---
title: "Performance Mode — on-stage teleprompter for stand-up — Tough Crowd"
url: https://toughcrowd.co/features/performance
description: "A full-screen stage prompter that listens to your set, follows along, and cues the next line — then shows what you skipped and what you ad-libbed."
lang: en
---

Performance

# A teleprompter that follows you on stage

## The problem

On stage you cannot hold notes. If you lose your place there is no safety net, so you freeze. And afterwards you never really know which pieces you actually skipped or where you ad-libbed something worth keeping.

## On your phone

A full-screen, black-background prompter that listens to you perform and shows one word or image cue for what's next — then gives you warm, honest feedback afterwards.

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## The solution

A full-screen, **black-background** prompter with huge white text, built for the stage.

**Listens to you perform** and follows along, showing one word or image cue for what is next.

Perform from **memory, not notes** — a safety net that jogs you, not a script you read.

Warm, honest **feedback afterwards** — skipped pieces, missed punchlines, ad-libs worth keeping.

## Common questions

## Try it with a free day pass

Full access for 24 hours. Cancel anytime in one click — if you don't cancel within 24 hours, you'll be charged for the annual plan.

Start your free day pass: https://toughcrowd.co/register

See what's included: https://toughcrowd.co/pricing

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          "text": "Stage fright and blanking usually come from not having a safety net, which makes you tense, which makes you forget more. Performance Mode is that safety net. It tracks your performance in real time and shows one minimal cue for the next piece — enough to unstick you the instant you hesitate, not enough to read from. Because you know the cue is there if you need it, the panic drops, and you can actually perform. Afterwards it gives you warm, honest feedback on what you skipped, what you missed and any ad-libs worth keeping."
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          "text": "Measuring a room used to mean a vague gut feeling that faded by the time you got home. Performance Mode gives you real feedback after every set — how many pieces you performed, which you skipped, any punchlines or setups you missed, and intelligently flags new material you ad-libbed that worked. Pair it with the Gig Calendar post-gig review (rate the room, the organiser and each individual piece) and you have an actual record of how that audience felt — not a hazy memory."
        }
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        "name": "Is there a tool that follows along while I rehearse my set out loud?",
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          "text": "Yes — that is the core of Performance Mode. It uses speech recognition to listen to you perform, follows your place in the routine, and advances the cues as you go. So you can rehearse exactly as you will perform — out loud, on your feet — and the tool tracks you, rather than you clicking through notes. It works best in Chrome; if your browser does not support speech recognition you are told up front and can still rehearse with the other Memory Lab modes."
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        "name": "How do I know which jokes I skipped or ad-libbed during a set?",
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          "text": "It is almost impossible to remember accurately in the moment. Performance Mode tracks it for you — after the set it tells you exactly which pieces you performed, which you skipped, any punchlines or setups you missed, and flags new material you added on the fly that was worth keeping, all framed positively. So the bits you ad-libbed do not vanish, and you can see plainly where you drifted from the plan."
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