On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:48:52AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:36:25 -0700, Gary Kline <kl...@thought.org> wrote:
> > tHat said: how can I experiment with translating my html into
> > slideshow format? If this is a case of RTFM, where is the FM
> > page website that will get me going.?
>
> For a "real slideshow" in terms of projected presentation,
> maybe you want to check the foiltex package (port: textproc/foiltex)
> and create a PDF file with it, using LaTeX. The advantage
> is that it can be easily turned into plain text if needed
> (e. g. for speech synthesis). Along with xpdf (also from
> the ports), you can do:
This ought to help if I ever find a free speech synthesizer.
I found one yesterday that must be a real human voice;
unfortunately, commercial.
>
> % xpdf -fullscreen <presentation>
>
> If you want the slides HTML based, an option would be to
> create a script that reads the "big" HTML source and splits
> it into "small" slides with less text, according to a template.
> But I think it's still neccessary to put hands on it to get
> things like document structure right.
>
You're right, and thanks to you, Uli, and Andrew noted. Looks like
the slideshow/ppt/impress method won't be the way to go. I've
checked out the PresentationZen site and have a better idea how
this kind of presentation works.
I need some other means of reaching folks.
gary
>
> --
> Polytropon
> From Magdeburg, Germany
> Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
> Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
--
Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix
http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org
The 2.41a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php
_______________________________________________
freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
