SlideDog Review

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Do you frequently deliver presentations that involve video from YouTube, Prezi Presentations, and texts from PDF files? Do you find yourself switching between them, causing your presentations to seem choppy and potentially discombobulated? Well, SlideDog is for you. SlideDog allows for the seamless combination of files into a single presentation-player interface that is very easy to use. This makes SlideDog a great way to optimize the use of technology in the classroom and will make your corporate presentations more engaging and smooth.

Pros

1- Easy to Use

SlideDog has a very simple and fluid interface that makes it very easy for the average user to get up and running in no-time.

2- Keep Your Audience Engaged

No matter whom your audience is, students, clients or even family, the main objective of your presentation is to get your message across. Therefore, SlideDog takes the fiddles out of your presentations and makes it sleekly smooth.

3- SlideDog is Interactive

There is no better way to keep your audience engaged than to get them actually involved in the presentations. Do not just put on a show, get your audience in the moment. You can add elements such as polls, feedback and chat interactives directly into your presentations via a sharable link from a simple interface, providing useful user analytics.

4- Web Remote

You can control your presentation slides with your mobile phone. Therefore, you do not have to buy additional presentation software; you can just use the web-remote (cellphone) to move between slides flawlessly.

5- Access to Pro Features

With presentations lasting 15 minutes or less, you will have access to pro features.

6- Wide Range of Supported Files

You can import a wide array of files and interactive items into SlideDog such as PDF files, PowerPoint, Prezi, video and YouTube videos.

7- Skip Ahead

If you are running out of time and want to get to a specific slide within your presentation, you can quickly and easily  slide to that file to make sure that you present it to your audience.

 

Cons

1- Privacy

By default, SlideDog is set to share your usage information of the software. I do not think that this is a major issue, however, I think that behavior should not be the default setting. Instead, maybe they should have a prompt that asks the user to opt in to sharing usage data.

2- Branding

The free tier of SlideDog will carry their branding. Therefore, if you want to customize the brand labeling you will have to upgrade to the professional version that will set you back:

Monthly:

$ 14.99 per month.

Annually:

$ 99 per year (45% discount).

3- Limited Platform

SlideDog is only good for Windows-based operating systems.

4- Internet Access May Be Need

Some of the interactive features of SlideDog require internet access. How about WiFi compatibility? Having this features will allow SlideDog to go up against some big players in the interactive presentation business.

From the Publisher:

SlideDog is a multimedia presentation tool that allows you to create presentation playlists by combining different file and media types. You can seamlessly blend multiple PowerPoint decks, PDF documents, websites, Prezis, images and movies together in a single presentation without having to stop the flow of your speech to bring up your next item on the screen. The result is smoother presentation that breaks free of the limits of utilizing a single platform for delivering your presentation.

The basic version is free, and an upgraded Pro version will cost you $99 for the year which includes additional functionality like dual-screen support and an option to add your custom background.

SlideDog is tailored for use on dual displays and features a separate presenter screen with your playlist, timer and notes while the audience only sees your slides.

SlideDog is targeted at educators, sales persons, AV technicians, professional presenters and users who hold presentations as part of their daily work or education.

Overall

I think that SlideDog does what it promises: Povides a simple, but powerful presentation player that adds interactive features to your aggregated presentation files. This will make your presentations flow seamlessly without the need to switch between files on your computer. Give SlideDog a spin and let us know what you think.

 

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