I built Telea out of a real need during presentations. I often found myself repeating the same script over and over, trying to memorize it or reading it in a way that felt obvious and unnatural. It broke the flow and confidence. Telea solves this by letting you speak naturally while your script follows you, so you can focus on what matters: delivering your message clearly and confidently.
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@matheusbguedes Hey Matheus, congrats on this! Is the AI assistance reactive (triggered by pauses/confusion) or proactive (suggesting talking points in advance based on the meeting context)?
@jerrybyday Hey Jeremiah, Thanks. For now, the idea is much simpler. You talk, and Telea scrolls.
But I’m working on new versions with more interesting features 👀
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Going to have to try this out. I always struggle to do the "eye contact" on camera. As a speaker I always look at the person I'm talking to - even on zoom! So I'm not looking at the camera, it's a hard thing to do but this could be useful to train myself to look at the camera.
@dr_simon_wallace Totally get that, I used to do the same thing, even when recording myself, but Telea helped me look much more natural.
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Congrats on the launch, Matheus! 🎉 The eye contact problem is the one that kills most teleprompter setups — the moment you’re clearly reading, you’ve lost the viewer. Solving for natural delivery rather than just text display is the right angle. About to launch OceanMind, an AI-powered breathwork iOS app, and recording pitch videos and app store content is exactly where something like this would come in handy. Is there an iOS app, or is it currently web/desktop only? Would love to use it directly from my iPhone while recording.
@alexeyglukharev Hey Alex, great to hear that, and OceanMind sounds awesome. Right now it’s desktop only, there isn’t a mobile version yet, but I’m working on it.
Would love to collaborate when it’s ready and have you test it on iPhone :)
does Telea work with any camera setup or does it need a specific configuration to place the prompter close enough to the lens? curious what the physical setup looks like for someone with a standard webcam.
@clairedo_04 Telea was initially designed to sit at the top of the screen, positioned close to the camera. But based on some requests, I’m working on an update that lets you turn the prompter into a small movable box, so you can freely position it across your screen and between monitors, adapting better to different physical setups.
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@matheusbguedes It's nice to hear you're working on new features like that, very practical to be honest. We do software design and dev work, so if you ever need an extra hand on the product side, hope we can connect.
@clairedo_04 Thanks, Claire. I just shipped a new app version with this floating window :)
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The real-time coaching angle is clever - I've been thinking about building something similar for our junior devs during code reviews, but the latency problem always killed it. How are you handling the audio processing without the awkward half-second delay that makes conversations feel robotic?
@lliora Hey Liora, great question. It’s built with Tauri and runs on Rust, so everything is processed locally. That keeps latency extremely low and avoids that awkward delay.
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Camera-adjacent prompter placement to maintain eye contact is a nice detail most teleprompter apps miss. Does it adapt scroll speed based on your speaking pace or is it manual?
@greythegyutae Right now, Telea doesn’t fully adapt the scroll speed to your speaking pace. It pauses and resumes based on your speech, and you can control the base speed manually.
Adapting dynamically to your pace is one of the next features I’m working on.
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The real problem with presentations isn't preparation; it's presence. Most tools make you choose between memorizing and reading, and both options kill the thing that actually makes someone compelling on camera.
Telea solves for that in a quietly clever way. Putting the prompter next to the lens removes the eye dart, keeps the flow intact, and lets confidence feel natural rather than performed. That's not a small UX improvement; that's a different product category.
The framing worth leaning into: "presence enhancer" lands somewhere more interesting than script tool. One describes a feature; the other describes an outcome people actually want. For creators and communicators especially, that shift in positioning could open a much wider conversation.
I'm curious whether you see this expanding beyond presentations into any camera-first communication, live streams, interviews, or async video.
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@matheusbguedes Hey Matheus, congrats on this! Is the AI assistance reactive (triggered by pauses/confusion) or proactive (suggesting talking points in advance based on the meeting context)?
Telea
@jerrybyday Hey Jeremiah, Thanks. For now, the idea is much simpler. You talk, and Telea scrolls.
But I’m working on new versions with more interesting features 👀
Telea
@dr_simon_wallace Totally get that, I used to do the same thing, even when recording myself, but Telea helped me look much more natural.
Congrats on the launch, Matheus! 🎉 The eye contact problem is the one that kills most teleprompter setups — the moment you’re clearly reading, you’ve lost the viewer. Solving for natural delivery rather than just text display is the right angle. About to launch OceanMind, an AI-powered breathwork iOS app, and recording pitch videos and app store content is exactly where something like this would come in handy. Is there an iOS app, or is it currently web/desktop only? Would love to use it directly from my iPhone while recording.
Telea
@alexeyglukharev Hey Alex, great to hear that, and OceanMind sounds awesome. Right now it’s desktop only, there isn’t a mobile version yet, but I’m working on it.
Would love to collaborate when it’s ready and have you test it on iPhone :)
Telea
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Congrats on the launch!
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@abdelh2o Thx bro!
does Telea work with any camera setup or does it need a specific configuration to place the prompter close enough to the lens? curious what the physical setup looks like for someone with a standard webcam.
Telea
@clairedo_04 Telea was initially designed to sit at the top of the screen, positioned close to the camera. But based on some requests, I’m working on an update that lets you turn the prompter into a small movable box, so you can freely position it across your screen and between monitors, adapting better to different physical setups.
@matheusbguedes It's nice to hear you're working on new features like that, very practical to be honest. We do software design and dev work, so if you ever need an extra hand on the product side, hope we can connect.
Telea
@clairedo_04 Thanks, Claire. I just shipped a new app version with this floating window :)
The real-time coaching angle is clever - I've been thinking about building something similar for our junior devs during code reviews, but the latency problem always killed it. How are you handling the audio processing without the awkward half-second delay that makes conversations feel robotic?
Telea
@lliora Hey Liora, great question. It’s built with Tauri and runs on Rust, so everything is processed locally. That keeps latency extremely low and avoids that awkward delay.
Camera-adjacent prompter placement to maintain eye contact is a nice detail most teleprompter apps miss. Does it adapt scroll speed based on your speaking pace or is it manual?
Telea
@greythegyutae Right now, Telea doesn’t fully adapt the scroll speed to your speaking pace. It pauses and resumes based on your speech, and you can control the base speed manually.
Adapting dynamically to your pace is one of the next features I’m working on.
The real problem with presentations isn't preparation; it's presence. Most tools make you choose between memorizing and reading, and both options kill the thing that actually makes someone compelling on camera.
Telea solves for that in a quietly clever way. Putting the prompter next to the lens removes the eye dart, keeps the flow intact, and lets confidence feel natural rather than performed. That's not a small UX improvement; that's a different product category.
The framing worth leaning into: "presence enhancer" lands somewhere more interesting than script tool. One describes a feature; the other describes an outcome people actually want. For creators and communicators especially, that shift in positioning could open a much wider conversation.
I'm curious whether you see this expanding beyond presentations into any camera-first communication, live streams, interviews, or async video.