| CPC H04N 5/2222 (2013.01) [G03B 17/00 (2013.01); H04N 23/00 (2023.01)] | 33 Claims |

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1. A method of operating a teleprompter comprising a display, a camera mount, and a housing defining an open interior region, the housing having a backwall partially defining an opening extending therethrough and a boundary of the interior region, wherein the housing defines an interface region extending at least partially around the opening, wherein the teleprompter further comprises a removable backplate having an interface region being so matable with the interface region of the housing as to obscure light external to the housing from entering the open interior region through an interface between the interface region of the housing and the interface region of the backplate, wherein the backplate defines an aperture, the method comprising:
mounting a camera to the camera mount at a selected position and in a selected orientation relative thereto in a manner that extends the camera's field-of-view through the aperture of the removable back plate, through the open interior region of the housing and through the display in alignment with a user's gaze upon the display;
projecting text or another image cue on the display.
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