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Jody Arnott · February 16th, 2015, 01:16 AM

Hi all,

I have just purchased an iPad/tablet teleprompter from Prompt-It (http://www.prompt-it.com.au).

Top notch quality - very happy with it... now I just need a tablet!

I was hoping to get some thoughts from others that use tablet-based teleprompters on what sized tablets work well. I'd like to buy a smaller 8" tablet like the iPad Mini to save a bit of money - but I'm uncertain if the smaller size would make the text difficult to read for the interviewee/presenter.

Any thoughts on this? Is a 10" tablet the only way to go, or does anyone here use something smaller?

Thanks in advance.

David Knaggs · February 16th, 2015, 01:09 PM

The text size can be adjusted. I use the ProPrompter Studio Apps on both an iPhone and iPad. The iPhone acts as the remote and the presenter can just hold the iPhone and scroll down at his/her pace.

I do use a full-size iPad but, as I said, you can make the text as large as you like (easy to adjust it in the app).

Gary Huff · February 16th, 2015, 02:49 PM

I am very familiar with tablet teleprompters and, in my opinion, you absolutely need the full sized. There's not a lot of text you can have displayed at once when you have a font large enough to see, and I think the full-sized iPad is the bare minimum you need to make it work properly with talent reading off of it.

Jody Arnott · February 16th, 2015, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gary Huff

I am very familiar with tablet teleprompters and, in my opinion, you absolutely need the full sized. There's not a lot of text you can have displayed at once when you have a font large enough to see, and I think the full-sized iPad is the bare minimum you need to make it work properly with talent reading off of it.

Thanks Gary, that's exactly what I wanted to know.

Al Bergstein · February 16th, 2015, 11:14 PM

I'd agree with Gary. While you *can* use an iPad mini, it's much more useable on the standard 8' model. I use it with Prompter People's prompter. Has worked great.

February 16th, 2015, 01:16 AM	#1
Jody Arnott Major Player Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Hamilton, New Zealand Posts: 747	iPad teleprompters Hi all, I have just purchased an iPad/tablet teleprompter from Prompt-It (http://www.prompt-it.com.au). Top notch quality - very happy with it... now I just need a tablet! I was hoping to get some thoughts from others that use tablet-based teleprompters on what sized tablets work well. I'd like to buy a smaller 8" tablet like the iPad Mini to save a bit of money - but I'm uncertain if the smaller size would make the text difficult to read for the interviewee/presenter. Any thoughts on this? Is a 10" tablet the only way to go, or does anyone here use something smaller? Thanks in advance.

February 16th, 2015, 01:09 PM	#2
David Knaggs Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 826	Re: iPad teleprompters The text size can be adjusted. I use the ProPrompter Studio Apps on both an iPhone and iPad. The iPhone acts as the remote and the presenter can just hold the iPhone and scroll down at his/her pace. I do use a full-size iPad but, as I said, you can make the text as large as you like (easy to adjust it in the app).

February 16th, 2015, 02:49 PM	#3
Gary Huff Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 2,006	Re: iPad teleprompters I am very familiar with tablet teleprompters and, in my opinion, you absolutely need the full sized. There's not a lot of text you can have displayed at once when you have a font large enough to see, and I think the full-sized iPad is the bare minimum you need to make it work properly with talent reading off of it.

February 16th, 2015, 11:14 PM	#5
Al Bergstein Major Player Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Port Townsend, WA Posts: 456	Re: iPad teleprompters I'd agree with Gary. While you can use an iPad mini, it's much more useable on the standard 8' model. I use it with Prompter People's prompter. Has worked great. __________________ Al Upper left hand corner of the map