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Words & slides. At your pace.

Keep your eyes on your audience. Your script and slides follow your English speech, word by word.

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  • Works offline
  • Mac
  • Windows

Live product simulation

No microphone required. The app interface and speech recognition are English-only; this demo uses simulated speech and the Mac interface. The Windows interface differs.

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Present hands-free.

Your script stays near the camera. Your slides advance as you speak from your English notes.

Illustrative preview · English voice following

Prepare. Speak. Present.

  1. Prepare your talk.

    Write your script, create slides or import PowerPoint and PDF.

  2. Speak at your pace.

    Slides advance as you speak from your English notes. Manual controls stay available.

  3. Present to your audience.

    Share the SAYA Audience window. Your notes stay in your view.

WHILE YOU SPEAK

Your attention stays with your audience. SAYA keeps your place.

You prepared what to say. Now you don’t chase the text, hunt for your place or touch the screen. SAYA does that for you, even when you leave the script.

  • Go off script.

    Answer a question or tell a story. Your text waits and picks up when your words come back.

  • Skip ahead.

    Leave out a sentence. SAYA finds you on the screen.

  • Say it again.

    Repeat a line for emphasis. Your place stays right.

  • Take your time.

    Pause, breathe, take a sip of water. Your place waits until you go on.

  • Word by word.

    Each word lights up right after you say it.

  • Your accent, too.

    Tested with 21 English accents, from Turkish and German to Indian, Nigerian and Scottish.

Spoken words followed
100%
Wrong jumps
0
English accents tested
21
Results by accent
AccentSpoken words followedWrong jumps
Turkish (voice 1)100%0
Turkish (voice 2)100%0
German100%0
French100%0
Spanish100%0
Italian100%0
Indian100%0
Arabic100%0
Russian100%0
Chinese100%0
Korean100%0
Portuguese100%0
Polish100%0
Ukrainian100%0
Greek100%0
Nigerian100%0
British100%0
American100%0
Australian100%0
Scottish100%0
Swedish100%0
Romanian100%0

Measured in our own tests on a Mac: recorded talks with off-script remarks, a repeated and a skipped sentence, laughter, breaths and pauses of up to 10 seconds, read by 22 voices in 21 English accents. Followed means every word the speaker said lit up on the screen; a wrong jump is the highlight moving ahead to words not yet spoken. Your microphone, room and voice may give different results.

Startup programs

  • Inception
  • Azure

SAYA — project supported by the OVHcloud Startup Program

How voice following works.

The same speech following finds your place in a script or your slide notes.

Explore the speech models

An illustration of how SAYA follows a script. It turns English speech into words, compares them with your text and checks the match before moving the prompter. If you leave the script, it can look for a place to resume. The illustration cycles through these steps automatically.

From speech to words

English speech becomes words that SAYA can compare with your script.

Privacy

Your voice stays on your computer.

Privacy details
  • Speech recognition works offline after setup.
  • Audio recording is off by default.
  • Smart Slides sends text only with your consent.

SIDE BY SIDE

Compare SAYA.

Compare with

✓ Confirmed in the source · — Not stated in the reviewed source

FeatureSAYATeleprompter​.comTeleprompter LLCPromptSmartBelleau TechnologiesSpeakflowCG3 MediaElgato PrompterElgato · Camera Hub
Follows your voice, word by wordYesYesYesYes
Create and edit slidesYesNot stated in the reviewed sourceNot stated in the reviewed sourceNot stated in the reviewed sourceNot stated in the reviewed source
Import PowerPoint and PDF presentationsYesNot stated in the reviewed sourceNot stated in the reviewed sourceNot stated in the reviewed sourceNot stated in the reviewed source
Hands-free slide advance as you speakYesNot stated in the reviewed sourceNot stated in the reviewed sourceNot stated in the reviewed sourceNot stated in the reviewed source
Separate audience window for your slidesYesNot stated in the reviewed sourceNot stated in the reviewed sourceNot stated in the reviewed sourceNot stated in the reviewed source
Holds your place when you go off scriptYesYesYesYesYes
Never jumps ahead when it isn't sureYes
Works offline after setupYesYesYesYes
Recognises your speech on your computerYesYesYes
Voice following processes your script locallyYes
No account neededYesYes
Time, pace and pauses summary after each talkYes
Speech model trained on academic lectures and scientific talksYes
Native on Apple siliconYesYesYes
Price (as listed)€29 / month €290 / year€4.99 / week €89.99 / year (Pro)€8.99 / month €69.99 / year (PromptSmart+)$19 / month $15 / month billed yearly (Plus)Camera Hub free Prompter hardware €299.99
LanguagesEnglish28 languages15 languagesMultiple languages18 languages
Sources & comparison notes

Slides features checked 3 November 2026. — means not stated in the reviewed sources, not confirmed absent. Slide changes follow English speaker notes; share the SAYA Audience window to keep notes out of that view.

✓ where the product’s own website or App Store listing says so; prices and languages as listed there (checked 22 October 2026). Product names are trademarks of their owners.

SAYA Pro

Present hands-free. One active Mac or Windows computer.

Billing period

Billed monthly

Pro

€29/ month

For one person

  • Script following and automatic slide advance from English notes
  • Create slides or import PowerPoint and PDF
  • Separate audience window
  • Speaking pace and pause review
All features & speech model
Speech models
Vards 1.0

Vards is the default

  • Full Vards voice following for scripts and slide notes
  • Slides workspace · create, edit and present
  • PowerPoint (.pptx) and PDF presentation import
  • Automatic slide advance as you speak from English notes
  • Separate audience window and manual slide controls
  • Works offline · no internet needed for your talks
  • Script editor & library · plain text & RTF
  • Import Word, OpenDocument, selectable-text PDFs and PowerPoint speaker notes
  • Learn Words · teach SAYA your own vocabulary
  • Pre-talk readiness check
  • Session review & coaching · estimated speaking pace and long pauses
  • Display, mirror & countdown controls
  • Email support

Coming soon

  • Vards learns from your rehearsals (coming soon)
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Common questions

Can I try it free?

Try voice following free for 7 days from first launch, on Mac or Windows. No automatic subscription.

Will it work on my computer?

Mac: macOS 14.4+ and Apple silicon. Windows: Windows 11 (22000+), x64 Intel/AMD. App and speech recognition: English only.

Does it work offline?

Voice following works offline after setup. Setup, licence checks and updates need internet. Optional Smart Slides also needs internet and sends text only with your consent.

Can I use my own presentation?

Import PowerPoint (.pptx) or PDF. Export Keynote to either format first. Check formatting after import.

Your whole talk. In one place.

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