Definitions for teleprompter
ˈtɛl əˌprɒmp tərteleprompter

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1. Teleprompternoun

   a prompter for television performers

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1. teleprompternoun

   a device placed near or on a television camera that displays scrolling text, allowing a person to read a script while appearing to speak spontaneously to the camera

2. Etymology: Genericized trademark; tele- + prompter

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1. Teleprompter

   A teleprompter, also known as an autocue, is a display device that prompts the person speaking 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 are reflected to the eyes of the presenter using a sheet of clear glass or other 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. Mechanically this works in a very similar way to the Pepper's ghost illusion from classic theatre: an image viewable from one angle but not another. Because the speaker can look straight at the lens while reading the script, the teleprompter creates the illusion that the speaker has memorized the speech or is speaking spontaneously, looking directly into the camera lens. Notes or cue cards, on the other hand, require the presenter to look at them instead of at the lens, which can cause the speaker to appear distracted, depending on the degree of deflection from the natural line of sight to the camera lens, and how long the speaker needs to glance away to glean the next speaking point; speakers who can internalize a full sentence or paragraph in a single short glance timed to natural breaks in the spoken cadence will create only a small or negligible impression of distraction. The technology has continued to develop, including the following iterations: first mechanical paper roll teleprompters — used by television presenters and speakers at U.S. political conventions in 1952 dual glass teleprompters — used by TV presenters and for U.S. conventions in 1964 computer-based rolls of 1982 and the four-prompter system for U.S. conventions — added a large off-stage confidence monitor and inset lectern monitor in 1996 replacement of glass teleprompters at U.K. political conferences by several large off-stage confidence monitors in 2006. 'TelePrompTer' in the US, and 'Autocue' in Commonwealth and some European countries, were originally trade names, but have become genericized trademarks used for any such display device.

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1. teleprompter

   A teleprompter is a device that displays a script or other text material to a speaker or performer, usually positioned in a way that it is not visible to the audience. This allows the person to read the text while appearing to be speaking spontaneously or having memorized the content. It is commonly used in television broadcasts, theater productions, and public speaking events.

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1. Teleprompter

   A teleprompter, or autocue, is a display device that prompts the person speaking 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 are reflected to the eyes of the presenter using a sheet of clear glass or a specially prepared beam splitter. 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. Because the speaker does not need to look down to consult written notes, he appears to have memorized the speech or to be speaking spontaneously, looking directly into the camera lens. Cue cards, on the other hand, are always placed away from the lens axis, making the speaker look at a point beside the camera, which leaves an impression of distraction.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of teleprompter in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of teleprompter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of teleprompter in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   I have to keep you people entertained and awake, have you seen Hillary Clinton using a teleprompter …. People starting yawning. It’s a disaster.

2. John Fetterman:

   I feel like we have been very transparent in a lot of different ways, when our doctor has already given a letter saying that I’m able to serve and to be running. And then I think there’s – you can’t be any more transparent than standing up on a stage with 3,000 people and having a speech without a teleprompter and just being – and putting everything and yourself out there like that. I think that’s as transparent as everyone in Pennsylvania can see.

3. Scott Walker:

   I walked around our property, where the residence is for the weekend, a good chunk of week at night, I'd be up until almost 10:30 at night walking around, i really wanted it to be my voice. I wanted to have direct conversation with the American people. I was going to ask for their vote. I wanted it to come from me and got rid of the podium, got rid of notes, got rid of a Teleprompter.

4. Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer:

   I don't know why everybody's surprised of Bret Baier lack of discipline. I mean Bret Baier's been out there for 15 months, Bret Baier's completely undisciplined, yet, for about a month Bret Baier's been led around, shackled, handcuffed by Bret Baier staff, made to read from the teleprompter.

5. James Corden:

   Seriously, just to clear this up, none of this is true. The teleprompter is for me, now this is back from when we were doing the shows in my garage, and that screen is what all of our guests who Zoomed into the show could see. OK ? That's it. It's very similar to the screen I'm using now. OK ? So there. That's the actual truth.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=teleprompter
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Teleprompter
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleprompter
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=teleprompter