Open PowerPoint on Mac or Windows, click the speaker notes pane or a slide placeholder, press ⌃+⌥+R (Mac) or Ctrl+Alt+R (Windows), speak, press the hotkey again. AICHE inserts at the cursor. Built for PowerPoint surfaces: notes, placeholders, Outline view, Slide Master, and export handouts setup, not generic "type a presentation."
Speaker notes
Notes sit under the slide in Normal view (View > Notes if the pane is hidden). Presenter View reads them during the talk.
- Select a slide.
- Click inside the Click to add notes area.
- ⌃+⌥+R or Ctrl+Alt+R, speak what you will say: opener, three bullets, stat source, transition ("then go to pipeline slide").
- Stop recording, skim, next slide.
Dictated notes match spoken rhythm better than bullet fragments you typed three weeks ago. A 20-slide deck is roughly 15 minutes of talking instead of 90 minutes of hunting keys in a small pane.
Slide text placeholders
Title and body placeholders on the slide canvas are separate from notes. Click the Click to add title or content placeholder, hotkey, speak the on-slide headline and bullets. Designer (Design > Designer) suggests layouts based on what is already on the slide, so placeholders filled by voice give Designer real content to rearrange, not empty boxes.
Keep on-slide text short; put the script in notes. Example slide title: "Q2 revenue up 14% YoY." Notes hold the CFO quote and backup chart reference.
Outline view
View > Outline View shows titles and bullet text in an outliner. Good for deck structure before you touch layouts.
Click the outline row for slide 3, hotkey, speak: "Pipeline analysis, forty-two opportunities, three point eight million total, enterprise weighted." Press Enter for a new slide row, dictate the next title and bullets. Switch back to Normal when the story order is right, then design visuals.
Slide Master
View > Slide Master edits the parent layouts: footer placeholders, date line, company name on every slide.
Click a footer or title placeholder on the master, dictate: "Confidential - internal only" or "Acme Corp | Q2 2026 Business Review." Changes propagate to layouts that still use that placeholder. Dictate once instead of pasting into twelve slides by hand.
Morph transitions (planning in notes)
Morph (Transitions > Morph) animates between slides when objects match names and positions across slides. It does not read speaker notes, but notes are where you plan pairing.
In notes for slide 4, dictate: "Morph logo from top-left on previous slide to center on this slide; same 'Logo' name on both." Build the slides to match what you said. Morph is picky about duplicate object names and layout. Voice is for capturing the plan while you are on the slide, not for toggling the transition itself.
Presenter Coach (rehearsal, not dictation)
Presenter Coach (Microsoft 365: Slide Show > Rehearse with Coach or Practice with Coach) listens while you rehearse and reports pace, filler words, and reading slides verbatim. It is feedback on delivery, not a text editor.
Workflow: dictate notes with AICHE, rehearse with Presenter Coach, adjust notes if Coach flags that you are reading bullets word-for-word. AICHE does not replace Coach; it fills the notes field Coach assumes you already wrote.
Export handouts
File > Export > Create Handouts sends slides (and optionally notes) to Word or PDF depending on your build. Before export, dictate notes so handouts include speaking points, not blank lines under thumbnails.
If export opens Word for editing, you can keep dictating in Word with the same hotkey for cover email text or agenda paragraphs that accompany the handout file.
Collaboration comments
Shared decks: click a comment, Reply, hotkey, speak a full answer ("Updated chart excludes one-time license; growth is 11% on slide 4 and summary"). Substantive replies cut review rounds compared to typing "fixed" in a tiny bubble.
How it works
- Open the presentation in desktop PowerPoint (Mac or Windows).
- Click the target field: notes, placeholder, outline row, or master footer.
- ⌃+⌥+R (Mac) or Ctrl+Alt+R (Windows).
- Speak in one chunk (30-90 seconds for a dense notes block).
- Toggle off, review, move on.
Message Ready (optional) cleans filler and punctuation before insert. Notes support long text; placeholders usually should stay short.
FAQ
Designer vs AICHE?
Designer proposes layouts and icons from slide content. AICHE only inserts text you dictate into placeholders and notes. Fill placeholders first, then open Designer.
Does Presenter Coach write my notes?
No. Coach analyzes rehearsal audio and gives delivery tips. Dictate notes with AICHE, then rehearse with Coach.
Morph from voice?
You do not trigger Morph by speaking. Dictate transition intent in notes, then align objects on the slides.
Web PowerPoint?
AICHE targets the desktop app where the cursor is focused. Browser PowerPoint may work when the tab has focus; desktop is the reliable path for notes and Outline view.
Hotkeys?
⌃+⌥+R on Mac. Ctrl+Alt+R on Windows when PowerPoint has focus.
Result: slides keep clean titles; notes hold the real talk track; Outline and Master stop being "type later" tasks; handouts export with content worth printing.
Do this now: pick the slide you dread presenting, click its notes area, hotkey, and speak the full 60-second script including your transition to the next slide.