Instagram’s developing a new, in-app teleprompter display within its new Edits app, in order to help creators present to camera in a more natural and engaging way.
As you can see in this example, shared by app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi, Edits will soon have an in-stream rolling text display option, which will present your script on-screen.
Users will be able to adjust the speed at which the words are displayed before them, as well as the size of the text.
Which, as noted, could make your videos feel more natural, increasing their fluidity in presentation. It’s always a little strange to see on-screen presenters shifting their focus to cue cards that just out of view. I mean, it’s even a little weird on “Saturday Night Live” (though understandably necessary), where they’re clearly reading the script at a just adjacent angle to the camera lens.
Having the text presented just below your phone camera could be a helpful update in this respect, while also giving you an always-ready teleprompter, without the need for additional cardboard notes.
And given that using a human in a video increases engagement, this could be an important consideration for your content.
Instagram flagged the coming teleprompter update in an interview with Wired last week, which is just one of several new features the team’s developing.
Instagram’s also noted that most of these coming updates will be launched in its new Edits app first, instead of the main app, in order to make it a more valuable video creation platform.
Which will also include AI features, including background generation, and translation of your original video material into whatever setting or character type you like.
Which will give you a whole lot more video options, and while those AI elements still look pretty fake, they are getting better all the time.
