A teleprompter, also known as an autocue, is a display device that prompts the person speaking with an electronic visual text of a speech or script.
TV camera with lens and a teleprompter on a pedestal
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson uses a teleprompter while announcing the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Cinécraft Productions used teleprompters extensively in their filmed made for television programs. Image courtesy of Hagley Museum and Library
A teleprompter displaying text
Professional video camera
A professional video camera is a high-end device for creating electronic moving images. Originally developed for use in television studios or with outside broadcast trucks, they are now also used for music videos, direct-to-video movies, corporate and educational videos, wedding videos, among other uses. Since the 2000s, most professional video cameras are digital.
Modern digital television camera with a DIGI SUPER 86II xs lens from Canon
Sony HDC-1550 camera with Fujinon lens
This 1954 RCA TK-41C, shown here mounted on a dolly, weighed 310 lbs.
A 1973 Ikegami HL-33 ENG