| In my previous tips for using teleprompter/autocue I | | | | start reading - this is where the large font comes in. |
| mentioned the importance of practice. | | | | If it's going too fast or slow adjust the speed. |
| Of course the difficulty is that unless you work in a | | | | This is a really good way of practicing using a prompt |
| situation where you can use it every day, it's hard to | | | | without the pressure of doing it in public. You can get |
| get the practice. For occasional presenters it may | | | | a feel for the way the words come up, how you |
| only happen when they have a big presentation to | | | | need to space the text, where to put emphasis or |
| do and their company or an event organiser hires the | | | | marks into help, and the importance of decent |
| equipment. | | | | punctuation |
| But if you search for example free teleprompter you | | | | But there are two caveats. On a real teleprompter |
| can get something approaching the real thing - for | | | | autocue, the operator adjusts the speed to your |
| FREE!! | | | | delivery, which means you don't have to stick to the |
| If you use cue prompter and have a script you want | | | | same tempo. This is a major way of introducing |
| to practice, copy and paste it into the white box on | | | | variety and emphasis into a presentation. |
| the page. | | | | Also most professional set ups have a little cursor on |
| Underneath choose BIG for screen size option, BIG | | | | the left of the screen to guide your eye to the line |
| for font size, and WHITE text on black background. | | | | you are reading on ( particularly handy if you look |
| Then click START PROMPTER | | | | away from the autocue then back if you are |
| The screen changes to the look of a teleprompter | | | | conducting an interview). |
| with a control bar along the top. If you click the | | | | But apart from those points it's a good alternative, |
| FORWARD control the text scrolls upwards. There | | | | and a great way to find out how it feels, and what |
| are different speed settings. I found 3 to be the | | | | your strengths and weaknesses are. If you've got a |
| most realistic. | | | | camcorder why not video yourself to keep improving. |
| Step back from the screen about 2 or 3 metres and | | | | |