Authorstream

Poll without page-refresh

	del.icio.us
	Digg
	Furl
	Reddit
	Rojo
	Add to OnlyWire

This article is orphaned as few or no other articles link to it.
Please help introduce links in articles on related topics. (February 2008)

1 authorSTREAM
2 Services and features
3 Some Firsts
4 References
5 External links

authorSTREAM

authorSTREAM is a web-based^[1] PowerPoint presentation sharing platform from authorGEN Technologies, a company based in Raleigh, USA, with a development arm in Chandigarh, India.

After creating a multimedia presentation in Microsoft's presentation program PowerPoint, users can upload presentations to authorSTREAM, which get converted to Flash format. A Presentation uploaded to authorSTREAM shows up on a unique URL and is available in a Flash player. Users can get unique code of the Flash presentation to embed in blogs and websites. Every presentation also provides users the option to share the presentation through e-mail^[2].

In the newest feature^[3] authorSTREAM also allows it's users to share their presentations on Apple iPod or iPhone or on equivalent devices, and to upload it on YouTube.^[4]

Services and features

authorSTREAM supports sounds, gif animations, and narrations within a PowerPoint presentation. Flash, as a Web browser plug-in, is a prerequisite for accessing presentations from authorSTREAM.

Presentations can also be uploaded to authorSTREAM from authorPOINT Lite^[5], a free desktop application, which can import PowerPoint presentations. Users have the option to upload presentations as "public" or "private". If a presentation is private, then only registered users invited by the author to view the presentation can access it.

The website interface on authorSTREAM provides multiple features, browsing and search options. There are also a number of RSS feed options including customized rss feeds for users.

Some Firsts

authorSTREAM is the first Web-based presentation sharing service to support audio and animations in presentations.^[6]

Authorpoint Lite is the only free tool to provide the ability to upload PowerPoint presentations to the Web from a desktop interface. It is also the first Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 compatible free PowerPoint to Flash converter.^[6]

authorSTREAM is the first Web-based service to offer free conversion of PowerPoint to Apple iPod device compatible M4V format, and PowerPoint to MP4 video format, which can be uploaded to popular video sharing sites like YouTube etc.^[7].

authorSTREAM is the first Web-based presentation sharing service to offer server-to-server porting of video files to YouTube, converted from PowerPoint presentations. ^[8]