How to make a simple teleprompter

Do you like to make videos? I do! But, if I am creating a video that will also be an article
the video needs to be congruent with the article. Normally, I can adlib and shoot from
the hip if it's a short, but I started getting frustrated when I would adlib and article.
So often, I would sputter, stutter and halt. Or if I put post it notes or article script I wound
up looking like I was reading and sounded like I was reading!

I was finding my self taking re-doing and re-doing, over and over and getting frustrated with
the time it was taking! In fact, I started to dread doing a video because I had it in my head
it would be a tedious process! Not good!

I decided it would be cool to have a teleprompter. You know, it's what the president uses giving
speaches. News anchors and TV personalities use them, so why not me?

So, here I go, off on a Google quest!
Here's what I found:
1. Pro grade teleprompters start at around $600 and up to over $3,000!
2. There are ways to make a home made teleprompter relatively inexpensively.

Number two got my attention so off I go, to build my own!

Two days later, I finally have perfected a very inexpensive, light weight, desk top teleprompter!

Despite the fact that there were several online videos showing home made teleprompters, I found
them all lacking in precise details. So here I go, making it up as I went along to make a useful teleprompter
anyone can make, and anyone, who like me, struggles with makeing videos, can use!

I made three trips to Lowes Home Improvement for materials and two trips to Best Buy to get the
right tripod. But in the end, I am rather proud of what I've made and wanted to share this for FREE
Now, my videos are much smoother, they don't take as long.

I could write more here, but in my opinion, the video is all you'll need to make your very own
desk top teleprompter in only a few hours.

Let me know what you think!

Thank you!