Instagram is developing a new "built-in teleprompter" feature for its newly launched video editing tool, the Edits App, with the aim of enabling content creators to express themselves more naturally and vividly when facing the camera.
Whether you are shooting short videos, recording commentary, or producing spoken content, this feature may greatly enhance your expressiveness and audience experience.
This article will take you through the core highlights of this new feature and provide a manual method to implement the teleprompter, so that you can be the first to experience the skills of content upgrade.
According to screenshots shared by well-known application researcher Alessandro Paluzzi, Edits is developing a scrolling text feature where you can see the text displayed directly on the screen while shooting, just like the teleprompters used by professional anchors.
Instagram is developing a new "built-in teleprompter" feature for its newly launched video editing tool, the Edits App, with the aim of enabling content creators to express themselves more naturally and vividly when facing the camera.
Whether you are shooting short videos, recording commentary, or producing spoken content, this feature may greatly enhance your expressiveness and audience experience.
This article will take you through the core highlights of this new feature and provide a manual method to implement the teleprompter, so that you can be the first to experience the skills of content upgrade.
What is the Instagram Edits teleprompter feature?
According to screenshots shared by well-known application researcher Alessandro Paluzzi, Edits is developing a scrolling text feature where you can see the text displayed directly on the screen while shooting, just like the teleprompters used by professional anchors.
Specific highlights are as follows:
Scrolling subtitles: The script will scroll on the screen in real time.
Adjustable speed: You can adjust the scrolling speed according to your speaking rhythm.
Adjustable font size: Adjust the text size according to the shooting environment or vision condition to avoid squinting.
Position close to the camera: The text is displayed close to the front camera, making it look like you are "looking into the audience's eyes".
This means that even if you are not a professional live-streamer, you can still shoot smooth performances like a host, which is particularly suitable for groups such as oral content creators, product commentators, and educational bloggers.
Tutorial: How to use the teleprompter feature in Instagram Edits?
This feature is still in the testing phase and is only available in some accounts/regions, but it is expected to be available globally soon. Learn about it in advance and be one step ahead!
1. Download and open the Edits App (official product of Instagram).
It is not yet available in all countries. You can follow the official Instagram updates or download the beta version.
2. Create a new video project.
Click New Video, import footage, or directly open the lens to shoot.
3. Enter Teleprompter mode
In the recording interface or editing toolbar, select Teleprompter or Teleprompter.
4. Enter your lines and
paste the script manually, or import a txt file and prepare your speech copy.
5. Setting display parameters
Scroll speed: Choose between fast, medium, and slow to suit your speaking speed.
Font size: Enlarge or reduce it for easier reading.
Position adjustment: The default is below the lens, and the alignment angle can also be fine-tuned.
6. Start recording, watch and talk at the same time!
No need to memorize the script, no need to worry about forgetting the words, and easily get a "natural and unpretentious" sense of the camera.
Tips: Keep your eyes close to the camera to avoid the obvious feeling of "reading a script".
Creative suggestions: How to make good use of the teleprompter function?
1. Rehearse the content in advance: Even if you have a teleprompter, it is recommended that you go through the process first to avoid reading the script stiffly.
2. Speech rate control: Set the scrolling speed to match your speaking speed, so that the audience feels natural rather than reciting.
3. Avoid long paragraphs: short sentences are easier to speak and allow you to pause and emphasize key points.
4. Combined with AI creation tools: Instagram will also add AI background changing, character replacement and other functions, and video creation will be more diverse in the future.
Why is the teleprompter feature useful for your videos?
1. Natural expression: No need to frequently look down at notes or distractedly look at the edge of the screen, eye contact is more trustworthy
2. Save time: No more re-recording due to forgetting the words, greatly improving shooting efficiency
3. Improve viewing experience: The smoothness and professionalism perceived by the audience directly affect the video completion rate and like rate
4. Easier to be in the camera: Research shows that videos featuring real people have nearly twice the interaction rate as pure pictures or graphic content
5. Suitable for various scenarios
How can content creators use it?
Knowledge blogger: oral science popularization and product explanation
Managers of Chinese brands expanding overseas: Recording English introductions
Comedy/drama accounts: quickly review the script and improve the fluency of the performance
Vlogger: Travel records or daily fragmented monologues are more natural
Educational accounts: Course recording is more standardized and efficient
More than just a teleprompter: AI-powered technology to be included in Edits
Instagram officials revealed in an interview with Wired that "Edits" is not only a teleprompter tool, but also a frontier for Instagram's AI creation:
AI background generation: one-click background change, no need for green screen shooting
Role switching: switch your image to different characters or scenes (such as sci-fi, animation, futuristic)
Automatic translation of voice and subtitles: supports multi-language generation and translation, making it easier to export content overseas
Once these functions mature, they will greatly lower the threshold for creation and allow more ordinary users to become "video creators."
Conclusion
Instagram's launch of the Edits + teleprompter feature is not just an update to the shooting tool, but more like creating a TikTok/CapCut combined creation platform. Whether you are a content novice or an experienced blogger, the Edits teleprompter will be a new tool worth looking forward to.
Have you learned to use the teleprompter feature of Instagram?
