Well, it’s finally here. For most of you who had the chance to tour our booth last year at NAB2011, you were given a taste of what to come with ikan’s software division–at the time in its infancy. Since then, they’ve shaped up to bring a heavy hitting teleprompter app to the market, ready to take on the beefiest prompter apps available for the iPad and leave them in their wake. This may seem like bloated talk but if you’re willing to pay for our Premium version (or wait an indefinite period of time on the free version, currently held up by …) you won’t be disappointed by the features and robust nature of the app. It’s also why we’ve made international sales in the first 24 hours–brilliant work, gentlemen.
So, why bother, you ask? Why not get some free version or go purchase teleprompters from our competitors? Well, it all started a long time ago…
With the advent of Teleprompting back in 1950, we have been slowly encroaching upon the day when the mighty autocue (no not that company) could be not only completely digital, but mobile and easy to manipulate & change on the fly.
Since the release of the iPad people have been going nuts to purpose it to every aspect of their lives, from apps playable by elderly and infant alike, to training materials and brain games, music recording and mixing software, video editing, cookbooks, water slide racing, non-nudity quiz apps (which people then complain about), crappy clocks–OKAY you get the idea. Apple has been brilliant, once again, creating, marketing, and selling something we didn’t know we needed five years ago. It’s just so thin, and sleek, and akin to a geek’s wet dream (okay maybe when jailbroken, sorry IOS 5-ers).
It seems like many broadcast and film or video-oriented users now have iPads. Enter the ELITEPROMPTER.
I’ll be frank. I really enjoy the program and have thought of multiple instances in my own work where I could find it useful (or good for pulling a huge prank). Aside, every time I type ELITEPROMPTER I think its going to start some launch sequence or something equally epic, and then the iPad starts beeping at me again. Freaky.
It supports bluetooth keyboards, mirroring text, super-variable text speed on a very rich text editor, multiple languages, etc. But what makes it so sweet you might say?
THIS:
Adobe Story and Dropbox cloud support, as well as final draft support and standard txt format. As I mentioned earlier, Adobe has really assisted us in helping bring this idea to fruition on the iPad and we think it’s going to be a Game Changer (I still think of that interview with @OliviaTech and @goforjared for the three man rig at NAB last year). Marry cloud functionality with live-edit prompting on-the-go and you can prompt your heart to pieces with ease.
I’ve only touched on the functionality of the app here. You should go check out www.eliteprompter.com yourself to find out more. ELITEPrompter is currently available in the AppStore, where it has already made international sales in 24 hours and received two reviews.
If you feel game, email software@ikancorp.com to get on the beta test list for v1.1, due out sooner than you might think.
