Publish your PowerPoint to video using Text-To-Speech and Subtitle generation.
Target Users are:
- Conferences
- Content Publishers.
Top use case:
- Low-cost narrated video
- Accessibility
- Translations; people in different countries can
- translate the presentation to their own language
- run Localized Windows text-to-speech and/or publish subtitles
Tip: Use Cortana / other professional text-to-speech engines where possible!
Example use:
- Publish the original presentation with recorded voice as presented at a conference or, if no recording is available: Turn any presentation into a video with audio narration.
- Transcribe the presentation to be able to publish subtitles that help with indexing and provide accessibility
- Translate the transcribed text to other language(s), publish alternate subtitles for viewers in other countries
- Republish the original PowerPoint with Text-To-Speech of the translated text in other language.
Combinations could be:
- English Audio, English Text (accessibility)
- English Audio, Translated Text
- Translated Audio (computer text-to-speech), English Text
- Translated Audio (computer text-to-speech), Translated Text (multiple languages)
This could help overcome reservations against using your own voice / accent.
PS C:\scripts\PSPublish-PPTX-Speech> Get-Help .\Publish-PPTX-Speech.ps1 -Full
NAME
C:\scripts\PSPublish-PPTX-Speech\Publish-PPTX-Speech.ps1
SYNOPSIS
This script automates the running of a slide show,
including text-to-speech and (pending) generation of .SRT subtitle files.
SYNTAX
C:\scripts\PSPublish-PPTX-Speech\Publish-PPTX-Speech.ps1 [[-Path] <String>] [-SaveFile <Object>] [-SaveF
ileGender <Object>] [-SaveVideo <Object>] [<CommonParameters>]
DESCRIPTION
Update the Publish-PPTX-Speech.XLSX worksheet to generate .CSV file.
Alternatively update the .CSV file directly if you do not have Excel available.
The script will:
- Run slideshow based on input from Publish-PPTX-Speech.csv
- Build one .wav file per slide in Record subfolder.
If you are running with the default -SaveFile 1
- Create and set timing to Advance Slide
- Inserts WAV files (linked) on each slide
(WAV files are set to autoplay and to hide during show)
- Save Publish-PPTX-Speech_VoiceOver.pptx
(Set to run full screen and loop)
PARAMETERS
-Path <String>
The full path of PPTX source file.
Note: The corresponding .CSV file must exist as well.
Required? false
Position? 1
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-SaveFile <Object>
By default the script will generate Slidexxx.wav files in Record Folder
Use -SaveFile 0 if you want to run the slideshow on read-only media.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value True
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-SaveFileGender <Object>
Only one gender is supported for Slidexxx.wav files.
Pro-tip: Purchase a professional voice or enable Cortana for Speech-to-Text.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value Female
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-SaveVideo <Object>
If you want the script can directly generate .MP4 version of the file
Required? false
Position? named
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------
PS C:\>.\Publish-PPTX-Speech.ps1 Publish-PPTX-Speech.pptx
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------
PS C:\>.\Publish-PPTX-Speech.ps1 Publish-PPTX-Speech.pptx -SaveFile 0
e.g. to Run on Read-Only media, will not create WAV files / edit slides.
(better use is to generate VoiceOver PPTX and run this file)
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 --------------------------
PS C:\>.\Publish-PPTX-Speech.ps1 D:\Publish-PPTX-Speech.pptx -SaveVideo 1
Slide 1 was shown for 8 seconds.
Slide 2 was shown for 5.3 seconds.
Slide 3 was shown for 11.5 seconds.
Slide 4 was shown for 16 seconds.
Slide 5 was shown for 5 seconds.
Saving PPTX file with voice-over as 'D:\Publish-PPTX-Speech_VoiceOver.pptx'.
Save completed.
Media Task Status: Starting output to 'D:\Publish-PPTX-Speech.mp4'.
Media Task Status: Done
RELATED LINKS
https://github.com/dotBATmanNO/PSPublish-PPTX-Speech/