Repeat TTS several times on same slide?

[Juan]

I am delighted to be able to use PowerTalk to assist a friend with
global aphasia. Since I will send the PowerPoint presentations to him
via email I would like to keep the file size of the various
presentations to a minimum. So rather than duplicate each slide
several times, is there a way to repeat the spoken part of the slide
several times (with a adjustable silent period, eg. 5 seconds), then
move on to the next slide and have it's spoken part repeated several
times, etc..? This should all be done automatically without having to
use the keyboard to continue to the next slide. Any suggestions would
be appreciated.

[Steve Lee]

Hi Juan

Thank you for you kind words and I'm pleased you find Powertalk useful.

We deliberately keep the features of Powertalk to the minimum, so that
it 'just works'. So the answer to your question is there is no such
option. To be honest that more a presentation feature, not for
PowerTalk which does the narration only.

You may well be able to get the effects you want by experimenting with
animations, perhaps using hidden text (ie off slide), or multiple
copies of slides (though that is getting hard to maintain and the size
will increase.)

The most likely solution will be to use PowerPoint's powerful macro /
scripting facilities (ie Alt F11) to reshow each side 5 times and then
move on after a delay. If you have not done any basic programming you
will have a bit of a steep learning curve. Perhaps you can find a tame
techy?

Good luck

Steve Lee
Programme Leader (Open Accessibility)
OpenDirective http://opendirective.com