Guides for talking to a camera
Short, practical posts on writing a script, reading it naturally and getting a take you're happy with. New posts as they're written.
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How to use a teleprompter on Zoom without anyone seeing it
Dock the script in a narrow window right under your webcam and share a window, not your screen. Window layouts for a laptop or two monitors. -
The trouble with fixed-scroll teleprompters: they don't wait when you pause
A fixed-scroll teleprompter keeps moving when you stop talking. What a pause costs in words, how to pause on any prompter, and how voice-following waits. -
How many words is a 5-minute script? (With 1, 2, 10 and 20 minutes too)
About 750 words at 150 words per minute. A table for 30 seconds to 20 minutes at three speaking paces, and how to find your own. -
How to read a teleprompter without sounding like you're reading
Three of the five reasons you sound like you're reading are prompter settings, not delivery. Here's how to spot each one and fix it. -
Is there a teleprompter that follows your voice?
Make your delivery sound more natural using a voice-following teleprompter that listens as you read, and moves the script with you.