- What's the best teleprompter camera app
for Android phones, and tablets?
We're about to run through my pick,
and why they're so powerful.
So if you're looking for a simple to use,
low cost, auto cue, or teleprompter,
right on your Android device, then this video is for you.
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Now if you look in any news room, or production
studio, a teleprompter will be front and center.
Why?
Because it can make your job on camera so much easier.
And these days you don't even need any
additional gear outside of your smartphone or tablet.
There are some great apps on both Android,
and iOS that will let you shoot videos,
and use your device as a teleprompter at the same time.
While a proper studio set up definitely
has its advantages, like this prompted
tablet teleprompter that I use in my studio,
the apps are a surprisingly powerful option
when you're on the go, and you want an
auto cue, or you just don't have
access to a larger teleprompter.
Now there's a lot of app options out there
so which is the best auto cue,
or teleprompter app for you?
We're gonna dive into my top pick
after testing a ton of options, and
look at why it's so powerful.
And once we're done, to help you get started,
I'll also give you my top three tips
for getting better results with a teleprompter,
and making your presentation on
camera look far more natural.
And while we're running through, make sure
to jump into the comments, and share with
the rest of the community what your
number one tip is for improving results
when using a teleprompter.
Alright, so getting to the app, my number
one pick for Android teleprompter camera app
is called Oratory, and it's actually a brand new app
to the Google Play Store.
So this app is fully customizable.
You can copy and paste your text into the text box.
You can resize the text box, and position it
on the screen where you want it, ideally,
as close to the camera as possible.
So that it doesn't look like you're reading.
You can adjust the color, the font size,
the opacity, you really get a heap of control
over the text that you're gonna be reading.
You can even create multiple pages, or breaks
in the text so that you can switch between
them during different sections, or segments of your videos.
But the biggest standout feature that
this app has, that no other teleprompter
app that I've ever seen before has
is the ability to be used as a widget.
Meaning that the text box can be positioned
on top of any other app that you're using.
So, their pitch for this is that it's
an awesome live streaming teleprompter tool, which it is.
But it also means that you open
it up to not just live streaming apps,
any camera app that you want to use,
most teleprompter camera apps will
have a heap of control over the text,
the look, and the feel of the text
that you're going to be reading,
but no control over the camera.
Normally they have their own built in
camera, which is, usually, very limited.
Most of them don't even have the ability
to lock down the focus, or the exposure of the camera.
So very limited features.
But what I really like about this is it
opens you up to use any camera app.
You can use professional camera apps
on your Android device, like Filmmaker Pro,
like Open Camera, like Cinema 4K,
you can use Facebook Live, YouTube Live,
any application where you wanna have your notes on screen,
your text on screen, it could even be a Skype call,
or a Facebook Messenger call, where you
wanna have all your dot points for
everything you wanna cover.
You can use this on any app.
It is amazing.
Now the app itself is incredibly easy to use.
All you need to do is copy and paste
the text into the text box.
You can then go through settings,
and get that customized up how you'd like it,
and then when you're ready to go
you just press the power button,
and that'll create the overlay text box,
which sits on top of all of your Android apps.
So then what you need to do is open up your
camera app, your live streaming app,
or any app that you wanna use this with.
Position the text box where you'd like it,
and you're good to go.
And the Oratory app is free, but it does have ads.
There is also a premium version available as well,
which sells for around the $15 price point.
In the premium version, obviously, you have
no ads but you also get more customization
over the look and feel of the text, and
the background of the text.
The opacity of the text, and that's
also where you get access to multiple pages,
or multiple scripts, that you can just
swipe between, while you're recording.
So really with the flexibility of this app
the use cases are huge, and they go way beyond
what a normal teleprompter camera app
would allow you to do.
So not only is it gonna be great for
creating sales videos, or videos where you
need to hit specific points, or you've
got your script fully worded out,
that you just need to read word for word,
it's gonna allow you to do that,
but it's also gonna allow you to go beyond the
filming and take your dot points, or your notes,
or your full pitch into your lives, or even
phone calls, or Skype calls, or any sort of
video call as well, so it is an amazing app.
And really, teleprompter app wise there
is nothing else that comes close to doing this
and having this functionality.
But really when you think about it,
it is the perfect teleprompter solution,
because they don't have to focus on the camera,
or the tech, or the live, they just have
to get the script where you want it,
which is up as close to the camera lens as possible,
so it doesn't look like you're reading your script,
and that you're still making eye contact with your
viewers, and that's all they need to worry about,
so they need to focus on that, and do that well,
and that's exactly what they've done.
They don't need to get bogged down
in camera formats, and resolutions, and
programming all of that in, but that's why
I'm so impressed with this because it's
so simple, but it is really, really powerful.
The only down side, or thing that I don't
really like about this app, that I've found,
is that you don't get full control over the
positioning of the box.
You can lock it to either the left side,
or the right side of your phone,
and then you can position it up or down,
once it's already locked to that side,
but they don't give you full control to pick
the box up and move it anywhere on your screen.
So I think that would be a really valuable
addition, if you had full control over
the positioning of the box, because a lot
of your smartphones have the camera,
the front facing camera, in different positions.
So if you could actually move this
so it was exactly in the right position
for your specific smartphone, then that would
be the only thing I would say that is currently
missing, or would be a cool feature to see.
But besides that, it is absolutely
amazing, and it's a real game changer.
So again, there's a link down in the
description box, it's definitely worth checking this out.
As I said it is a free app, if you're happy
to have the ads on there, and lose a couple of the
features, but even the free version
will be absolutely game changing for your video creation.
Alright, so now for my top three tips for
getting better results when using teleprompters,
the first one is to try and keep your text
as small as possible.
The biggest tell tale sign of people knowing
that you are reading from a teleprompter
is that they will see your eyes moving.
So if your text is really, really small
then it's less movement for your eyes,
and obviously the further away you sit,
the least amount of movement in your eyes,
the least noticeable it will be for your viewers watching.
So obviously this will come down to personal preference,
and to how good your eyesight is,
but try to keep the text as small as possible.
Tip number two is to do a couple of quick tests
before you start, or a couple of quick run throughs.
So this is where you'll be testing
the speed that your text is gonna be scrolling at,
to make sure it's not going too fast, or too slow.
It'll also make sure that your text is at the
right speed, and is the right font, and color
for you to easily read it.
Now if the thought of having scrolling
text moving too fast, or too slow,
is just too much to worry about, you can
actually take a lot of the pressure off by
just taking it paragraph by paragraph,
or section by section to make it easier for you presenting.
And tip number three is to not go
overboard with your script.
Now if you're gonna be reading everything out,
word for word it is really easy to go overboard,
and it's really easy for your viewers to notice
that you are reading because your written
language is not the same as spoken language.
So you need to make sure that what you're
saying is 100% what you would say
in normal conversation, or to someone in person.
So it could be that you're shortening
some words down like it's, instead of it is.
If you're reading something out, and you'll
see it written as it is, if you say it is,
instead of it's, then that could be a
big tell tale sign for you.
So you need to make sure that you're
speaking the way that you actually talk,
and that you're using your own words.
If someone else has written a script for you
then you may need to re-write it,
and change some of the elements around to
be the words that you would normally say.
So make sure that the words you're reading
from your teleprompter are your own,
and you're less likely to trip up from them,
or to sound like you are reading them.
The other option is to just have dot points
instead of a full word for word script,
so that way you've got no chance of that.
You're literally just talking to a dot point about a topic.
And also, don't forget that practicing
your script, or at least reading
through it a couple of times before you start
recording can make the whole process much, much easier.
Now those are just a few tips.
For my whole video we put together running
through our best tips for shooting better videos
with a teleprompter.
Check out the video linked on screen now.
I'll see you soon.