If you're trying to add value to your presentation, narration is the best way to go. But how do you put a voiceover on PowerPoint? With our guide, you'll easily learn how to do a voiceover on PowerPoint for a single slide or a whole presentation.
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How to Prepare for Recording a Voiceover in PowerPoint?
You don't need much preparation if you're trying to record your voiceover in PowerPoint. The process is quick and simple.
- A microphone with good sound quality or use your headphones.
- Find a quiet room with minimal distractions to record your voiceovers.
- Prepare your scripts in case you may miss the key information.
How to Record Your Voiceovers in PowerPoint for a Single Slide?
One way to add a voiceover to your PowerPoint presentation is to record it slide by slide. PowerPoint lets you record your voiceover directly onto the presentation and sync the audio to match the slides. The easiest way to sync sound to slides is to record your voiceover for each slide.
Recording one slide at a time can take longer, but it allows you to re-record or edit specific slides without ruining the rest. Therefore, you don't have to re-record the entire presentation.
Follow these steps to record your voiceover in PowerPoint for a single slide:
- Open your PowerPoint presentation and go to the slide you want to narrate.
- Click on Slide Show > Record Slide Show > Start Recording from Current Slide.
- In the dialog box, select Narrations, Ink, and Laser Pointer to start recording your voiceover. Then, press Start Recording.
- Once you're done recording the voiceover for your PowerPoint slide, press End Show to stop recording.
How to Record Your Voiceover in PowerPoint for the Whole Presentation?
Another great way to do a voiceover in PowerPoint is to do it simultaneously for the whole presentation. While recording slide by slide leaves more room for errors and edits, recording your entire PowerPoint presentation voiceover is much quicker and easier.
Follow these steps to record your voiceover for the whole PowerPoint presentation:
- Open your PowerPoint presentation.
- Go to the Slide Show tab and select Record Slide Show.
- Then, select the option Start Recording from Beginning.
- This will open a pop-up window. Select the Narrations, Ink, and Laser Pointer options and click Start Recording.
- Once you're done, press End Show to finish the recording.
Pros and Cons of Using PowerPoint to Record Voiceovers
An Alternative Solution for Recording Voiceovers on PowerPoint
PowerPoint offers a built-in feature that allows users to record their voiceovers and add them to their presentations. This feature is convenient as you can finish it all in the same program. However, the PowerPoint narration feature offers little more than simple voice recording.
If you're looking for a more professional tool to take your presentation to the next level, Wondershare Filmora is the way to go. It offers various editing tools that use Artificial Intelligence to increase your efficiency.
Some of the most prominent features of Filmora include:
- Voice Changer: Change your voice recording into many different voice effects such as man, woman, kids, robotic, and more.
- AI Voice Cloning: Clone your voice and generate speeches in 16 different languages and various accents so you don't need to record voiceovers every time.
- AI Audio Denoise: Remove background noise from audio and video such as normal noise, deverbs, hiss, and hums, etc.
- AI Voice Enhancer: Apply voice clarity and beautification from 0 to 100 to make your recording sound like recorded in a professional studio.
- Text-to-speech and speech-to-text: Convert texts to speeches from 48 natural sounds and voices in 33 languages, and make recorded audio to subtitles automatically with AI.
- Audio fade: Create fade-in or fade-out to balance the audio recordings or create crossfade effects to seamlessly merge two different recordings.
- AI Music Generator: Generate background music by selecting the tempo, mood, and theme.
How to Record Voiceovers in Filmora?
- Download, install, and launch Wondershare Filmora on your computer.
- Connect your microphone to the computer. We suggest using an external microphone instead of the built-in one for better sound quality.
- Now, in the interface, select New Project to start.
- Near the top of the screen, you can find the Record option. Click on it, then select Record Voiceover.
- This will open a pop-up window. Select the microphone device you're using to record the voiceover and input. Then, click the red button to start recording.
- Once you're done with your voiceover, click on the microphone icon to finish. And the newly recorded voiceover will automatically appear on the audio track.
That's all to record a voiceover for PowerPoint on Filmora. In addition to that, Filmora offers plenty of powerful audio editing features to enhance audio recordings. Check the following video to enhance your voiceover to the next level.
- Record audio for unlimited time with one click.
- Remove background noise from voice recordings.
- Enhance audio quality to pro with AI.
- Intuitive, professional yet beginner-friendly.
- Works on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android.
How to Add Recorded Voiceover Files in PowerPoint?
In addition to recording voiceovers on PowerPoint, it also supports adding voiceover files to the PPT files. After finishing recording and enhancing voiceover files with Filmora, follow these steps to import your voiceover file into PowerPoint:
- Open your PowerPoint presentation.
- Select Insert at the top of the screen.
- Then, select Media and click on Audio.
- Click on Audio on My PC to find a file you want to import.
- In the dialog box, select the audio file you want to import into your presentation and click Insert.
Conclusion
PowerPoint offers a built-in feature to allow its users to record their voiceovers and add them to their presentations. However, if you're looking for a more modern solution with a simple interface and more advanced features, Wondershare Filmora is the best alternative. It allows you to record your voiceovers in just a few simple clicks and offers numerous advanced AI-powered audio editing tools to help you get the best final results.
FAQs
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How do you do a voiceover on PowerPoint?
PowerPoint allows you to record voiceovers for single slides or entire presentations. If you want to record voiceovers in PowerPoint, follow these steps:- Select the Slide Show tab.
- Click on Record Slide Show.
- Then, select Start Recording from the Beginning if you want to record a voiceover for the whole presentation, or Start Recording from the Current Slide to record voiceovers for each slide.
- Select Narrations, Ink, and Laser Pointer option and click Start Recording.
- Once you're finished, click End Show.
You can also import an audio file from your computer into your PowerPoint presentation. Follow these steps to do so:- Select the Insert tab.
- Click on Media and select Audio.
- Then, click on Audio on My PC.
- Select the audio file you want to add and press Insert.
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How can I make a voiceover play automatically on PowerPoint?
To get the best flow of your presentation, you can set your voiceovers to play automatically once you play the slides. You can automate the whole slide show, making the job easier.Follow these steps to automatically play voiceovers in PowerPoint:- Click on the Audio icon and select the Playback tab.
- You can trim the audio, fade it, and adjust its volume in this tab.
- Then, select how you want the audio file to start. Click on the dropdown menu and select Automatically.
- This option plays audio automatically once you get to the slide with an audio file attached.
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How can I turn a PowerPoint voiceover into a video?
Once you've added your voiceover, you can export your presentation and save it as a video file. Follow these steps to export your PowerPoint presentation with a voiceover into a video:- Go to the File tab and select Export.
- Select Create a Video.
- Then, select the video quality and whether you want to use the timings.
- Press Create Video.
- Name the video file and set the file type to be either an MPEG-4 Video or Windows Media Video.
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How can I add an AI voiceover in PowerPoint?
Unfortunately, PowerPoint doesn't use AI-powered technology to help users create voiceovers more easily. However, you can use a great alternative for PowerPoint – Wondershare Filmora's Text-to-Speech feature. All you need to do is provide the script, select the voice you want, and let it create the voiceover.
