As is often the case, prep time for promotions is all but non-existant, even worse during sweeps. You write the script, get approval, shoot the talent and in a few hours it's on the air and you are on to your next miracle of television. Getting the script into the talents hands ahead of time can be tricky. Maybe they are out in the field on a story? or on location for an interview? Many times, aside from a quick glance in email the day of is the first time your talent has had to read and try to memorize the script. But what if you could use the same tools the News department uses to get through their shows? It's no secret Anchors use a prompter help them along, and now thanks to PromptDog and PromptPuppy from DVCreators you can too. PromptDog(Puppy) turn any regular laptop into a cheap and portable solution for your prompting needs. Copy and paste your script or just drag it in and you are ready to go. Full speed control, editable on the fly, the kind of tool I wish I had had when I was producing. Did I mention it's affordable? and cross platform? Yeah, nice. Read more and watch the demo after the jump.

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