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Notes on reading to the lens.
Short, practical guides from the developer of Gazecue: how to set up a phone teleprompter, pick a speed and keep eye contact while you read.
- How Many Words Is a 3, 5 or 10 Minute Speech?A 3-minute speech is about 390 words, 5 minutes about 650 and 10 minutes about 1,300 at 130 words per minute. Tables for 110 to 170 WPM and words to minutes.
- How to Memorize a Speech (and When to Read It Instead)Honest ways to memorize a speech or lines fast: learn the structure, chunk it, rehearse aloud over days, test without notes. Or read it from a teleprompter and keep eye contact.
- How to Write a Video Script (With a Template)How to write a video script step by step: goal, hook, outline, spoken-word draft, visual cues and a call to action, then read it aloud and time it. Copyable video script template inside.
- Autocue vs Teleprompter: Same Thing, Different NameAn autocue and a teleprompter are the same device: a screen that shows your script at the lens. Where the names come from, how a studio autocue works and how a phone app replaces the rig.
- Best Man and Wedding Speech: Deliver It From Your PhoneHow to deliver a best man or wedding speech from your phone: how long it should be, how to practise, and how to read it in a teleprompter app with large text and a slow scroll.
- Mirrored Text: Why Teleprompters Flip Your ScriptWhat mirrored text is, why teleprompter glass needs the script flipped, horizontal vs vertical mirroring, how to mirror text in common tools, and why only the text should flip, never the video.
- Best Teleprompter Apps for iPhone: Best for Each NeedBest overall: Gazecue, then by need: rigs and remotes, speech-paced scroll, several devices, editing, a free start. Seven iPhone apps from their store pages.
- Best Free Teleprompter Apps for iPhone and iPadWhat is actually free in nine iPhone and iPad teleprompter apps: script limits, recording, watermarks, account and offline use, each from the vendor's own page.
- Best Teleprompter App for iPad, With Rig and RemoteSix iPad teleprompter apps by setup: the iPad as camera, under teleprompter glass, or beside a main camera, plus which remotes, keyboards and displays each vendor lists.
- Teleprompter for YouTube Videos: Setup and AppsSet up a teleprompter for YouTube on iPhone in six steps: script length, speed, text size, reading line, camera and countdown, plus which app fits which kind of video.
- How to Use a Teleprompter on iPhone, Step by StepSet up a teleprompter on your iPhone: get the script in, pick a speed in words per minute, place the reading line near the camera, then record and review your take.
- Read a Script While Recording and Keep Eye ContactWhy reading a script makes you look away from the camera, and how to fix it: the reading line near the lens, distance, text size, speed and a script written to be spoken.
- Teleprompter Speed in Words per Minute: How to PickWhat words per minute means on a teleprompter, which speed to start with, a table of reading times by script length, and how to fine-tune the speed while you record.
- Free Teleprompter App for iPhone: What You GetWhat a free teleprompter app on iPhone usually includes, and exactly what the free version of Gazecue gives you, where its two limits are and what Pro adds.
- Mirror and Flip Text for a Teleprompter Glass RigWhy teleprompter glass needs mirrored text, when to flip horizontally, vertically or both, and how to set up an iPhone or iPad under the glass with a page turner.