Prompter

The prompter is a web page the Studio serves: the whole script in large type on black, for a prompter screen, an iPad or the presenter’s own browser. Every open prompter page shows the same place, and the Studio’s prompter bar moves them all.

The address

The page is at /prompter on the Studio’s remote control port, for example http://<mac-address>:8800/prompter. The Script window’s prompter bar shows the full address, with the token another device needs. Window › Prompter Code shows it as a QR code with Send to iPhone…. See Open the prompter.

The script

Each section starts with its number, title and people; a clip part says that the clip plays. Before a paragraph, small chips say what the script marks there, in the same colours as the Script window: a slide in violet, a shot in teal, a lower third in orange, a graphic in purple, a sound in pink. Each chip carries one word or name, such as Maya for her lower third, so the presenter knows what the audience sees without reading a cue. Notes written for the presenter show in the note colour; notes for the crew never reach the prompter. The part on the prompter is bright and the rest dimmed.

The reading line

An orange line a third of the way down the screen. The presenter reads the words at the line.

The top bar

The show’s title and where the slides are, then the controls. The bar hides itself after a few seconds and comes back when you move the pointer or touch the screen.

Control	Does	Key
A− A+	Smaller or larger text	− and +
Mirror	Mirrors the page for beam-splitter glass	M
▶ Auto	Starts or pauses auto-scroll, which stops at the end of each part	Space
− +	Slower or faster, in words per minute	[ and ]

Page Up and Page Down, the arrow keys and a presenter clicker scroll the page. Text size and mirroring are kept by each browser.

See also

• Follow Host
• Open the prompter
• Phone remote