What part do computers play in todays prompter systems?
The original paper-fed prompters were bulky, required lots of studio space, were difficult to make script changes with, and prone to breakdowns like any mechanical system. That changed in 1985, when the first computer prompting was shown at NAB. This system was scoffed at as a flash in the pan, but only a year later, competing computer teleprompter software was shown at NAB, curiously enough, by the competitor who originally dismissed computer-based prompting.
