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A device placed near or on a televisioncamera that displays scrollingtext, allowing a person to read a script while appearing to speak spontaneously to the camera.
1984 April 20, Berkeley Breathed, Bloom County (comic):
Ahem ... GRBLB BLABT UNT MIT SPEEB!! OOT PIFFOO BLABOO... Would someone please give the Teleprompter a swift kick...
2009 March 6, Mark Knoller, CBS News:
He was more at ease in reading his speech off the dual screens of a teleprompter than looking up and down at a speech text on his lectern.
