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Teleprompter Inventor Scrolls Up To That Big Newscast In The Sky

In the late 1940s, a young television engineer was called upon to figure out a way for actors to better remember their lines. Hubert “Hub” Schlafly wasted no time with the assignment, devising a motorised scroll in a half-suitcase that was placed just off camera. The teleprompter – and decades of assured newscasts and stump speeches – was born.

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