Recording from Your Browser (Web Teleprompter)

Overview

The Web Teleprompter lets you record short videos from your computer's browser, with no app to install. Your script scrolls over the webcam view while you record. Then you can add captions and your logo, and post to your team's connected social accounts from the Social Cascade web app.

The Web Teleprompter is included with the Pro, Premier and Enterprise plans. For the Base plan, contact support. On any plan, you can record with the Social Cascade Teleprompter app for iPhone and iPad.

Looking for the mobile app? See Social Cascade Teleprompter Training (Video Walkthrough).

Before You Start

• Use a desktop or laptop with a webcam and microphone. Chrome, Edge and Firefox work best.
• Recording, saving videos, and creating, refining or saving scripts need the Admin or Editor role. Viewers can open and read scripts only.
• To post or schedule, your team needs at least one connected social account. A team Admin connects them under Account Settings → Social Profiles. See Connecting Social Profiles.

How to Open the Web Teleprompter

1. Sign in at app.socialcascade.co.
2. Click Teleprompter in the left sidebar. Your script library opens.

If you don't see Teleprompter, your team doesn't have web recording. If your team has past recordings, you see Recordings in the sidebar instead.

Managing Scripts

Scripts are shared with the Teleprompter app. A script you create in one appears in the other.

Create a Script

1. Click New Script at the top of the page.
2. Choose one:
   • Generate with AI: describe your topic and answer the follow-up questions, then click Generate.
   • New Blank Script: enter a Title and Content, then click Create Script.

Edit, Refine or Delete a Script

1. Select a script in the list to open its details.
2. Edit the title or text, then click Save Changes.
3. To have the script rewritten, click Refine Script and describe what you want changed. Refining replaces the script's text.
4. To remove the script, click Delete and confirm. This can't be undone.

Use the search box and the filters above the list to find scripts by visibility (All, Public, Team, Private), whether they've been recorded, and whether they've been posted.

How to Record a Video

1. Select a script and click Record Video.
2. The first time, the Camera & Microphone Access window opens. Click Allow & Continue, then allow access when your browser asks.
3. To rehearse, click Practice. The script scrolls without recording. Click Stop Practice to end.
4. Click Record. A short countdown runs, then recording starts.
5. Click Stop when you're done. Recording stops on its own at 3 minutes.
6. Review your take. Click Retake to record again, or Use This Take → to continue.

Teleprompter Settings

Click the gear icon to open Teleprompter Settings:

• Scroll Speed, with presets: Slow, Medium, Fast, Very Fast and Turbo
• Font Size
• Overlay Opacity
• Start Delay: seconds before the script starts scrolling

Click Reset to defaults to undo your changes.

How to Share Your Recording

After you choose a take, the Share Your Recording screen opens.

1. Caption: enter or edit the post caption. It may be pre-filled from your script.
2. Hashtags: type a hashtag and press Enter.
3. Video overlays: tick Burn in captions to add captions. If your team has a Brand Kit logo, you can also tick Burn in logo and choose Logo size and Logo position.
4. If captions are on, choose a Caption style, Caption color and Caption background.
5. Under Destination, choose:
   • Save to My Stream: saves the video to your team's My Stream for later use, without posting.
   • Publish now: posts as soon as processing finishes.
   • Schedule: posts at the date and time you set in Schedule for.
6. For Publish now or Schedule, select one or more of your connected accounts under Platforms.
7. Click Process Video.

If you see "No connected social accounts." under Platforms, click Connect one →. It opens Account Settings, where a team Admin can connect accounts under Social Profiles.

Caption text comes from your script, and your speech sets the timing. See Troubleshooting Video Quality and Captions.

Managing Recordings

Click Recordings at the top of the Teleprompter page to see your past recordings.

• Click Play to watch a recording.
• Click Edit to change the caption or hashtags before it's posted.
• Click Retry if processing failed.
• Click Delete to remove a recording.

Troubleshooting

FAQ

Q: How is the Web Teleprompter different from the mobile app?

A: Both share your script library and produce the same kind of video. The web version uses your computer's webcam. The mobile app uses your phone's camera and keeps takes on your phone.

Q: Which browsers work?

A: Chrome, Edge and Firefox on a computer. On iPhone or iPad, use the Teleprompter app.

Q: Can I record in landscape?

A: No. The Web Teleprompter records in portrait (9:16), the shape social platforms use for short videos.

Q: Do I need to install anything?

A: No. It runs in your browser with no plugins or extensions.

Related Articles

• Creating and Managing Scripts
• Troubleshooting Video Quality and Captions
• Team Roles in Social Cascade