Convert text in PowerPoint 2011 to MP3 audio?

Question

I know it's technically impossible to convert PowerPoint to MP3s. What I really want is to have a speech synthesizer create an MP3 file with at least the key points from each PowerPoint slide.

Example: Let's say I have the following PowerPoint presentation:

Uses for Microsoft Office
Why spend that money on this software?

Uses for Word

• Word Processor
• Nice templates

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What the synthesizer would do is record a simulation of someone saying "Uses for Microsoft Office. Why spend that money on this software? Uses for Word: word processor, nice templates."

This would be more so that I can listen to a professor's lecture slides while doing something else (such as exercising).

Answer 1

Maybe thi would be some help. I am not aware of any tool that would do exactly as you want. But there are tools that will convert plain text to voice, and save them as .mp3 files such as :

• Listen
• Yakomite
• Vozme

And you can export text from ppt so you dont have to copy paste it from every page. Thre are some examples of how it can be done, but i think maybe there are better ways.