20080309889 | Speech Prompter Apparatus - A portable and easily used speech prompter apparatus relies upon a standard laptop computer and a coated display screen that is attachable to a table, podium or to a floor stand. The display screen is attached to flexible tubing, which allows the screen to be adjusted easily by the users, and is positioned such that the images displayed on the computer screen are reflected from the screen so that a user may read the images from the display screen. Software is installed on the laptop, but standard software may also be used to display non-scrolling text or other prompts. The speech prompter may be used in a first mode in which images on the computer screen are inverted and reversed and are thus displayed in a normal orientation on the display screen. The speech prompter may also be used in a second mode in which images on the computer screen remain in a normal orientation, are reflected onto a mirror and then onto the display screen where they appear normally oriented. In both modes the text and images on the computer screen may be scrolling or non-scrolling. | 12-18-2008 |