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Had a non-technical friend who I've helped stay on #ubuntu for around a year for his academic work complain that PowerPoint slides from his professor didn't render well in either #libreoffice #wpsoffice, #freeoffice .

I found that pretty surprising - I'd have expected slideshows to be the easier format, as document and spreadsheet compatibility seems to be much better now in 2023 than two decades ago!

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Sidenote: what are your recommendations for screen+audio/video recording software on Linux? I'm pretty sure auto-captioning is going to be hard to find (apparently he has that in the software they took on windows).
Show threadYoshJun 28, 2023
@thegreybeardofthetree OBS I think but I am not an expert
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@Yosh thanks. I think #obsstudio is a great recommendation to try.
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@Yosh I'm a bit worried about the initial complexity though.. from what I remember, it was super powerful, but bit took me a while to get around.

Any beginner friendly recommendations?

Show threadYoshJun 28, 2023
@thegreybeardofthetree true, but it's very popular and have a lot of guides, you should find some good advice. I can't recommend nothing else because I don't know other programs
Show thread❌ DittoJun 28, 2023
@Yosh thank you for the recommendation, I'll share any updates, but obs definitely on my list now
Show threadpapirisJun 28, 2023

@thegreybeardofthetree
This free software is pretty decent for auto-captions in English. They also made a version for Android

https://flathub.org/apps/net.sapples.LiveCaptions

Install Live Captions on Linux | Flathub

Live Captioning for the desktop

Flathub - Apps for Linux
Show thread❌ DittoJun 28, 2023
@papiris thank you! Will check it out.
Show threadKimimaruJun 30, 2023
@thegreybeardofthetree OBS is a great all-around option for recording audio and video and screen capture: https://obsproject.com/
Open Broadcaster Software | OBS

OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Stream to Twitch, YouTube and many other providers or record your own videos with high quality H264 / AAC encoding.

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@Kimimaru

Thanks for the recommendation. #obsstudio definitely on my list.

I haven't had a chance to try out the live caption flatpak that was referred earlier in this thread, want to try it this weekend

Show threadAlan HarrisonJun 28, 2023
@thegreybeardofthetree I had this issue with my prior firm where we used pptx by default for drawings, and I had LibreOffice ... switched to inkscape for drawings and presentations, export to pdf, no more problems.
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@aharrison unfortunately, as this is for a university setting where the person is collaborating with a remote professor, they're obligated to use pptx