Teleprompter
A TelePrompTer is a screen that prompts the speaker with an electronic visual text of a speech. Using a teleprompter is similar to the practice of using cue cards. The screen is in front of the lens of the camera, and the words on the screen are reflected to the eyes of the speaker using a two-way mirror. As the speaker does not need to look down to consult written notes, he or she appears to have memorized the speech or be speaking spontaneously.
As capitalized, TelePrompTer is the trade name used by the company which developed the device. The TelePrompTer company was founded in the 1950s by Fred Barton, Hubert J. (Hub) Schlafly and Irving B. Khan. Barton was an actor who suggested the concept of the teleprompter as a means of assisting television performers who had to memorize large amounts of material in a short time.
The first teleprompters were simply mechanical devices located near the camera. The script was printed on a paper scroll, which was advanced as the performer read.
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