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Settings

Open them from the menu bar icon (Settings…) or with ⌘, in the scripts window. Everything changes the prompter as you move it, even while it's showing, so you can set it up mid-rehearsal.

Prompter

Settings, Prompter tab

Setting What it does Default
Placement Top of screen hangs it from the top edge, under the camera. Floating makes it a card you can drag anywhere. Top of screen
Display Which screen it goes on. Automatic is the one with the notch, or the main one if none has a notch. Automatic
Width How wide it is, 280 to 1000 points. At the top of the screen it's never narrower than the notch plus a little. 520 pt
Height How tall the text part is, 60 to 420 points. 150 pt
Text size 14 to 64 points. 24 pt
Line spacing 1.0 to 1.8 times the line height. 1.2×
Text color Any colour. Cues and notes are drawn in a dimmer shade of it. White
Alignment Left or Center. Left
Mirror Flips it left to right, for reading off a teleprompter's glass. Off

Voice

Settings, Voice tab

Setting What it does Default
Mode Follow, Voice or Steady. Follow, Voice and Steady explains them. Follow
Speed How fast Voice and Steady scroll, 4 to 120 points a second. ⌃⌥= and ⌃⌥− change it from anywhere. 12 pt/s
Mic sensitivity How quiet still counts as talking, for Voice and for the dot. Higher hears softer speech. 0.50
Language The language Follow listens for. Automatic is your Mac's. Automatic
Pause on hover Whether pointing at the prompter pauses it. On

Shortcuts

The list of shortcuts, as in Shortcuts and the menu bar.

Where they're kept

In ~/Library/Preferences/xyz.tiresia.prompter.plist. To start over with the defaults, quit Prompter and run defaults delete xyz.tiresia.prompter.