Autocue

British

/ ˈɔːtəʊˌkjuː /

noun

US and Canadian name (trademark): Teleprompter. an electronic television prompting device whereby a prepared script, unseen by the audience, is enlarged line by line for the speaker

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Example Sentences

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Like many of my professional peers, I do not have, and I've never had, autocue.

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A Cardiff University language professor says he expected Prince William to do more than "read for a few seconds from an autocue" during his St David's Day Speech.

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I watch as the team tries to get to grips with a new autocue system.

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Jetstar has been crippled at Sydney airport, supermarkets are experiencing checkout chaos, and broadcast networks have been left scrambling on air as autocue, graphics and computers failed.

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Lots of people don't realise that we don't have an autocue and we speak unscripted to a set length of time, which often changes just before we go on air or occasionally while we're actually broadcasting live.

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