When Maryland Public Television (MPT) was looking to update its aging prompter software, it turned to Autoscript (a Vitec Group Brand) to implement the company\u2019s new WinPlus Xlite system into its setup.\u00a0 MPT is one of the first stations to employ the software since its introduction earlier this year.<\/p>\n
For over 40 years, Maryland Public Television\u2019s six transmitters have served Maryland and the surrounding region with original and PBS programs. MPT\u00a0 produces programs for the state, region and the nation including Direct Connection<\/em>, Outdoors Maryland, Eatin\u2019 Crabs, Chesapeake Wine Country, Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen <\/em>and MotorWeek<\/em>. These series and specials on arts and culture, news and public affairs, which often include talent introductions, video narration or scripted programs, were in need of a reliable prompter system.\u00a0 MPT not only needed a solution for the varying setups of each of its productions, but it also needed something that would address the needs of a variety of staff operating the equipment.<\/p>\n \u201cSince we purchased Autoscript’s WinPlus Xlite software it has been fantastic,\u201d says George Beneman, VP, technology Maryland Public Television.\u00a0 \u201cAll of our users, from experienced prompter operators to interns with little or no experience, love working with the easy-to-use software. We have close to a dozen operators using the software and each has been able to customize the setup to their desired comfort level. Our employees ask why we didn\u2019t buy it sooner.\u201d<\/p>\n With over\u00a010,000 WinPlus systems in daily operation around the world, WinPlus is one of the most widely used\u00a0prompting applications today.\u00a0 This newer version, WinPlus Xlite, is an entry-level version of the WinPlus product. A Windows-based software designed to be used with teleprompting products, WinPlus Xlite provides users with the ability to control the Run Order and edit anywhere within the script, even when scrolling the On-Air story, leaving the prompt output unaffected. MPT training was completed in just one day, via a live online tutorial with Autoscript training experts.<\/p>\n MPT also purchased and employed Autoscript\u2019s accompanying USB Scroll Control rotary desktop controller, which has helped to provide further management for the station\u2019s prompting operators.\u00a0 \u201cReverse is reverse and forward is forward,\u201d says Beneman.\u00a0 \u201cThere are no buttons to push, thereby greatly eliminating the potential for errors.\u00a0 In addition, it\u2019s also ergonomically pleasing. Autoscript clearly understands what crews need and helps to make the job easier.\u201d<\/p>\n The rotary speed control for WinPlus Xlite offers center stop for forward and reverse, select next page and previous page and top of script selection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When Maryland Public Television (MPT) was looking to update its aging prompter software, it turned to Autoscript (a Vitec Group Brand) to implement the company\u2019s new WinPlus Xlite system into […]\n More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2155],"tags":[993,3757,994,3758,3759],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}