Managing Teleprompter Scrolling Speed with Elgato Stream Deck and Pedal

根据我的经验, one of the most challenging aspects of reading from a teleprompter has always been speed control. 除非你把速度调得恰到好处, 你要么加快叙述速度，要么放慢叙述速度, and either adjustment adds stress to your delivery that can force a glitch and another retake. 在我最近的 回顾一下埃尔加托提示器在美国，速度控制是个问题. Though you can control speed with a mouse wheel, I found this option clunky and hard to use.

Fortunately, Elgato has two hardware options you can use to control scrolling speed; the 流甲板+ ($199.99)和 河甲板踏板 ($89.99). 埃尔加托好心地把两种选择都发给了我, 我将简要叙述一下我在这里的经历. Both devices provide multiple functions for many different applications, with prompter operation just a small part of their respective repertoires. 让我们从流甲板踏板开始.

河甲板踏板

The 河甲板踏板 is a three-button foot pedal that you drive with your feet (图1). Installation is straightforward and prompted by a card that ships with the unit.

图1. The 河甲板踏板 has three pedals that you drive with your feet.

一些软件命名法将有助于您的安装. 首先，下载并安装Stream Deck应用程序(elgato.com/download)，这很简单. 然后, you have to download and install the Stream Deck plugin for the Camera Hub software that drives the Prompter (图2). This is simple enough if you don't waste time looking for the Prompter plugin as there isn't one.

图2. This plugin connects both Stream Deck hardware devices to the Camera Hub software.

Once you install the plugin, the Camera Hub appears on the upper right in the Stream Deck software (图3) with a number of software functions that you can assign to the three pedals. If you don't see that collection of functions in the panel on the right, the plugin isn't installed.

图3. 配置流甲板踏板来控制提示器速度.

该界面非常易于使用和配置. As mentioned, each control on the right is a function controlled by the Camera Hub software. 把这个功能分配给踏板, you drag it onto the respective slot in the interface and configure it using the controls shown in 图3, 对于每个函数，哪个是不同的.

In 图3, I dragged the Prompter Control to the middle pedal to start and stop the scrolling. 然后 I dragged the Prompter Scrolling control to the left and right pedals and configured the pedal on the left to accelerate scrolling by 2%, 右踏板可以让它减速2%. 当我读我的叙述, I could click on the left to accelerate the scroll speed and click on the right to slow things down. This functioned perfectly though it took a few minutes to get comfortable with this approach.

The only fly in the ointment was a quiet click that each pedal made when pressed, though Elgato provides multiple springs I can insert to adjust the pedal pressure and perhaps the noise as well.

I attend YouTube University before starting any product installation, and the best YouTube video I found to assist with the Prompter/河甲板踏板 installation and configuration was 这一个. Note that the producer used a different configuration for controlling prompter speed, 突出单位的灵活性.

流甲板+

你可以看到流甲板+ 图4，有八个键和四个旋钮. This translates to 16 keys and 8 knobs because you can swipe to a new page and get another full set of controls (see the Wipe Left command on the right of the LCD panel).

图4. 这是流甲板+

一旦你安装了Camera Hub插件, you assign functions to the Stream Deck + using the same procedure as the 河甲板踏板. 如果两个硬件设备都安装了, 您可以使用左上角的开关切换接口.

In 图5, I configured the left-most scroll wheel to control Prompter scrolling speed. 这种方法同样有效，根本不需要时间来调整, 额外的好处是，调节旋钮被证明是无声的. 当然, 如果你用手说话, having to devote a hand to controlling scrolling speed might feel limiting.

图5. Assigning functions to the 流甲板+, including control over a PowerPoint slide show.

控制幻灯片

The other reason I wanted to evaluate the 流甲板+ related to PowerPoint operation. 来解释, 使用Camera Hub的不透明度控制, 您可以在“提示器”窗口中显示应用程序上的文本. So, in theory, you could read a narration while displaying a PowerPoint slide (图6). 听起来不错, 但是一旦你显示文本, the Camera Hub takes control of the screen so you can't click on the slides to advance them. 再一次，流甲板+救援.

图6. 在PowerPoint幻灯片上显示文本

加载ppt流甲板插件后, I was able to configure the two keys on the bottom left in Figures 4 and 5 to start and stop the slide show and to click through the presentation. 机械, this worked perfectly and would likely be a great approach for a polished, 简短的演示与最小的屏幕活动. I'm not sure I could manage reading a narration and clicking through a highly choreographed presentation, 但我比埃尔加托更有责任.

整体, either the 河甲板踏板 or the 流甲板+ can supply the scrolling control I found necessary to make the Prompter a complete solution. 如果我必须选一个的话，我会选流牌+.

For the record, the best YouTube video for getting 流甲板+ up and running with the Prompter is 这一个.

回顾：Elgato提示器

The $279 Elgato提词员 is a unique product that performs well in its namesake role but offers a range of functionality that extends far beyond script reading. You'll find Prompter highly useful if you're a frequent video conference participant, 如果您创建屏幕截图或录制产品演示, 即使你制作网络研讨会.

2024年8月13日