authorSTREAM Is a web-based PowerPoint presentation sharing platform from authorGEN Technologies, a company based in Raleigh, North Carolina (NC), 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.
authorSTREAM also allows its users to share their presentations on Apple iPod or iPhone or on equivalent devices, and to upload it on YouTube.
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, 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.
authorSTREAM also offers a free add-in "ribbon" for PowerPoint called authorSTREAM Desktop, which can search videos from YouTube and insert them in slides while an author is creating a presentation. This PowerPoint add-in can also search for images using Microsoft's search engine, Bing and insert them in slides. The add-in ribbon works on an Internet connection but there is no need to use an external Internet browser. After creating a presentation, users can also upload it to authorSTREAM right from within this add-in.
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.