A pretty neat notecard reader that works in a HUD. It will span speech over multiple notecards. It can whisper and shout, or be mute. You can make as many copies as you want for different lectures; change the object name to keep track of what is stored on that Reader.
Right click and "Wear" to start using. It comes loaded with a short tutorial that it will cover basic operations. There is a notecard included with additional instructions.
Note: Due to a limitation of the scripting language, single lines can only be 255 characters long--you'll have to split very long sentences into multiple lines. Usually this isn't a problem, but seems to be the biggest complaint with this product.
(December 2012) Version 1.05 is available: this fixes a bug when a script that listens to open chat sees the /me the HUD puts in front of every line. An option in the +Settings card changes this. Also, some other small changes. No need to update if you don't see the /me
- Pre-load text to be typed into chat.
- Controls to allow you to skip around in a chat.
- Easy to set up and use.
Recommended
This gadget was recommended to me by a friend and I heartily agree that it works very well, is simple to use, and is a great price.
Simple, no-nonsense and reliable!
I tried a few note card readers before finding this one, and have been using it ever since. I even got my L$25 back with a thank you note! Thank you, Etaoin, for making Second Life easier for us all!
simple, easy-to-use, cheap!
If you regularly give lectures over public chat, this device will help you to pre-load your talk, give it at the pace that you want, and stop and answer questions along the way if you wish. A nice little package.
It works as stated, except that I had no idea that paragraphs are truncated after 255 characters, which is NOT helpful to me. A great price, but thanks anyway.