It’s impossible to keep up with all the options for creating and sharing slide shows online.  Here’s a new one with two significant differences that make it worth considering. May thanks to Kevin Jarrett for sharing it last week.

helloslide invites registered users to upload presentations in PDF format. Audio narration may then be typed in for each slide. helloslide uses a high quality text-to-speech engine to create the audio. Slide shows can be embedded anywhere. Free registration includes up to 50 slide shows, and paid premium options are available.

The the user interface is straightforward and the process for producing slide shows could not be easier. Editing is possible even after the slide show has been published. If the original presentation was created in PowerPoint, this simply needs to be saved as a PDF file before being uploaded.

The second distinguishing characteristic of helloslide is that its slide shows run well in browsers on Apple’s iDevices. helloslide does not require flash. Presentations look and sound great on my iPad! UPDATE: I’ve noticed that the right edge of the presentation seems to be cut off, when viewed on an iPad. I hope the developers will be able to rectify this.

I’ve embedded two samples below. The first is ‘The Solar System: It’s Outta this World!‘ from Tar Heel Reader, and the second is a great presentation by Kathy Schrock entitled ‘The iPad as ePad‘.