Feature List for Version 4.3
iQPrompter is the most full-featured studio-quality prompter app available for the Apple, Inc. iPad. It provides everything a speaker needs for creating, storing, practicing, and editing a speech, plus it is a full-featured teleprompter with (Patent Pending) time-management capabilities not available elsewhere.
Unique Features:
Internal storage uses a database engine.
Visual Time Management Features (Patent Pending).
Lock scroll speed for precise planned time.
Multiple options for import/export, including iTunes, Dropbox, CameraRoll, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
Integration of Twitter and YouTube. Easily include YouTube URL in a Tweet.
Adjustable line and paragraph spacing.
Selected presentation title will display on start screen.
Button on Home screen takes you directly to "Quick Start" help screen.
Prompter Operation:
Begin button starts prompter. Changes to End.
Speed (words/sec.) can be incremented/decremented one unit by tapping +/- buttons.
Speed can be finely adjusted in 0.1 units by swipe control.
Speed is constant (at specified setting) in average words/sec. (The speed setting number is roughly in syllables/sec.) Word speed is independent of font, font size, line spacing, and paragraph spacing.
Scroll progress can be paused/resumed by tapping indicator.
Speed can be locked to finish precisely at planned time.
Text can be manually scrolled either direction while running.
Text scroll will start/end at indicator position.
Text position can be returned to top by tapping top status bar.
A fast-scroll control is available on the right side and fades out when not in use.
Cues can be selected or navigated from a convenient popover.
Advanced text display system allows long speeches to be used, regardless of text size.
Prompter Settings:
Sleep mode can be disabled during presentation.
Text scrolling can be looped for a kiosk display.
Text display can be flipped horizontally and/or vertically.
Focal point can be set to center or top (bottom if flipped).
Focal point can be dragged to desired location. (Option Setting.)
Text Display Settings:
Text size, font, and line spacing, paragraph spacing are settable.
1331 choices of text and background colors, or use color palette.
Screen text/background color can be reversed.
An Info popover provides quick access from prompter screen for individual presentation text display parameters, and for operational global settings.
Settings changes can be seen immediately in the prompter screen..
Text settings are by individual presentation, but can be saved and used as defaults.
Text defaults can be temporarily viewed and automatically restored.
Presentations List:
Scripts popover shows all presentations, each with all timing information and speed-lock indicator.
Information for any script can be accessed and edited without changing displayed script
Any number of speeches can be stored and readily available.
Examples of Famous Presentations are included, e.g., Gettysburg Address.
Famous Presentations display can be surpressed.
External Monitor:
AirPlay can be used in lieu of a physical monitor connecction.
External monitor support for separate teleprompter/monitor screen.
External monitor can be independently flipped horizontally/vertically.
External screen text display is fully synchronized to iPad display.
External monitor can be set to mirror iPad screen for demos and training.
Import/Export:
Photos can be directlh uploaded in in a Tweet.
URL from a previous YouTube upload can be easily included in a Tweet.
iTunes, DropBox, and Camera Roll have full file/folder navigation, including delete and folder creation. Camera Roll includes image thumnail display and selection.
Text can be imported by copy/paste from emails and other apps, or by file sharing via iTunes or DropBox.
Text can be imported/exported by file sharing via iTunes or DropBox.
Audio files can be imported/exported by file sharing via iTunes or DropBox.
Video files and photos can be imported/exported via iTunes, DropBox, or Camera Roll.
Text (Script), Audios, Videos, and Photos can be directly emailed.
Video files can be uploaded to YouTube or Facebook.
Text files can be uploaded (as a Note) to Facebook.
Status mesages, Notes, Photos, and Links can be uploaded to Facebook.
Editing/Printing:
Cue-points can be inserted at any paragraph start.
Text can be entered/edited after tapping Edit button.
External (wired or wireless) keyboard can be used.
Text of presentation can be printed via AirPrint (to supported printers), formatted for margins, header, and footer.
Time Management Settings:
Planned-time can be set for each speech.
Speed can (optionally) be locked to finish scrolling within the precise Planned Duration.
Estimated time is displayed, based on speed setting of 4.0.
Autostart allows start at specified time, preceeded by 5 sec. countdown..
Time Management Display:
Progress indicator shows relative progress to end of speech.
When Planned time is set, (Patent Pending) progress indicator shows real-time progress and also indicates deviation ahead or behind plan. Displays up to 20% overage.
Ahead/behind time is explicitly and prominently displayed in top bar.
Planned, Actual, and Remaining time/overage are displayed.
At end of speech, actual time is recorded for future reference.
When Alarm activated and progress is behind planned schedule, the time-line panel flashes increasingly urgent warnings as the ratio of (behind) deviation to remaining time increases.
Audio Recording:
Multiple audio files can be recorded and played back for practice or for post-mortem analysis.
User can choose from all codecs available on the iPad with settings for paremeters, or just choose the default settings for podcast.
Recording can be set to automatically start when presentation is started.
Video Recording:
Multiple video files can be recorded and played back for practice or for post-mortem analysis.
User can choose Video Quality setting.
AirPlay support for viewing videos through AppleTV.
Remote Control:
Remote feature can be activated/deactivated in prompter.
Remote control of basic control parameters is available via iQPrompter-Remote, a free app for iPhone/iPod/iPad.
Controls include font size, begin/end, pause/resume, increment and finetune speed, all cue points, return to current cue point.
All controllable paremeters are fully synchronized between prompter and remote.
Changes on either the iQPrompter app or the remote are immediately reflected in the other.
Remote can be used with any available and selected iQPrompter.
AirTurn and Wireless Keyboard:
Bluetooth AirTurn footpedals can be used to control speed, cue points, pause/resume.
A Bluetooth keyboard can be used for normat text editing when in edit mode, or control a variety of functions in prompter mode, such as speed, cue points, pause/resume, begin/end, record start/stop, font size, etc. Up/Down arrows increment/decrement speed by a factor which can be set in the preferences settings.
Help Screens:
Extensive help screens are provided.
Support Screen has direct Internet links to current support page on web site for latest information on issues, updates, feedback.
Pre-addressed emails allow direct reporting of bugs and comments/requests.