It’s almost time to GO!!

Things are moving along well and we’re putting the finishing touches on a new version of the FloSpace web site. The next version of FloSpace FloPrompter will launch sometime during the week of June 23… Watch for it!

One of the FloPrompter 3.0 beta testers emailed us today and said:

“It is working flawlessly. We are definitely impressed with the program.” – Ashely in CA

Thank you! We’ve made lots of enhancements to the program and are pleased with how it’s turned out. Just a few more days until launch…

Yay! The FloSpace Blog is now listed on Blog Catalog! You can find us in the Podcasting category.

www.blogcatalog.com/directory/podcasting

Lots of our customers (and potential customers) are video and audio production profeesionals, directors, podcasters, and bloggers — from big time to small time. I read an article on Eleven Marketing’s blog recently about how social media web sites such as Twitter can be used for marketing.

www.11marketing.com/blog/?p=13

It was an interesting article in its own right, and thought provoking for us, as well. The closer we get to releasing FloPrompter version 3.0, the more we have been trying to think of creative ways to market our product, as well. Thoughts or suggestions?

One of our customers runs a web site called LowerMyPressure.com and makes product review videos using FloPrompter. He sent us an email today saying that he had just uploaded a new video.

It looks good, Joel! Keep up the good work!

We just read a blog posting over at Film Publicity Help about the SilverDocs international film festival starting in a few days. They have a nice summary of what the event is about:

Film Publicity Help: http://filmpublicityhelp.wordpress.com/2008/06/13/see-you-at-silverdocs-june-16-23/

The SilverDocs international film festival runs from June 16 – 23 in Washington, DC. Unfortunately, we can’t make it this year, but we’ll have to put it on our calendar for next year. It sounds like a lot of fun!

SilverDocs International Film Festival: www.silverdocs.com

Hi, folks!

This is just a quick note to let you know that we’re busy putting the finishing touches on the next version of FloSpace FloPrompter with Mirrored Text among other great features!

In addition, we’ll be rolling out a new web site. The design has been finalized, and now it’s a matter of reviewing (and re-writing) the content.

So put a reminder in your calendar to check back during the week of June 23 for our fresh new look and an even better FloPrompter!!

Hello, folks!

Well, it’s been a long, hard technical road to figure out how to make the Mirrored Text feature work on FloPrompter. We’ve been focused on this trying to figure out how to implement this feature for, well, quite awhile! And the good news is that we’ve finally hit upon a solution that works great.

Here’s a quick recap…

When we created FloPrompter, we set about trying to make the best software teleprompter on the market — and at an affordable price point. Considering that we’re now in the 21st Century, it was key for the product to support richly formatted text. (Why don’t those other products support bold, italics, bullets, and color??) Naturally, it had to support smooth scrolling. It was the first and only software teleprompter to innovate tabbed pages to help our customers organize their programs into “broadcast segments.” We even introduced spell checking and a thesaurus, features unheard of for this price point. But perhaps most importantly, we wanted it to support reversed text so our customers could reflect the text off a mirrored surface — a key feature for professional video studios.

The good news is that we were able to achieve all of those features last year — except mirrored text. Mirrored text has proven quite a little technical challenge. But we said, bring it on! We like a good challenge, and we’ll figure it out!

And figure it out, we did!

Not on the first try. Nor the second. But don’t they say that the third time’s the charm?

So we found a solution which offers very good performance for mirrored text. But just to make sure it works well out there in the world beyond the confines of our test computers, we’d like to solicit a few brave souls to be beta testers. In appreciation for their help, all beta testers will receive discounts off future purchases of FloSpace FloPrompter. One lucky beta tester will receive a coupon for a free license! Plus, we have a few FloSpace t-shirts knocking around the office, so beta testers will also be offered a free t-shirt (from the remaining stock).

So if you would like to be considered for the FloSpace FloPrompter mirrored text beta program, here’s what to do:

1. Send an email to sales@flospace.com. Clearly state in the Subject line: FloPrompter Mirrored Text Beta Program.
2. In the body of the message, tell us your computer’s make and model number, and which version of Microsoft Windows it runs. For example: “My computer is a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop running Windows XP.”
3. Tell us whether you have administrator rights on your computer. For example, “We’d like to install the beta on a computer in our school’s computer lab. Students cannot install software, but I have admin rights and can install it.” Another example might be, “Um, this is my personal computer. I don’t know what admin rights are, but I can install software my own software.”
4. And don’t forget to tell us why you want to join the beta program!
5. Deadline for submissions: Friday, May 16, 2008, at midnight.

Send us your email today because space in the beta program is limited!

(And by the way, sending us an email won’t put you on any sort of spam list. We don’t share email addresses, and we rarely send out product newsletters. I think we sent out 1 newsletter in 2007. I doubt that we’ll send any out in 2008, either, except to those folks who explicitly requested to be notified when the mirrored text feature was ready.)

FloSpace made our first sale to Russia today! A fine gentleman in Moscow made the purchase just a few minutes ago. Thank you for your consideration and for making an excellent choice, if we do say so ourselves.

This is definitely a pleasant start to Leap Year Day!

One of the faculty at Schofield Middle School in Aiken, South Carolina, very kindly wrote us an email to tell us how they’re using FloPrompter at their school.

“I thought you might be interested in knowing how your product is used at Schofield. To my knowledge, Schofield is the only school in the district broadcasting a live two anchor morning news and announcement show with quasi-professional production values. The production team is comprised of thirteen students who are responsible for every aspect of the show including script writing, graphics production, directing, producing, studio management, equipment operation and anchoring. In regards to equipment, the RAM-TV studio features three cameras and an anchor desk that can seat up to four people. The control room houses the video switcher, audio mixer, Teleprompter (FloSpace Software), graphics computer, AVIO digital editing equipment, etc. Communication between the studio and control room is facilitated by radios worn by key personnel.

“Your product works great, meets our needs perfectly and is a great value. I would recommend it with no reservations what so ever.”
– Steve S.

Thank you, Steve, for sharing the incredible work you school is doing with the news! It never ceases to amaze me how incredibly advanced (and fun sounding!) some schools have become. Keep up the good work!