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Feature Comparison
Feature authorSTREAM SlideShare
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
NoPowerPoint animation effects
PowerPoint animations
with sound
Animated images inserted
in PowerPoint slides
Rehearsed timings
Narrations
Embed code and stats
Yes, on external sites also
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes, with stats
Full screen player
Yes
Yes No
No
No
No
No
Rss Feed
Private content
PowerPoint file download
Groups No Yes
Yes
Yes, only on Slideshare
Yes
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PowerPoint Animation Effects with/without Sounds
Effect and sound : Blinds, ChimeEffect and sound : Fly, applauseEffect and sound :Wipe, BreezeEffect and sound : Wedge, CameraAnimation Effect : checkerboardAnimation Effect :StripsAnimation Effect : Center RevolveAnimation Effect : SplitAnimation Effect : Dissolve InAnimation Effect : Stretch
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Audio Handling
• authorSTREAM handles narrated audio presentations
very well. Audio is retained in narrated PowerPoint
presentations when uploaded to authorSTREAM. Users
can also create audio presentations using live audio or
pre-recorded audio as input in authorPOINT and upload
to authorSTREAM.
• SlideShare provides the “slidecast” feature in which
users need to synchronize audio online after uploading
audio onto their own server or some other server.
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Desktop Applications
authorSTREAM has offline desktop applications supporting the service.
These applications provide advanced features, which professional
presenters require, especially in the e-learning and business segments.
SlideShare does not offer any offline desktop utility to support the website
service.
• authorPOINT Lite, a free tool, is like Picasa for PowerPoint, which converts
PowerPoint to Flash on the desktop and can batch-upload presentations to
authorSTREAM.
• authorPOINT is an advanced multimedia presentation creation software,
which installs in PowerPoint and offers a host of features for power users.
Presenters can upload presentations directly from within PowerPoint with this
add-on software.
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Private Presentations
• authorSTREAM pioneered the Private presentations feature, which
is now also available on SlideShare. At the time I wrote this review,
only authorSTREAM had this, so that’s how you hear it in the audio
narration. Changing audio narration is a lot of work, so I did not do it.
• Users can upload up to 20 private presentations on authorSTREAM,
and share with as many people as required. There is no limit on
SlideShare.
• authorSTREAM private sharing is fully secure. Only invited
registered members can access private presentations. It also means
that private presentations are not indexed by the search engines,
and are not accessible directly. SlideShare lets non-members also
access private presentations. Anyone can view private
presentations on SlideShare, who gets access to the URL.
