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Voxtext Update 1.8.2

Good morning Voxtext! There is a new version available for download. For version 1.8.2, the update includes some UI polish and, finally, a working progress bar.

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PPTools Narrator vs. Voxsmith: Comparing PowerPoint Narration Tools

Both tools eliminate repetitive PowerPoint narration work. The difference is where they fit into your production workflow. Before developing Voxsmith, I was a PPTools Narrator user. Combined with a collection of PowerPoint macros, it was part of my regular production workflow. As my projects grew, I started looking for ways to automate more of the […]

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Voxtext 1.8 – Now with Translation Manifest Delivery

Voxtext 1.8 has a new feature that most people will never see, and that’s on purpose. I built it for a workflow of my own: transcribe locally, then hand the transcript to an automation that translates it and writes the captions back, with no copy and paste between windows. When you turn on Translation Manifest […]

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Voxtext 1.6.0 Update

Voxtext has recently been updated for version 1.6 for both Windows and Mac. You can download the update from the Voxtext page. For this update, I have added in bulk processing. You can now drag a folder OR a file into Voxsmith for Transcribing. This will work against cloud folders, automatically downloading the files before […]

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How to Export Speaker Notes from PowerPoint

Speaker notes are one of the most useful parts of a PowerPoint presentation—especially for training, instructional design, and narrated presentations. They’re also surprisingly awkward to work with. If you need to review the notes from an entire presentation, PowerPoint generally expects you to work through them one slide at a time. That’s fine for a […]

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Voxprep v2.2.0

VoxPrep 2.2.0 is available now. Along with some UI enhancements, Voxprep now supports drag and drop. Buy Now – $49, one time purchase

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Voxtext Updated – Again

There was an issue with Voxtext due to a packing mistake I made with the last version. If you are seeing any errors on Windows or Mac, please download Voxtext again from the Voxtext page.

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Voxtext Update

No version update, just an app update. There was a bug affecting both versions that could have caused an error on Windows, and one that would cause launch issues on mac. Those have both been corrected and the download links on the Voxtext page are pointing at the new files.

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Voxtext for Mac, possible crashing issue

I discovered a potential issue where Voxtext would crash when trying to import. That issue has been corrected and the updated file has been copied to the server. Hit the download button to get the latest update.

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How to Split a PowerPoint Presentation by Section Automatically

We’ve all been there: a 150-slide presentation that suddenly needs to become six separate decks. Maybe it’s for different audiences. Maybe it’s for separate training modules. The reason doesn’t matter. The work does. And I always had better things to do than spend half a day copying and pasting slides. That’s why I built Voxprep. […]

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