iPhone Teleprompter Help

[Mr. J]

Hey, I was in a bind the other day and wanted to use my iPhone as a teleprompter, I downloaded the mPrompt and made a quick holder out of a 6 inch sewer pipe coupling (new of course). If anyone out there has used the iPhone to prompt would you share your ideas with me, it worked really well but I would like to be able to position it better.
Thanks
Ty

 

[DM_rider]

Interesting idea. Did your talent have a hard time reading from the small screen?

 

[Nick Walters]

A 2 way mirror will give you the best position....I'm not sure of the capabilities of that software, as of course things will be flipped.

 

[Mr. J]

Thanks, yes the font can be made much larger and the software did well, got a little choppy but not much, after Gary spent a few min working out the scroll speed to something he liked we nailed it in one take. You can see it here in the opening of this video:
http://www.truthcasting.com/TruthcastingPlayer.html#vString=10230,100000307,381

 

[Mark Whalen]

First of all, the plumbing part as holder is a great idea for holding a iPhone/iPT near the camera lens - especially if you need a quick work around.

mPrompt looks like a good approach, but I couldn't get it to load on my 1st gen iPT (running OS 3) for some reason. I tried to contact the developer with a support inquiry, but got a dead link on their website. That said, I'm not going to drive myself crazy trying to troubleshoot a $1.99 app, so I spent a little more and bought Bodelin's ProPrompter instead. It works great.

Bodelin has a wing mount and clip holder for the iPhone. They also have a mirror setup that fits handheld devices. Dunno if I'll buy those items or not, but I'll sure go for the plumbing part solution. Thanks for the idea!