You may or may not recall that we initiated a YouTube channel for Beating the Dementia Monster a couple of years ago. In fact, I haven't posted much since 2022. Why not? Well, making one video is a lot of work, and for some of us it can be really frustrating.
I know some people with the "gift of gab" who can just start the camera and speak continuously in ways that keep the audience interested. Not me. I stop and start constantly, requiring hours to edit out misstatements and connect jump cuts. Frustrating. And to keep your "search engine visibility" up, you must constantly crank out content. I know why YouTubers have a higher than normal suicide rate.
But I just bought a teleprompter on Amazon, and it's pretty slick. I can read my prepared text without getting distracted and confused. I'm hoping to make companion videos for many of my blog posts using the teleprompter.
So far, I've made one video, and you can see it here. It was definitely a lot less painful to make than earlier videos. But it's also obviously kind of experimental. One problem is that you can see my eyes moving as I read, but that can be cured.
We'll see how this project goes.
The video looks great! I strongly suggest taking a look at Descript for editing if you haven't already.... it allows you to edit based on transcript which is super handy.
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