With the development of inexpensive teleprompter software applications as well as free Web-based teleprompter applets , many different disciplines are now using teleprompters to help them deliver sermons , deliver speeches , and to create quality audio recordings . Unlike their more advanced counterparts , these entry level products work on desktop computers , laptop computers , and even tablet computers to enable the speaker to control the rate and flow of their speech . They are also used by many different organizations and schools to deliver prewritten information by relative novices . They are usually called " personal teleprompters . " In 1964 , glass teleprompters appearing on either side of the lectern were used at both the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention , and by Robert F. Kennedy , at the time the U.S. Attorney General , who served in both the Kennedy and early Johnson Administrations ( 1961-1964 ) , to deliver his convention speech
Republican National Convention
1964 Republican National Convention
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