SYNCHRONISING SLIDE SHOW EVENTS WITH AUDIO Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC G06F17/00 

FIELD: physics, acoustics.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to synchronisation of slide show events with audio. Data defining one or more animation events, slide transitions or visual effects and an audio file to be played during the defined events are received. The audio file is processed to identify the audio events contained therein. Once the audio events in the audio file have been identified, the defined animation events are synchronised with the identified audio events using an audio synchronisation scheme which includes data defining how the audio events are to be synchronised with the animation events. A user interface may be provided to allow a user to select an audio synchronisation scheme to be applied to a presentation. A user interface may also be provided to allow a user to visually associate an animation event with any audio event identified within an audio file.

EFFECT: easy synchronisation of animation events in a presentation at time points of interest in an audio file.

18 cl, 8 dwg