Slide Decks, Read Aloud
Hear the Deck Before the Meeting.
Forty slides of bullets, charts and footnotes. Speek reads a PowerPoint or PDF deck aloud slide by slide, with every chart described, so you can review it on the way in.
The Short Answer
To have a slide deck read aloud, share the PowerPoint or PDF file to Speek (export a Keynote deck as a PDF first) on iPhone, or press Control Option S on Mac, and choose Read All. Speek reads the slides in order with each slide title first, turns bullet fragments into sentences and describes charts in plain words: what is measured and which way it moves. Speaker notes in a PowerPoint file are read too.
Decks Are Written to Be Seen, Not Heard.
A slide is a title, five fragments and a chart. Read aloud word for word, it is a list of nouns, and the chart, often the point of the slide, is skipped entirely.
Speek reads a deck the way a colleague would talk you through it: the slide title, the point in full sentences, and what the chart shows.
What You Hear
A Chart, Described.
On the Page
Slide 14. Churn by Cohort [line chart: Jan to Jun, three lines] Source: internal data, Q2
What Speek Says
“Slide 14, Churn by Cohort. A line chart from January to June with three cohorts. All three fall over the period, and the newest cohort falls fastest. Source: internal data for the second quarter.”
How to Do It
From Your Screen to Your Headphones.
Send the Deck
Share the .pptx or PDF to Speek from Mail, Files or Slack on iPhone, or press Control Option S on Mac.
Choose Read All or TLDR
Read All goes slide by slide. TLDR gives you the argument of the deck in a few minutes.
Listen on the Way In
Play it on the commute, then open the script to find the slide you want to raise.
Slide Titles First
Each slide starts with its title, so you always know where you are in the deck.
Charts in Plain Words
What is measured, over what period, and which way it moves. Check exact values against the slide.
Every Voice on Every Plan
19 natural voices, Free included. Richer voices use time a little faster and lighter voices stretch it further.
Common Questions.
Can PowerPoint read slides aloud by itself?
PowerPoint's Read Aloud reads the text on the slide as written. It does not describe charts or turn bullet fragments into sentences, and it needs PowerPoint open on a screen.
Does Speek read speaker notes?
Yes, in PowerPoint files, after the slide's own content. A PDF export has no notes, so share the .pptx when the notes matter.
Can I listen to a deck someone shared with me?
Yes. Any deck you can open on your iPhone or Mac you can share to Speek.
Take That Deck for a Walk.
One app for iPhone and Mac, with every voice on every plan. Join the waitlist and we will email you when your account is ready, with about 20 minutes of listening free to start.