Pausing a recording is available on the iOS, macOS and Android versions. It is not available in the web browser version, where a recording runs from start to stop.
Stop recording pauses. Done ends the take
This is the part people get wrong, so it is worth saying plainly: by default, tapping Stop recording does not finish your recording — it pauses it. Tapping the same button again resumes straight into the same recording, so one button both pauses and resumes.
The button that actually ends the take is Done, which appears while the recording is paused. Until you tap it, the app is holding the recording open and waiting for you.
Because a resumed take carries on writing to the same file, you end up with one continuous video, not two clips you have to join together somewhere else. So if you fluff a line, need a sip of water, want to move a lamp or have to wait for a car to pass the window, you do not have to start again. Pause, sort it out, resume, and carry on from where you were in the script.
How to pause, resume and finish
What the script does while you are paused
That depends on one setting: Sync Scrolling Text and Recording (Settings > Precision Settings).
There is a full walkthrough of the setting in How Can I Sync Scrolling and Recording in the Teleprompter.com App? If you tend to pause mid-take, leaving it on is the less fiddly option.
Tidying up afterwards
A pause is invisible in the finished video, but the moments either side of it are rarely trimmed exactly how you want them. To cut a stray breath or a false start, open the recording and use Trim Video — it takes a few seconds and saves a round trip through a separate editor.
Still have questions? Email us at support@teleprompter.com or go to Settings > Contact Support in the app.
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