Podium Notes

Teleprompter that reads aloud

Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Hear your notes read aloud in a natural voice that runs entirely on your device — rehearse on a walk or in the car. Scrub to any line and listening starts there. Podium Notes keeps your words in front of you — and now reads them back to you. Built for anyone who speaks from prepared text: preachers, lecturers, best men, keynote speakers, students rehearsing a presentation. PRESENT Large, readable text with adjustable size and typeface A highlight band that tracks where you are, sized to suit you Set your speaking pace and see how long your talk runs Themes for bright stages and dark rooms. Fits every pose of iPhone Duo, folded or open LISTEN Hear your talk read aloud in a natural voice Works entirely offline: the voice runs on your device and nothing is uploaded Scrub to any point in your text and playback starts there Picks up where you left off, even after closing the app Plays through CarPlay, headphones and Bluetooth, with lock screen controls VOICE FOLLOW Turn on the microphone and the text scrolls as you speak Speech recognition runs on your device GETTING YOUR TEXT IN Share from Notes, Mail, Pages, or any app with a share sheet, on iPhone and iPad Import plain text and PDF files Type or paste directly PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no sign-up Your notes stay on your device and in your own iCloud The speech voice ships inside the app, so nothing you write is ever sent anywhere Works on iPhone, iPad and Mac.

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iPhone Duo support — the whole app, in every pose! Folded or open, portrait or landscape, the text fills the screen and the controls move into the side strip, clear of the clock and the Dynamic Island. Open the fold mid-talk and it keeps your place. NEW ON IPHONE DUO Keep Alive holds the screen on while you listen, so a long talk doesn’t go dark in your hand. DELETING NOTES Delete notes now has its own place in the menu — select several and remove them together. Swiping a note still works. ALSO FIXED Long notes stay visible at the largest text sizes, including with Bold Text and Larger Text turned on Scrubbing backwards while listening keeps the timer and the text moving, in the app and from CarPlay Scrubbing no longer switches voice follow off

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    Seller
    Timothy Smith
    Size
    462.3 MB
    Category
    Productivity
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    © 2026 Timothy Smith