An ecosystem of products and services for content creators it doesn’t stop growing, and designs like this Elgato Prompter are clear proof that sitting in front of a webcam and starting to produce content for third parties with professional aspirations is no longer a minority activity and can be done without media attention. which we dedicate to it. Professionalization logically pushed the audience to be more demanding every day.

The Economy of Content Creators created a new space for audiovisual creation, which requires technical equipment providing a quality that exceeds that offered by basic consumables, without, however, escalating to the prices of fully professional solutions, the prices of which leave them completely out of reach for the vast majority. And this is a relatively recent space in which brands like Elgato have been able to read the needs of users and then offer a wide selection of products specifically designed for them.

The latest innovation in this regard is the Elgato Teleprompter, a device that brings to audiovisual content creators a type of tool that has been present in environments such as television production for decades and adapts it in both features and price to this new environment. For those who don’t know what it is, we are talking about a device that combines a small screen, a mirror and the necessary camera holder. The camera is placed behind a mirror which in turn reflects the image of the screen, so the user can see the contents of the screen while the camera captures their image (but not the reflected text of course). This prevents the creator from having to redirect the image from the camera to the screen to read the script, live chat, etc.

The Elgato Prompter is a particularly interesting proposition because it is extremely flexible. It is of course compatible with the Elgato Facecam Pro camera, but also with other models webcams, cameras (both DLSR and mirrorless), action cameras and even smartphonesfor which it has a support system along with reduction rings of 49, 52, 55, 58, 62, 67, 72, 77, 82 millimeters, so creators will not have to change cameras to use this device.

The operation is really simple and at the same time very versatile. It has a USB-C port through which it connects to a PC from where we can control the content displayed on the screen, and which can be of different types. So we can view previously configured text (script, list of points, etc.), live chat, image captured by the camera (something that can be especially useful for editing)… , practically any type of content. Additionally, and just to make this point easier, it is compatible with OBS Studio.

How could it be otherwise, the Elgato Prompter is of course also fully compatible with various Elgato Stream Deck models, which provides an even greater degree of control, whether in recordings or live performances, as it makes it significantly easier to control it without the need to interact with a PC. And to make it as practical as possible, Elgato also offers several types of brackets, arms and legs.

The Elgato Prompter is now on sale on its manufacturer’s website and its price is 299.99 euros.