Honest, first-person notes on using a teleprompter — what works, what doesn't, and what I'd do differently. No listicles, no fluff.
Starting playback instantly feels abrupt. Here is why we picked three seconds, the exact parameters, and what we actually measured when we timed it.
Scripts are encrypted in your browser before they leave your device. Here is the exact flow, the parameters we chose, what it costs to run, and the places the design is honestly weak.
Pure English and pure Chinese are both manageable. The real failures show up when you mix them, blow up the font size, and add Japanese kana, Korean and emoji. Here are the actual bugs and how we fixed them.
Mirror mode flips the script so it reads correctly through a beam-splitter rig. Here is why we built it, who it is for, and the many cases where you do not need it at all.
We pin the active line to the centre with a highlight band and scroll the text past it. Here is the reading problem that decision solves, and where it falls short.
A teleprompter's speed is not one number for one person. We explain the range, what the multipliers actually mean, and how to find your own pace.
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