We built this because we were tired of watching a spinner.

The Elgato Prompter is a well-made piece of hardware. The half-mirror is optically correct, the build quality is solid, and the concept — reading your script while looking directly into the camera — is exactly right for anyone who records video professionally.

The problem was Camera Hub.

Specifically, Voice Sync. The feature that is supposed to scroll your script as you speak. The feature that shows you a spinner labeled "Getting Ready" for thirty seconds, then either loads — or doesn't. The feature that requires an NVIDIA RTX 2060 or better to function at all on Windows, and Apple M1 or better on Mac. The feature that, on older-but-still-perfectly-functional hardware, simply refuses to work.

The frustration that became a product

We had a 2019 MacBook Pro. It ran everything we needed. It did not have Apple Silicon. Camera Hub installed fine, the Elgato Prompter hardware worked perfectly, and Voice Sync showed "Getting Ready" every single time.

After a few weeks of workarounds — manual scroll speed, foot pedals, keyboard shortcuts — we started wondering: why does voice-following require a local GPU model at all? The browser has the Web Speech API. It works on any device with a microphone. It does not require driver updates or a specific GPU generation.

We built a prototype in a weekend. It worked on the first try.

What GoodEvening is

GoodEvening is a browser-based teleprompter. You open a tab, paste your script, and read. Voice Sync scrolls with your voice using the Web Speech API — no GPU, no install, no "Getting Ready." It works on the Elgato Prompter display, on a tablet propped against a monitor, on a phone taped to a camera rig.

The free tier covers the basics: full script editing, smooth scroll, keyboard and voice controls, and offline support (your scripts stay in the browser, no server required). Pro adds remote control from a second device, custom scroll speed profiles, and priority support.

We are not trying to build the everything app for video creators. We are trying to build the teleprompter that just works — the one you open before a take and forget about, because it does its job without demanding your attention.

The vision

Teleprompter software is a solved problem that the market keeps unsolving by tying features to hardware, requiring desktop installs, and demanding GPU resources for what amounts to a scrolling text box with voice recognition.

GoodEvening's bet is that browser-first wins. No install means any display becomes a prompter. No GPU requirement means any computer works. Offline-first means you can record in a basement with no Wi-Fi. The constraint is also the product.

If you record video and you have ever wished your teleprompter would just get out of the way — this was built for you.