It seems therefore that your real requirement is for Impress to improve its multi media support.
The fact that you can view resulting files via a web page (which is part of MS producer) is irrelevant in this case. Without having a need to produce such presentations I cannot comment on how Impress handles video/audio. Maybe someone on this, or the users, list will be able to provide more to the discussion. /paul On 6/24/05, Sweet Coffee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Paul! > > I have to disagree that OOo can do this already. Impress does not > even handle audio and video seamlessly. It is difficult to see videos > run without a lot of manipulation in OOo. If you could provide a > working example of this MS Producer like function in OOo Impress I > would really appreciate a link to it and access to the file that > created it. > > SC > > On 6/23/05, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Producer 2003.... correct me if I'm wrong but OO can already do this. > > > > Impress can export files to .swf format which can then be embedded > > into an html document for viewing within a browser. I realise that > > the M$ product may offer some flash gui front end and methods of > > dealing with the components of a multi media presentation better, but > > never the less, it can be done using OOo already. > > > > I would suggest that developer time be better spent on things that OOo > > cannot handle currently. > > > > /paul > > > > On 6/24/05, Sweet Coffee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Daniel! > > > > > > DNS (Dragon Naturally Speaking) and the other commercial voice > > > recognition programs do not seem to want to be helpful in porting > > > their products to work with OOo. However, there is a open source > > > voice recognition group that may be willing to work with OOo. They > > > are called OSSRI [Open-Source Speech Recognition Initiative]. They > > > are located at the following link, > > > > > > OSSRI [Open-Source Speech Recognition Initiative] > > > http://www.ossri.org/ > > > > > > Also, since I have your attention, maybe you can help me out with > > > this. I would really like to see something like MS Producer ["free" > > > add-on for PowerPoint] developed for OOo Impress v 2.0. I have tried > > > to get information in the Impress Forums and by contacting the Impress > > > Project Moderators about this but I have not been able to get any > > > helpful information to no response at all. I was even thinking of > > > trying to learn enough code to attempt to do it myself but I cannot > > > even get a response about the type of coding that would be needed to > > > achieve this. Links to what I am referring to are below, > > > > > > Producer 2003 Product Information > > > http://www.microsoft.com/office/powerpoint/producer/prodinfo/default.mspx > > > Producer 2003 Demos and Samples > > > http://www.microsoft.com/office/powerpoint/producer/prodinfo/demos.mspx > > > > > > I believe the more features that OOo has that can be used by academia > > > the more its use will grow. The biblio folks are working hard to > > > upgrade the Bibliography feature. This will definitely increase its > > > use in academia. Improvement in Impress will also help in that and > > > this type of add-on will also increase use for presentation purposes. > > > > > > I know OOo is is basically for Word Processing but the definition of > > > word processing has really extended itself into a broader definition > > > of programs and features over time. > > > > > > Thanks for "lending an ear" to my thoughts and questions. > > > > > > SC > > > > > > On 6/23/05, Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello SC, > > > > > > > > > http://council.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=agenda&msgNo=703 > > > > > > > > Hhmm... I'll try to address your points, but I'm afraid there's not a > > > > whole lot I can do. > > > > > > > > You wrote: > > > > > Could OOo appoint and/or create a group to either help in the > > > > creation > > > > > of a "voice recognition" program for OOo or in the creation of some > > > > > kind of software bridge to get OOo to work with OpenSource software. > > > > > > > > This isn't something that the Community Council does. Ultimately, it's > > > > up to developers to decide what they work on. The council doesn't have > > > > any hired developers we can assign to tasks. And I don't think it's ever > > > > been the intention for the council to have developers to assign to > > > > tasks. > > > > > > > > You also wrote: > > > > > A relationship with the programmer or programming community of > > > > > OpenSource "voice recognition" software. > > > > > > > > So, you mean, talking to makers of voice recognition software and asking > > > > them to make OOo plugins? > > > > > > > > This is something the council could do. I don't know the best way to go > > > > about it. And like you say, these people don't seem interesting. But it > > > > doesn't hurt to ask, right? So we could ask. > > > > > > > > I'm CC'ing this email to the council list. Let's see what the other > > > > council members think. If the council doesn't go for it, I will happily > > > > approach these ISVs myself. But then it'd be just me doing it. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Daniel. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
