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Wired magazine interviews David Byrne of Talking Heads, who talks about his use of PowerPoint:
“I’m not someone who used PowerPoint in my professional life, but a couple of years ago I’d finished this pseudo-religious book and wanted my live readings to feel like the sort of presentation that a motivational speaker might deliver. I knew this was something they might use, so I thought – OK, to complete the illusion, I’ll do these readings accompanied by PowerPoint.”
Read more in this feature, Turning Heads With PowerPoint.
In another Wired magazine feature, Learning to Love PowerPoint, David adds:
“Having never used the program before, I found it limiting, inflexible, and biased, like most software. On top of that, PowerPoint makes hilariously bad-looking visuals. But that’s a small price to pay for ease and utility. We live in a world where convenience beats quality every time. It was, for my purposes, perfect.”
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Speechmakers have released version 1.2 of PowerTalk, a free add-in for PowerPoint that narrates text content and ‘Alt’ text using Microsoft’s Speech API. Imagine that you ccould have someone automatically speak any presentation or slide show?
You’ll find more info in a full review on PowerTalk on Indezine.
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Dr. Joseph Sommerville discusses The Seven Deadly Sins of PowerPoint Presentations on the About site.
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We just released a review on PointCapture, a search tool for PowerPoint presentations that locates results from content stored on your hard drives. Read the review here.
Based on our review, Peter McClard of CaptureWorks slashed the price of the PointCapture product from $149 to $89. Thank you, Peter!
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