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Prompting Settings
You use these settings to change the
Orientation
of the displayed text and if it will be
mirror
reflected off the 60/40 Glass or just used as a normal display. You can also set the text
Scrolling
Speed
here, which can be slowed down or made faster with the wired remote control. A scrolling
speed of 5 should be a good starting point.
Slow Time
and
Fast Time
are used to speed up or slow
down the text scroll when using the speed buttons on the wired remote. If the on screen talent takes 5
to 15 seconds to read one page of text then set Slow Time to 15 seconds and the fast time to 5
seconds. Now when the speed buttons are pressed on the remote during text play back the speed will
change in steps accordingly. There are also options for connecting an external
VGA
or Composite
monitor (additional cable required) as well as switching the display
Border
function on or off.
Start Settings
You can set the prompter up to automatically start scrolling text straight away or you can delay the
beginning of the text scroll process by up to 10 seconds after tapping on start.
Remote Settings
Here you can choose to use the wired remote and set up text characters that indicate a break in the
scrolling text called
break markers
. These markers can then be used to quickly jump forward or
backward between points in the text using the wired remote control should the running order of the
production change.
Build Version
Only confirms the version of the software application being used.
Apple iPad™
Settings
Tip:
Remember to turn the iPad™ Auto lock / Auto Sleep feature in General Settings to ‘Never’ so this
does not interrupt script reading when there may be very little interaction with the touch screen.
How to quickly add text into a DV Prompter document
The prompting script, or presentator’s text, will probably exist as a text document from the planning
stage of the production. By attaching this script text document to an email it can be quickly transferred
to the iPad™ and into a DV prompter document by using the
Copy
and
Paste
function of the iPad™
itself.
Simply choose to edit an existing DV Prompter document and then save it as a new file name. This
protects the original document from changes. Then replace the existing text in the newly saved file
with the text that has been emailed to the iPad™.
Tidy up the transferred text as necessary, add some break markers and you have your newly created
prompting document.
