waits when you stop, holds when you go off script, and comes back with you when you jump.

Text size, line spacing and margins

Set them once and the panel remembers them on this computer, so the next script opens the way you left the last one.

Keeps your recent scripts here

Anything you paste is stored in your browser, on this computer. Sign in to miracue.app if you want the scripts already in your library there.

No account to read, no meter

Nothing is timed and there is no trial clock. It does not watermark anything or interrupt you to upgrade.

Audio never leaves your machine

Recognition happens in the browser, on your device. The first time you switch the microphone on it downloads the speech model it needs, about 63 MB, once. After that voice follow works with no network at all.

Permissions

What it asks Chrome for

Very little, and each one for a reason you can check. This is the same list we gave Google, and the same one on our privacy page.

Getting started

Three steps, then you are reading

Add it to Chrome

Press Add to Chrome above and the Chrome Web Store installs it in a moment. Pin the Miracue icon to the toolbar so it is one click away.

Open the panel

Click the icon and the teleprompter opens in the side panel, next to the tab you are on. Resize the panel by dragging its edge.

Paste, then Read

Paste your script, set the size you like, and press Read. Switch the microphone on if you want it to follow your voice.

Questions

The ones people ask first

Is it really free?

Yes. Reading in the panel needs no account and has no time limit, exactly as it does on the web. Miracue Pro exists for people managing a lot of scripts across projects, and it is bought on miracue.app, not through the extension.

Does it work in browsers other than Chrome?

It is built and tested for Chrome. Browsers that install extensions from the Chrome Web Store may run it too, but Chrome is the one we stand behind. On anything else, the web app at miracue.app does the same job with nothing to install.

Does my script go anywhere?

No. What you paste is kept in your browser, on this computer. If you choose to sign in, the panel can also open the scripts already in your miracue.app account; that is the only other place it looks.

Will the other people on my call see it?

Not if you share a single tab, which is what most calls offer first. The side panel is part of the browser window, not part of the tab, so a tab share leaves it out. If you share the whole window or your entire screen, the panel is on it like everything else, so share the tab instead.

What is the difference between this and the pin on the web app?

The pin is a small floating window you drag under your camera, for looking down the lens. The side panel is for reading at a desk, beside the tab you are working in. Both are free to try; use whichever suits the read.

Your script, next to the call

Nothing metered, nothing sent anywhere, nothing to sign up for. And if you would rather not install anything at all, the web app is one click away and does the same job.

Available in the Chrome Web Store

Open the free teleprompter in the browser instead