| Website | authorstream.com |
| Blog | blog.authorstream... |
| Category | Communications |
| Employees |
authorSTREAM is a free platform for sharing PowerPoint presentations on the Internet. authorSTREAM makes it easier for users to share their PowerPoint slideshows through blogs, websites, on YouTube and even via iPOD. Once users sign up, they can just upload a presentation and begin sharing.
Users have no limit to the number of presentations they can upload. Once uploaded, each presentation is assigned a unique URL and a code to embed the presentation in blog or site. The embedded presentation plays as a Flash slideshow and the viewers do not need to have PowerPoint software.
If users set up ‘Rehearsed Timings’ or have recorded audio ‘Narrations’ in their PowerPoint file, it would automatically be available in a video format (MP4) that can be uploaded and shared on YouTube. Presentations can also be downloadable in itunes. Viewers can then sync their iPods and have presentations available even when they are not connected to the internet.
Viewers can download PowerPoint files if their respective authors have given their permission to do so. However, users also have control who can view the uploaded PowerPoint. While uploading presentations, users can use the publishing settings to control who can see it on authorSTREAM. authorSTREAM protects private content, and makes sure that it is seen only by owners and the people who they select. Private presentations do not appear in search results or a user’s public profile.
| Website | authorstream.com/present-live |
Present Live allows users to upload their PowerPoint presentations and then show it to their contacts. All contacts can then watch and discuss the same presentation. Users can click through slides, and all users in the presentation will be on the same slide. Animations appear the same as in the PowerPoint files. Users will be able to chat in a common chat area.
Present Live is free for authorSTREAM members.
