How to add voice narration to a slide show

By the Ourmedia staff

None of the major slide show software programs allows you to record voice narration, or audio voiceovers, to a photo slide show. But here is how you can do it in Apple's iPhoto:

Record each comment as individual audio files in Apple's GarageBand or in an audio editor such as the free Audacity. Open one of the audio files in QuickTime Pro ($30), and then open the image you want associated with it.

Press command-A to select the entire image and then command-C to copy it. Click on the audio file to make it active and choose Edit: Add to Selection & Scale (this command is called Add Scaled in versions earlier than QuickTime Player Pro 7). This makes the image display for as long as the audio file plays. Repeat this process for each slide and comment. Create a new QuickTime movie, and copy and paste each slide you created into that new movie. The last step is to drag the completed movie into iDVD and burn it, or Share by publishing it to the Web.

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