New FREE teleprompter web-based app

Chris Swanberg · May 18th, 2009, 11:19 PM

Oh... I made a donation. I urge others to support freeware efforts like this.

Mike Drob · May 19th, 2009, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris Swanberg

Oh... I made a donation. I urge others to support freeware efforts like this.

Thanks Chris! Very much appreciated.

this thread has gone kinda quiet - people still using the program? any problems? any suggestions? production photos? :)

Chris Swanberg · May 20th, 2009, 09:39 PM

As a future possibility... can you make it mouse toggable to go to FULL SCREEN during playback? That would be a nice feature.... once it is playing I don't need the frame etc. I am building a miror teleprompter and would rather use your software than the stuff I prevoiusly got to use... but IT is full screen.

Also, I want to THANK YOU for the scrolling speed control. In my 4:30 talking head I on several occasions needed to slow down or speed up. I discovered that what thought would inuitively be true wasn't, namely that once a good speed was set it would remain constant for my reading, it varied throughout the read.

Mike Drob · May 21st, 2009, 03:10 PM

Chris, you can go full screen in most browsers by hitting F11 (at least on PC - not so much on Mac). The only way to do fullscreen in another way is to make your browser physically larger. I personally don't like doing this cause then it usually remains that way, and I hate it when sites resize my browser.
With that said, I'll see what I can do.

Thanks.

Paul Mailath · May 21st, 2009, 10:22 PM

Fantastic - used it today in a studio setup. As soon as he pay's I'm throwing some your way..

Had the laptop just below the lens and all I could see was the slightest eye flicker. Next time I'll stick to the centre of the screen rather than go edge to edge - and it should be perfect.

thanks muchly

Matt Davis · May 22nd, 2009, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike Drob

(at least on PC - not so much on Mac)

I think the new version of Safari (verion 4) does full screen browsing.

Mike Drob · May 22nd, 2009, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Mailath

Fantastic - used it today in a studio setup. As soon as he pay's I'm throwing some your way..

Had the laptop just below the lens and all I could see was the slightest eye flicker. Next time I'll stick to the centre of the screen rather than go edge to edge - and it should be perfect.

thanks muchly

Cool! thanks for the shots. I noticed you were using the pop-out control. Did you move that to an external monitor?

Paul Mailath · May 22nd, 2009, 07:04 PM

no - I got that by mistake and just left it there!

Mike Drob · June 11th, 2009, 11:04 PM

So it's been around 2 months since EasyPrompter launched - I'd like to hear some more feedback from people. Are you finding it useful? Is it working reliably? Want to see more/new features?

Currently on the table are 2 features:
1 - adjust the location of the "read here" triangle

2 - vary line spacing (double spaced text etc)

Which do you want to see happen first? What other improvements are you interested in?
Thanks!

Chris Swanberg · June 11th, 2009, 11:08 PM

You will enjoy this. I work for a large CA state agency... we even have our own TV studio. I recently saw a quickie video they did for some emergency situation and it was clear they did NOT have a prompter.

I sent them a link to yours.

Mike Drob · June 12th, 2009, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Swanberg

You will enjoy this. I work for a large CA state agency... we even have our own TV studio. I recently saw a quickie video they did for some emergency situation and it was clear they did NOT have a prompter.

I sent them a link to yours.

Awesome! :) thanks

Jason Rosen · August 9th, 2009, 08:37 PM

Mike,

I want to thank you so much for the EasyPrompter. I am just getting started producing some videos for my company and found your program.

It is terrific. I found that it is simple to use and adds a level of professionalism to my productions. I am finding that I still have some practice to make it flow naturally.

Anyway your program is great and I thank you for making this available.

If you are going to make any future revisions, I would recommend a feature that makes the top line highlighted so that it the on camera presenter can pace with the script.

The program is great as is, but it would be a nice feature.

Thanks again for the effort.

Jason

Mike Drob · August 27th, 2009, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Jason Rosen

Mike,

I want to thank you so much for the EasyPrompter. I am just getting started producing some videos for my company and found your program.

It is terrific. I found that it is simple to use and adds a level of professionalism to my productions. I am finding that I still have some practice to make it flow naturally.

Anyway your program is great and I thank you for making this available.

If you are going to make any future revisions, I would recommend a feature that makes the top line highlighted so that it the on camera presenter can pace with the script.

The program is great as is, but it would be a nice feature.

Thanks again for the effort.

Jason

Good Idea - for now, the arrow on the left is meant for that purpose. Currently I have very little time to work on this (6 week old baby), but I may implement this in the future.

Thanks for your interest.
-Mike

Bill Mecca · September 8th, 2009, 09:00 AM

I'm wondering if anyone else has had this issue with EasyPrompter ( I just sent Mike an email outlining the issue but figured more input couldn't hurt)

I used the stand alone version the other day with my daughter. Copied and pasted the script from Open office and it worked fine, until I mirrored the text. Then at a few spots in the text it took words from the middle of the sentence and put them after the period. It happened in the same spot every time. I save the file as .rtf and .txt to see if the .odt Open office format was the issue, but the same thing happened. Actually at some point in the test, I think it was with .txt I got only one word per line when the text was mirrored.

anyone else have this issue. I'm using a Dell D400 laptop with XP and Firefox.

Mike Drob · September 18th, 2009, 09:00 AM

I will hopefully be able to look at the issue soon. The whole mirroring of text is a ridiculous undertaking, even though it seems like it should be straight forward. This is why other web-based solutions either don't have it or fake it by hard wrapping like every 3rd word.
Anyways, it's a challenge. I'll try to fix it soon.

May 21st, 2009, 03:10 PM	#79
Mike Drob Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Scotch Plains, NJ Posts: 75	Chris, you can go full screen in most browsers by hitting F11 (at least on PC - not so much on Mac). The only way to do fullscreen in another way is to make your browser physically larger. I personally don't like doing this cause then it usually remains that way, and I hate it when sites resize my browser. With that said, I'll see what I can do. Thanks. __________________ -Mike Drob EasyPrompter - the best free online teleprompter - (Twitter) \| (Facebook)

May 21st, 2009, 10:22 PM	#80
Paul Mailath Trustee Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Central Coast - NSW, Australia Posts: 1,613	Fantastic - used it today in a studio setup. As soon as he pay's I'm throwing some your way.. Had the laptop just below the lens and all I could see was the slightest eye flicker. Next time I'll stick to the centre of the screen rather than go edge to edge - and it should be perfect. thanks muchly Attached Thumbnails __________________ Cheers - Paul M. www.perbenyik.com Last edited by Paul Mailath; May 21st, 2009 at 10:58 PM.

May 22nd, 2009, 07:04 PM	#83
Paul Mailath Trustee Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Central Coast - NSW, Australia Posts: 1,613	no - I got that by mistake and just left it there! __________________ Cheers - Paul M. www.perbenyik.com

June 11th, 2009, 11:04 PM	#84
Mike Drob Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Scotch Plains, NJ Posts: 75	So it's been around 2 months since EasyPrompter launched - I'd like to hear some more feedback from people. Are you finding it useful? Is it working reliably? Want to see more/new features? Currently on the table are 2 features: 1 - adjust the location of the "read here" triangle 2 - vary line spacing (double spaced text etc) Which do you want to see happen first? What other improvements are you interested in? Thanks! __________________ -Mike Drob EasyPrompter - the best free online teleprompter - (Twitter) \| (Facebook)

August 9th, 2009, 08:37 PM	#87
Jason Rosen Tourist Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Hamden Connecticut Posts: 1	Thanks for EasyPromter Mike, I want to thank you so much for the EasyPrompter. I am just getting started producing some videos for my company and found your program. It is terrific. I found that it is simple to use and adds a level of professionalism to my productions. I am finding that I still have some practice to make it flow naturally. Anyway your program is great and I thank you for making this available. If you are going to make any future revisions, I would recommend a feature that makes the top line highlighted so that it the on camera presenter can pace with the script. The program is great as is, but it would be a nice feature. Thanks again for the effort. Jason

May 18th, 2009, 11:19 PM	#76
Chris Swanberg Major Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 904	Oh... I made a donation. I urge others to support freeware efforts like this.

May 20th, 2009, 09:39 PM	#78
Chris Swanberg Major Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 904	As a future possibility... can you make it mouse toggable to go to FULL SCREEN during playback? That would be a nice feature.... once it is playing I don't need the frame etc. I am building a miror teleprompter and would rather use your software than the stuff I prevoiusly got to use... but IT is full screen. Also, I want to THANK YOU for the scrolling speed control. In my 4:30 talking head I on several occasions needed to slow down or speed up. I discovered that what thought would inuitively be true wasn't, namely that once a good speed was set it would remain constant for my reading, it varied throughout the read.

June 11th, 2009, 11:08 PM	#85
Chris Swanberg Major Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 904	You will enjoy this. I work for a large CA state agency... we even have our own TV studio. I recently saw a quickie video they did for some emergency situation and it was clear they did NOT have a prompter. I sent them a link to yours.

September 8th, 2009, 09:00 AM	#89
Bill Mecca Major Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 475	I'm wondering if anyone else has had this issue with EasyPrompter ( I just sent Mike an email outlining the issue but figured more input couldn't hurt) I used the stand alone version the other day with my daughter. Copied and pasted the script from Open office and it worked fine, until I mirrored the text. Then at a few spots in the text it took words from the middle of the sentence and put them after the period. It happened in the same spot every time. I save the file as .rtf and .txt to see if the .odt Open office format was the issue, but the same thing happened. Actually at some point in the test, I think it was with .txt I got only one word per line when the text was mirrored. anyone else have this issue. I'm using a Dell D400 laptop with XP and Firefox. __________________ Award-winning Pine Barrens Documentary! Video, Audio, Music & More

September 18th, 2009, 09:00 AM	#90
Mike Drob Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Scotch Plains, NJ Posts: 75	I will hopefully be able to look at the issue soon. The whole mirroring of text is a ridiculous undertaking, even though it seems like it should be straight forward. This is why other web-based solutions either don't have it or fake it by hard wrapping like every 3rd word. Anyways, it's a challenge. I'll try to fix it soon. __________________ -Mike Drob EasyPrompter - the best free online teleprompter - (Twitter) \| (Facebook)