need to give a presentation in a zoom
meeting but haven't rehearsed it enough
let alone memorize what you want to say
what you need is a zoom teleprompter
and with this new and easy to use app
called prompt plus which is free to
download and use by the way
you'll be able to position your script
right below the camera on your imac
macbook and ipad during a zoom meeting
this means you'll be able to deliver
your zoom presentation
whilst seemingly looking straight into
the camera
no one will know you're using a
teleprompter but you
and everyone will comment on how amazing
your delivery was so let's see how we
set up prompt plus
and how to use a script in zoom with a
zoom teleprompter
by the way this app comes in handy in
many situations
not just with zoom and i'll outline
these in later videos
at this stage this app is only available
with apple products such as
mac ipad and iphone so search prompt
plus in the app store
look for this logo here install it and
open it up
and let's also open up and start a new
zoom meeting
and i might just turn my camera off in a
moment just so there's not too many
things
going on on the screen here the first
thing you want to do is to create or
import a script for this teleprompter
for zoom
and you can do that by clicking the plus
button here then you'll be able to
import
via dropbox google drive onedrive or
just your local hard drive here or you
can simply create
a new script from scratch then copy and
paste
in your text from say microsoft word
notes or similar
if you do want to import a script just
click say dropbox here
and it will ask you to sign in but for
now i'll just use the copy and paste
method
a simple trick here is to create a few
blank lines before the text
and you'll see why in just a minute so
i'll go ahead and paste in my text
give the script a title save it then
open it
here's the app in action and its
controls now by scrolling up and down
with your mouse or trackpad here
you can preview your script to make sure
it's all there
then we've got play and pause your
script scrolling speed controls
and you can also change the direction if
you need to go back
and this script button will take you
back to the script menu if you want to
choose
a different script next we have settings
which gives us a lot of useful controls
choose a text size here that's
comfortable for you to read then you can
control the text area width with this
slider
if you have this set too wide people
will be able to see your eyes moving
across
left and right across the screen and
they'll know you're reading something
see you want to maintain eye contact in
a zoom presentation
to keep people more engaged so i
recommend you keep this as
narrow as it is comfortable for you
while we're here you want to make sure
you position the middle of the text
directly underneath the webcam so
position that correctly for yourself
these two controls here are more
applicable for the other applications of
this app
again which i will get into in a
different video then you can customize
your font and background color with
these two settings
next you can set a countdown timer which
activates after you press the play
button
however i prefer no countdown at all
you've also got a count up clock here as
well to let you know how long you're
speaking for
righto let's test this out so you can
use the mouse here to operate the
controls but i prefer to use the hotkeys
i'll use the mouse this time though so
that you can see what i'm doing
so the space bar will start and stop the
script and
the up and down keys on the keyboard
will change your speed
as i introduced a few spaces at the top
of the script you can see that it gave
me time to read the first line
before it went up off the top of the
screen you want to set the speed so that
the line you are reading is as close to
the camera as possible
such that it gives you the effect that
you have eye contact with the camera
keep an eye on my eyes while i read the
next script to you in a
zoom presentation and see if you can
tell if i'm reading
i will say though that i do have a
camera above my computer
so for those of you using a webcam at
home the effect will be much better but
let's give it a go
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by the way if you want to make your own
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i've linked in the description below the
eight pieces of equipment
that allow me to produce these if you
could tell i was reading a script then
then let me know in the comments below
and i'll make my script area
more narrow next time or i'll just use
my webcam so the free version of
promptplus
allows you to prepare a script of up to
about two minutes in duration
but if you want to have the ability to
have unlimited length scripts
then you'll need to unlock the paid
version which is hey only 10 bucks
well worth it if you ask me because
you'll come off so much more
professional
in your zoom presentations with a zoom
teleprompter
watch this video next which shows you
how to use this same app
on an ipad while simultaneously using
zoom
the developers have made it very easy to
do and i'll show you the process