Teleprompter-style presentation of closed-caption text

An apparatus for controlling an output of text received from a speech-to-text device comprising:

• a processor configured to execute non-transistory machine readable instructions;
• a memory configured to store text received from the speech-to-text device;
• a text output device;
• and
• a control device configured to control an output of text stored in the memory to the text output device;
• wherein execution of the non-transistory machine readable instructions by the processor causes the processor to:
• detect a rate control signal from the control device, the rate control signal configured to control a rate at which text from the memory is output to the text output device;
• detect a stream control signal from the control device, the stream control signal configured to enable the processor to provide the text from the memory to the text output device:
• one letter of the text at a time at the rate corresponding to the rate control signal;
• one word of the text at a time at the rate corresponding to the rate control signal;
• or
• one line of the text at a time at the rate corresponding to the rate control signal;
• and
• adjust the output of the text to the text output device based on the detected rate control signal and the detected stream control signal.

A method comprising a processor executing non-transitory machine-readable instructions, the execution of the non-transitory machine-readable instructions configured to cause the processor to:

• receive an input of text at a first rate from a speech-to-text device;
• store the input of text in a memory device;
• detect a text output rate control signal:
• and
• output a stream of text to a text output device at a second rate corresponding to the text output rate control signal, the output stream of text corresponding to the input text and the second rate being different from the first rate.