Do-it-yourself mini mobile teleprompter

We decided to devote this review to the manufacture of a simple mobile teleprompter or teleprompter. This device is used by most journalists, actors, television presenters and even video bloggers. If you also shoot videos, and you have a very long, complex script that you need to remember, then the teleprompter is for you. This gadget allows you to read the text, looking strictly into the lens, invisibly to the viewer. So you do not have to constantly look away at pieces of paper or tips.



Let's start by watching a video from the author of the idea



What do we need:
- box;
- a clamp to mount the teleprompter to the camera lens;
- superglue or glue gun;
- smartphone or tablet;
- a box from a disk.

As a clamp, you can use a piece of polypropylene pipe along the diameter of the lens. The author uses an old hood, which is ideal for work.

When using a hood, you need to cut out its petals.

Next, take sandpaper and carefully clean the place of the cut petal.

We apply the resulting blank to the box, circle with a marker.

Cut out with a drill.

Now in the lateral parts of the box we cut out the mount for the phone or tablet.

Now we take a box from a disk and we remove a cover from plexiglass.

Cut a rectangle across the width of the box from the lid.

We must install this piece in the box at an angle of 45 degrees.

Glue the retainer.

Let's move on to the software part. When using a smartphone or tablet running the Android operating system, you need to go to the Google Play app store and download Android Prompter. This application can be used to open text documents with a script or write a script directly in the program.

The text can be read in two speeds. For this, buttons with icons of a turtle and a hare are provided. The application also provides a mirror image of the text for our teleprompter, which must be activated before insertion into the manufactured homemade.