Adobe Visual Communicator is a

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-based video-broadcasting software that enables

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and

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to create

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videos by using

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, and

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and present in

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, the

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, a CD or

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, or over a Closed-Circuit System. Unlike most other video editing software, Visual Communicator doesn't use a traditional

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. Instead, Communicator uses an on-screen

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that the person can read from a laptop or

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while a

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recorder records the video and audio of them talking. The program was formerly a brand of Serious Magic when version 1.0 was released in 2003. Following the acquisition of the company in 2006, by

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, the name was changed in Adobe Visual Communicator, a year before Adobe released version 3.0 in 2007. Visual Communicator received praise from magazines and online sources, giving credit for its features, mostly the teleprompter. Mark Montgomery of videomaker.com called it great for people "who want to quickly and easily create content." The software also inspired technology teacher Rob Zdrojewski to make a TV studio for his sixth, seventh and eighth graders for doing school newscasts, which are also uploaded onto

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. Adobe has deterred sales and development of the software since June 1, 2013, recommending

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and

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for making television-like newscasts.Adobe Visual Communicator
adobe.com. Retrieved August 30, 2013.

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