What’s with all the DIY telepromters lately??

Posted at 6:29 pm on Mar 24th, 2005 by anybody

I can’t think of a good use for a teleprompter for a non-newscaster though except for video blogs or something (which I don’t think sound very nifty)… and it certainly doesn’t *LOOK* cool. So, unless I could think of something else to do with it that was really cool, I don’t think my friends would be impressed. :P Still, saving $999 is always good.

Posted at 7:47 pm on Mar 24th, 2005 by Joshua Holbrook

herhaps they should rename it the “$1+IBM laptop teleprompter”

cool concept though. you can propably get away with a pocketpc or LCD instead of using a laptop.

Posted at 8:44 pm on Mar 24th, 2005 by hd

yah for the DIY stuff, but couldn’t you just use the laptop and set the webcam on top of hit while running powerpoint or soemthing?

Posted at 12:19 am on Mar 25th, 2005 by tweaq

That’s the point, unless you’re pretty far away, you can tell you’re not looking at the camera. This lets you look almost right at the camera while reading.

Posted at 9:30 am on Mar 25th, 2005 by dahoop

Could this also be used as a cheap HUD?
Using a pair of polarized filters might make it work even better.

Posted at 9:37 am on Mar 25th, 2005 by LWATCDR

pretty cool for those who would need it and dirt cheap too. too bad the guy acts like a robot when he uses the thing though.

Posted at 12:35 pm on Mar 25th, 2005 by Adam

Y’know, a similar setup with a PDA could make for a cheap HUD in the car…

Posted at 12:52 pm on Mar 25th, 2005 by Ed3

this could be used for other things such as a airplane style HUD, or overlaying.. something… holograms anyone?

Posted at 1:09 pm on Mar 25th, 2005 by Matt

here is another homebuilt prompter, much nicer looking, a bit more expensive.

http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/22302.html

Posted at 2:32 pm on Mar 25th, 2005 by matt

Actually, this solves a problem I’ve been bothered by for years now, one that has nothing to do with teleprompting.

In video conferencing, especially with a friend, it’s incredibly annoying that you can’t look into each other’s eyes. Talking to someone who is constantly looking at the ground ruins much of the fun for me. But with something like this, you can watch the image and have the camera right behind it–problem solved. Maybe I’ll go rig something up with my iSight and see…I can already a foresee a few geometry issues, but I think it should be pretty doable.

Posted at 5:33 pm on Mar 28th, 2005 by Bozzle

I’ve built a text reverserator for your DIY teleprompting needs. Check it out and download the source so you can run it on your own box and not have to wait for my slow server at home to render your text.

http://somejunkwelike.com/backwards/

Posted at 9:19 pm on Mar 28th, 2005 by Steve cooley

Here’s free “software” for teleprompter: http://www.cueprompter.com

Posted at 9:54 am on Oct 29th, 2005 by hannu

Here’s another free online prompting program: http://www.freeprompter.com. You can also order an actual webcam teleprompter on the page as well for $59.95.

Posted at 4:22 pm on Jun 19th, 2007 by Keith Wells

can’t find the server at http://www.wallstreetfreethinker.com

Posted at 7:25 am on Oct 6th, 2007 by Peter3D

can you give me explicit instructions how to construct this? thanks.

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Posted at 11:53 pm on Nov 16th, 2007 by Sofiaa

I wrote a cheap teleprompting software solution for $25 at http://www.directprompt.com I think it scrolls pretty smooth. Its good for DIY teleprompting.

Posted at 3:52 pm on Jun 18th, 2008 by John