Select image files and their matching text files together (you can also add each group separately). Pair them by the number at the start of the filename — 1.jpg goes with 1.txt, 2.jpg with 2.txt, and so on. Every image needs a matching text file.
When set to a language other than English, your slide text is automatically translated before it's spoken and captioned. Requires an internet connection.
Talking Slides is a free, browser-based tool that turns a set of numbered images and matching text files into a narrated, captioned slideshow video. Load your slides, pick a voice, and play the presentation — the tool reads each slide's text aloud, scrolls the caption in sync, and can record the whole thing as a downloadable video. Talking Slides also supports multi-language text translation and voice narration: choose French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Urdu, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, Turkish, Russian, or Japanese from the Language menu, and your English slide text is automatically translated, then spoken aloud and captioned in that language, matched to an installed voice for that language wherever possible. Nothing is installed and nothing is uploaded: everything runs locally in your browser, aside from the text sent for translation when a non-English language is selected.
Give each image and its matching text file the same leading number, such as 1.jpg with 1.txt, and 2.jpg with 2.txt. The tool pairs them automatically by that number.
Yes. Choose a language from the Language dropdown — including French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Urdu, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, Turkish, Russian, or Japanese — and your English slide text is automatically translated, then spoken aloud and captioned in that language.
The Voice dropdown automatically filters to voices installed on your system that match the selected language. If none are installed, the tool warns you and falls back to your default voice, which may mispronounce the translated text.
Only if you select a voice your browser can capture. Your operating system's built-in voices play through the system directly and cannot be recorded by any browser; the exported video will be silent if one of those is selected.
No. Talking Slides runs entirely inside your web browser. Nothing is installed, and no files are uploaded to a server.
No. All processing, narration, and video recording happen locally in your browser. Your images and text never leave your computer, except for the translated text itself, which is sent to a translation service only when you choose a language other than English.