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In the video, David provides a detailed tutorial on how to add and customize audio or voiceover narration in Google Slides. He begins by explaining the necessity of recording and editing audio externally, using tools like Audacity, because Google Slides does not support direct audio recording. The audio file must then be uploaded to Google Drive, with clear instructions given on creating and sharing a folder to ensure accessibility.
Once the audio is uploaded, David demonstrates the steps to insert the audio into a specific slide in Google Slides. He explores various customization options, such as playback settings, volume control, hiding the audio icon during the presentation, looping, and stopping audio on slide transitions. Additional formatting options include resizing the audio icon, changing its color, and adding visual effects like transparency, brightness, contrast, drop shadow, and reflection.
David also touches on starting a presentation automatically in Google Slides and mentions the behavior of audio and video during transitions, referencing a previous tutorial for more details. Overall, the focus is on effectively managing audio to enhance the engagement and professionalism of Google Slides presentations.
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In this segment, David explains how to add audio or voiceover narration to Google Slides. Since Google Slides does not support direct audio recording like Microsoft PowerPoint, the audio must first be recorded and edited, which he previously covered using Audacity. Once the audio file is ready, it needs to be uploaded to Google Drive. David demonstrates the steps to upload the audio by going to drive.google.com, creating a new folder for organization, and sharing the folder link to ensure accessibility. He emphasizes the importance of sharing the folder to avoid errors when others play the audio. Finally, he shows how to drag and drop the audio file into the new folder on Google Drive.
00:03:00
In this part of the video, the presenter explains how to add and customize audio in Google Slides. After uploading the audio, they demonstrate navigating to Google Slides, selecting a particular slide, and using the ‘Insert audio’ option. The audio can be sourced from different locations such as Google Drive, shared files, or recent files. Once inserted, an audio icon with a play button appears on the slide. They discuss various formatting options like playback settings, volume, whether to hide the icon during presentation, looping, and stopping audio on slide changes. Customization options also include resizing the icon, altering its color, and adding effects like transparency, brightness, contrast, drop shadow, and reflection. The main focus is on keeping the slides engaging by managing audio playback effectively.
00:06:00
In this part of the video, the speaker, David, explains how to start presenting automatically in Google Slides, including adding audio or voiceover. He mentions that if you move to the next slide, the presentation will stop, and the video will play on mute by default, as covered in a previous tutorial. David also hopes viewers found the tutorial valuable and encourages them to keep learning.