Seems incomplete
I was looking at teleprompter options, and this app jumped out at me because it offered the opportunity to do both prompting on the device I was recording with and text flipping for use with a glass teleprompter screen and a separate camera, whereas many competing apps offer only one or the other, and often at a higher price than this app.
And it does, but...
You cannot actually play the script on your screen without recording video, so if I want to stick my iPad on a teleprompter stand and video with a different camera, my iPad will be recording video, even though the camera won't be pointing at me.
It's a ridiculously simple flaw, and one that would be so easy to fix, yet this app has been on the app store for over 2 years, and nobody's thought to fix this.
In fact, a mistake like that should never had made it to the app store, as any reasonable software tester would have spotted it right away, and the fact that they didn't indicates to me that the software wasn't properly tested at all, leaving me with little faith that the software can be trusted to work as you would expect.
On top of this, when you use the app as a prompter on the device you're using for filming, you lose all control over camera settings -- there is no way to set or lock exposure or focus, for example, meaning your picture can change dramatically during filming.
It does its basic job, and it is usable, but there are vastly superior apps out there, so I wouldn't bother with this one unless it gets quite a radical overhaul (or if you have an old device and none of the alternatives will work with it.)
And it does, but...
You cannot actually play the script on your screen without recording video, so if I want to stick my iPad on a teleprompter stand and video with a different camera, my iPad will be recording video, even though the camera won't be pointing at me.
It's a ridiculously simple flaw, and one that would be so easy to fix, yet this app has been on the app store for over 2 years, and nobody's thought to fix this.
In fact, a mistake like that should never had made it to the app store, as any reasonable software tester would have spotted it right away, and the fact that they didn't indicates to me that the software wasn't properly tested at all, leaving me with little faith that the software can be trusted to work as you would expect.
On top of this, when you use the app as a prompter on the device you're using for filming, you lose all control over camera settings -- there is no way to set or lock exposure or focus, for example, meaning your picture can change dramatically during filming.
It does its basic job, and it is usable, but there are vastly superior apps out there, so I wouldn't bother with this one unless it gets quite a radical overhaul (or if you have an old device and none of the alternatives will work with it.)
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A work in progress?
If this had either the graphics capability or the chroma key facility if it's desk top counterpart, I'd say it was money well spent. However, as it is, it's little more than a primitive TelePrompTer and of limited application.
Mr
Rubbish. No instructions. No idea how to make it scroll. Absolute crap. Avoid.
One major flaw
Using my iPhone and I can't use because the queue only scrolls vertically and when I try to record video horizontally, the queue remains vertical. I need them both video and queue in landscape.
Miss L
Like the idea of having the really simple PC/Mac software made more portable - however - disappointed that it doesn't have the same excellent green screen functionality. Are you thinking of adding this at some time?
Amazing App for the price!!
Downloaded this as it was much cheaper than most of the others, but it works really well, have used it in both split screen and just script mode and it allows me to not forget what I was trying to say! Love its simplicity!
