Teleprompter A teleprompter , also known as an autocue , is a display device that prompts the person to speak with an electronic visual text of a speech or script. Using a teleprompter is similar to using cue cards . The screen is in front of, and usually below, the lens of a professional video camera, and the words on the screen have reflected in the eyes of the presenter using a sheet of clear glass or another beam splitter , so that they are read by looking directly at the lens position, but are not imaged by the lens. Light from the performer passes through the front side of the glass into the lens, while a shroud surrounding the lens and the back side of the glass prevents unwanted light from entering the lens. The TelePrompTer Corporation was founded in the 1950s by Fred Barton, Jr. , Hubert Schlafly, and Irving Berlin Kahn . Barton was an actor who suggested the concept of...
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