Using Sightline
Effective: 29 October 2026.
This page covers Sightline Prompter, the Sightline Stream Deck plugin and their project support channels. Sightline is adapted and enhanced by Joanne Lockwood from SEE Change Happen Ltd, based on Electron Teleprompter by David Neal. The plugin is a separate project by Joanne Lockwood, SEE Change Happen Ltd.
Joanne and the project are based in England, United Kingdom. These pages are written for that UK-based project. People elsewhere may have additional rights under laws that apply in their country or region. Nothing here removes mandatory local consumer, privacy or other legal protections, or any right to bring a claim in a court available to you under applicable law.
Your software rights
Sightline Prompter and the plugin are free, open-source software under their respective MIT licences. You may use them personally or commercially, copy them, change them and redistribute them, subject to the licence’s copyright and permission notice requirements. Read the Sightline licence and the licence supplied with the plugin. Dependencies may have their own licences and notices.
This page explains use and support; it adds no restriction to the MIT grant. The licence does not grant ownership of project names, branding or anyone else’s material. Do not imply that your modified version is an official release or that Joanne endorses it.
Your scripts and recordings
You keep your rights in your scripts, recordings and exported work. Using Sightline does not give Joanne or the company ownership of them. You are responsible for having permission to use the material you load, and for deciding whether and how to record other people.
Sightline helps with prompting and timing. Use your usual recording tool for production audio and video. Optional scratch audio is a microphone recording for synchronisation; review it before sharing an edit pack. Speech recognition, word timings, take suggestions and level measurements can be wrong. Check the results before relying on them for a finished edit.
Fair use of shared project spaces
Be considerate in issues, discussions and support messages. Describe the problem clearly, respect other people and keep personal information, passwords, API keys and other people’s recordings out of public posts. Do not use these channels for harassment, spam, impersonation or attempts to gain access to someone else’s systems.
Project maintainers may moderate abusive or unsafe contributions or limit access to project support channels. These community expectations do not limit the rights granted by the MIT licence. There is no software usage quota or requirement to tip.
Availability and support
There is no promise of a response time, continuing development, a particular feature, compatibility with every device or uninterrupted operation. Updates can change features; keep a suitable copy of your scripts and check your setup before an important session.
Downloads, speech services, Stream Deck software and payment providers have their own terms. A reference or link does not make those services part of Sightline or give the project control over their availability.
Warranty and liability
The MIT licence supplies the software as is, without warranty, and sets out the authors’ liability disclaimer. Keep backups and decide whether the software is suitable for your work.
Nothing on this page or in our use of the licence is intended to exclude rights or liability that applicable law does not allow us to exclude, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation. Your mandatory consumer rights, where applicable, are unaffected.
Questions and changes
For project questions, use the issue tracker. For private matters, contact Joanne through joannelockwood.co.uk.
Changes to this explanatory page will carry a new date. They do not retrospectively change the MIT permission supplied with an earlier copy. See also Privacy, Accessibility and Joanne’s tip jar.