Teleprompters

The word teleprompter, with no capitalization, had become a genericized trademark because it is used to refer to similar systems manufactured by many different companies. A teleprompter is a system that basically shows and scrolls text with a very largefont (so you can read it from a distance) and at a controlled speed. People on TV can look directly into the camera and talk without notes because their notes are displayed in front of the lens on a teleprompter. Using a teleprompter is similar to the practice of using cue cards.