The Self-Presenting Presentation combines three great Apple software functions to automatically present and narrate each slide of a Keynote slideshows adapted for its use. Specifically, this application uses AppleScript, Keynote, and Text-to-Speech to begin playback of the presentation; initiate the transitions, build-ins, and build-outs of the slides; and speak the contents each slide’s notes field.
How can this software be incorporated into your practice?
- Create demonstrative presentations to give to insurance adjusters in personal injury cases to get more favorable settlement offers;
- Produce informational slideshow to display in your lobby to tell potential clients about yourself and/or your practice; or
- Design a case summary to give a mediator prior to mediation to provide him/her with an overview of your case.
You can download and view the Self-Presenting Presentation application from Nyhthawk Productions, which uses itself to give an eight-minute tutorial which outlines how the application works. Basically, you create your Keynote presentation, install the Install Test Script script, and add tags to your notes to “direct” the application.
Thanks to “The Self-Presenting Presentation” by Christopher Breen, published at Macworld.com, for his article about this application.
