Now present presentations without being present :-)

Today, authorSTREAM has launched its synchronized video presentation service. This feature allows users to add presenter video narration from different devices such as web cameras, DV cams and mini DV cams, or to use supported audio and video media files as narration for presentations: .AVI .WMV .WAV and .WMA stored in the hard disk, USB or firewire based devices. Press release here: authorSTREAM Allows Presentations With Presenter Video in New Exclusive Offering

The procedure is simple: Download authorPOINT and install it. Your PowerPoint software will show the authorPOINT button in the "Add Ins" tab.

You can activate authorPOINT, which will provide you the following options:

Here, you can select how you want your narration. It can be only audio or only video, live or pre-recorded. Also, if you wish, you can use a pre-recorded video and record the audio live.

3. After clicking on "Launch authorPOINT" you will see your slides in a full screen window with action buttons on top. Here you can click on the "rec" button and start narrating your presentation slide by slide.

4. After your narration is complete, lick on "Open Content Manager".

5. Click on "Build" when the content manager window is open.

6. "Build" gives you the option of converting your presentation either to a windows media or Flash file.

The resulting output includes synchronised video with your presentation. The results can be very compelling. Here's an example:

Uploaded on authorSTREAM by aplite

We welcome your feedback on this new offering and look forward to your comments.

authorSTREAM Premium Services Released - Suite of Advanced Features for Presenters

authorSTREAM just released Premium services today with a host of advanced options for presenters. Presenters can now upgrade their accounts to either Premium Plus, or Premium Pro memberships to enjoy a bunch of new benefits such as access to presentation statistics, increased private presentation uploads, more channel capacity, embed customization, ad-free presentations and videos, Flash presentation downloads, and even making money with Google AdSense revenue sharing on presentations.

Benefits for end users

Here is an example of how benefits vary within membership types:

A normal authorSTREAM user can create a video for free, with a maximum length of 5 minutes. If you want more duration, you will have to buy video credits, which cost 2 dollars each. One single video credit will allow you to create a video up to 45 minutes.

If you upgrade your account to a Premium Plus one, then you will receive 5 video credits for the month, and pay for the sixth one. But if you upgrade to a Premium Pro one, then you will receive unlimited video credits, which means that you can create as many videos as you want of up to 45 minutes.

This is just one of the advantages from a suite of premium features. See the full membership comparison chart.

Upgrading and downgrading memberships

The Premium service can be subscribed/unsubscribed-to in a very user-friendly and simple way. Members can upgrade and downgrade their authorSTREAM premium accounts whenever they want to. By downgrading, members can ensure that they will not be charged for the next monthly billing cycle. For example, if you are a free account user, and you upgrade your account to a Premium Plus one, but only want to keep it for a month, you will be able to downgrade it after that period with no issues. Here are the main features:

authorSTREAM's Premium Services

Also see this news on:

Our Press Release: authorSTREAM Goes Premium with New and Exclusive PPT Sharing Features
TechCrunch IT: authorStream Lets Businesses Create Customized, Branded Channels For PowerPoint Presentations

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