teleprompter

noun

1. A device placed near or on a television camera that displays scrolling text, allowing a person to read a script while appearing to speak spontaneously to the camera.

   “Ahem ... GRBLB BLABT UNT MIT SPEEB!! OOT PIFFOO BLABOO... [pause] Would someone please give the Teleprompter a swift kick...”

   “He was more at ease in reading his speech off the dual screens of a teleprompter than looking up and down at a speech text on his lectern.”