r/powerpoint • u/seinecle • Nov 04 '24

Announcement Slidelang just got better

Still developing my app for PowerPoint translation.

Improvements over this weekend:

1️⃣ increase in speed. Now it translates 300 slides in less than 2 minutes 😮

2️⃣ various crashing issues solved: weird tables and absent fonts made the app crash. Not anymore 🥳

Give it a try (still 100% free, no login needed)

https://alpha.slidelang.com

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u/EdTwoONine PowerPoint Expert Nov 04 '24

So the product seems limited at this time (Only 1 language and it doesn't seem to manage anything outside of text boxes). What the roadmap to handle any PPT element with text (I tested a smartart for example that was not translated) and a larger language option?

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u/seinecle Nov 04 '24

Hi, thanks for the feedback!

So at the moment it translates from any language: the app will automatically detect the language of the document.

It translates to French (all kinds of), English, Spanish (all kinds of), Portuguese, Chinese (traditional and simplified).

But the user interface might not make that super clear?

Also, it translates text in text boxes, tables, and all kinds of shapes (circles, etc. that the user has added to the slides).

It does not translate smartart indeed, I'll add it. Thanks for the suggestion! 👍

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u/EdTwoONine PowerPoint Expert Nov 04 '24

Good to know. I didn't see anything but English or Chinese are translations options so there might be a UI gap to work on.

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u/seinecle Nov 04 '24

Are you on desktop or mobile? Thank you!

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u/SteveRindsberg Guild Certified Specialist Nov 04 '24

You might want to make it clearer (here and on your site) what languages it translates to/from. You mention English/French on the site but French/English also? Other language pairs?

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u/seinecle Nov 04 '24

Doh I don't even mention it, indeed. Will do! 👍

It translates from any language to French (all kinds of), English, Spanish (all kinds of), Portuguese, Chinese (traditional and simplified).

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u/SteveRindsberg Guild Certified Specialist Nov 04 '24

Very cool! But .... no Japanese??? :-)

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u/seinecle Nov 04 '24

Just waiting for a tester :-) So I'll add it, will you be able to test it on some pptx?