Are full scripts or bullet points better for teleprompter glasses?
Full scripts help when wording must be exact. Bullet points suit a familiar talk where you want to speak naturally and use the display as a reminder. The choice changes how much time you spend reading and how easily you recover after departing from the prepared text.
Match the cue to what you need to remember
A script provides the next sentence but can make a skipped paragraph harder to recover from. A cue such as “Explain the battery tradeoff” leaves the wording to you and makes improvisation easier. We prefer cues for material the speaker knows, with exact quotations or important figures written out.
Try the same short section both ways. If you keep reading ahead instead of addressing the audience, reduce the text. If you repeatedly forget a necessary phrase, put that phrase back. The best format is the one that solves your particular memory problem.
Turn a paragraph into speaking cues
Consider this invented script: “Today I’ll explain how the display receives information from the phone. Then we’ll look at what happens when the connection drops.”
For a familiar talk, the cue version could be “Phone → display” followed by “What happens offline?” You keep the order of the ideas without reading every word. If a sentence must be delivered exactly, retain that sentence in full rather than reducing it to a cue.