InBroadcast - March 2022 - 18

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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 12 - Issue 3 | March 2022
InStudio
Prompting Technology
Contributing Editor David Kirk has a look
at what's new and happening in the everevolving
world of teleprompting...
C
redit
for inventing the
to American electrical
teleprompter is usually accorded
engineer
Hubert Schlafly. It was a team job
initiated in 1948 by actor Fred Barton
Jr. Transitioning to television from
theatre, where performers
were
given weeks or even months time to
memorise their lines, Barton asked
20th Century
Fox VP Irving Kahn
whether hand-held cue cards could
be improved on. Kahn discussed the
challenge with Schlafly, Fox's head of
television research, who proposed a
rolling paper script located near the
camera. The text itself was created
in inch-high characters using an
electric
typewriter. Barton, Kahn
and Schlafly subsequently founded
the TelePrompTer Corporation,
developing the concept with a growing
number of competitors. Paperless
electronic
prompters
previously. With voice activation
becoming an increasing part
everyday
life, CueScript's
VAP application brings
of
SayiT
voice
recognition to television production
as an additional control option for
presenters. It is fully integrated into
the CueScript IP workflow that has
been in continuous
development
since 2014. As a presenter reads
from the prompter, the prompter
matches the speech speed in a
smooth prompting style using voice
recognition software. If the presenter
misses words or skips ahead, the
system is intuitive enough to catch
up. Should the need arise to go offscript
or have a discussion off-air,
either the presenter or a member
of the production team can press
an assigned
CueScript
controller
eventually
followed and 1982 proved a landmark
year with the first computer-based
prompter. This was developed by Los
Angeles based Compu-Prompt and
ran on an Atari 800.
So what's new since InBroadcast
last looked at prompting technology
a year ago?
CueScript reports that the seismic
shift in production workflows due to
the Covid-19 pandemic , although
disruptive, opened opportunities for
the introduction of new automated
workflows
and
might
technologies
that
not have been considered
'mute' button on a
to disable
through non-speaking
or
re-enable SayiT. The system can also
auto-scroll
parts, including slugs and production
cues, and SOTs if broadcasters want
to caption them.
" Introducing new ways of working
can be daunting, says Charlotte
Latham, International
Operations
Sales
" Having presenters
control
&
Manager, CueScript.
the
prompting application was resisted
at first but now it is being considered
more regularly. The need for a prompt
operator still very much remains for
many productions and is a skillful
role. However, as
productions
CueScript prompters at Sky TV
continue to adapt to new working
conditions
and workflows,
SayiT
voice activated prompting provides
a further option in the studio, not
to mention a fantastic emergency
backup should an operator not
be available! For additional peace
of mind,
trademark CueScript
after-sales care that our customers
trust. "
CueScript's SayiT VAP is a softwarebased
application that can be added
to an existing CueScript
software
licence, CueiT News or Production,
and can be used in combination
with foot/desk/wireless controllers.
The only hardware requirements are
that the PC or laptop have an audio
input channel. SayiT is available in
multiple languages.
Datavideo offers a range of
shapes
teleprompters
and
in
various
type, Datavideo manufactures
sizes. For each camera
a
teleprompter. The central part of the
teleprompter is an app running on
a tablet called dvPrompter Plus. All
teleprompters from Datavideo may
be controlled using an optional
wireless remote controller and can
be stored in optional hard cases.
" The TP-300 is our best selling
teleprompter, "
says
Johan
Lieffers, Managing Director of
Datavideo Technologies Europe
BV. " This will fit any regular
camcorder or slightly larger
block camera. The ingeniously
constructed
prompter
easy to assemble and to
install. With
various
CueScript KTV This Morning
riser plates you will
Datavideo's
TP-500
is
SayiT comes with our
support and
make sure that the lens is directly
in the centre of the two-way mirror.
The mirror reflects the script that is
running (mirrored) on the tablet. This
way you can easily read the script
and the cues that the director put
in. We also manufacture the TP-500,
a smaller version that is meant to be
used on DSLR cameras or slightly
smaller camcorders. The TP-500 is
compact and lightweight and can be
combined with a standard rig so you
can be mobile while recording. The
TP-650 is our biggest prompter which
can house an ENG type camera.
This prompter also features a bigger
mirror and tablet holder so you can fit
a 12 inch iPad Pro for instance. "
Datavideo's
dvPrompter Plus
is a brand new teleprompter app
that runs on either iPad or Android
tablets. " This app is a breeze to use
with a brand-new home screen which
shows your scripts organised and
clearly
labeled, " Johan Lieffers
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