AI presentation maker with live audience interaction generates decks with polls, quizzes, word clouds and Q&A answered from the audience's phones, plus PowerPoint import/export.
Sendsteps is an AI presentation maker built around live audience interaction. You describe a topic or upload a document, and it generates a deck in about a minute — but unlike other makers, the slides come with interactivity built in: live polls, quizzes, word clouds and Q&A that your audience answers from their phones, in more than 80 languages. It comes from an Amsterdam company that has run audience-response technology since 2008 and added AI generation in 2023, so the interaction side is mature.
The most important thing to know: Sendsteps is for presenting to a live audience and getting responses back. If you just need a static deck to send or print, its interactivity is wasted — and PowerPoint export is a paid feature.
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Interaction is baked into the deck. Generated slides include polls, quizzes, leaderboards, word clouds and moderated Q&A that participants join with a browser and a code — no app to install. Nothing else in this directory generates decks with live audience response built in.
It works with PowerPoint. You can import an existing PowerPoint deck, add AI-generated or interactive slides, and export back to PowerPoint. There's also a PowerPoint add-in, so you can run the interactivity from within PowerPoint itself.
Real-time feedback. Because responses arrive live, presenters can gauge understanding and adjust on the fly — which is why it's popular for teaching and training.
The free plan lets you try it — a small number of AI presentations and audiences of up to about 10 people — but the things that make it useful at scale are paid: exporting to PowerPoint, removing Sendsteps branding, and larger audiences all require a paid plan. Paid plans start at roughly $10 per month (cheaper billed annually), with a Pro tier around $20 that adds PowerPoint import/export and custom branding. Confirm current figures and audience limits on the pricing page.
Educators, trainers, and anyone who presents live to a group and wants participation — lectures, workshops, corporate training, town halls, events. If audience engagement and instant feedback matter more than pixel-perfect design, it's a strong, distinctive fit.
If you need a polished, static deck to send as a file, Sendsteps is more than you need, and its generated slide design is less refined than purpose-built design tools. PowerPoint export and custom branding are paid-only, larger audiences may require higher tiers, and there's no native Google Slides support. For pure design quality, a dedicated maker will look better.
If live polls and quizzes are specifically what you want, Sendsteps is fairly unique among the tools here. Pricing and features change often — check Sendsteps' site before relying on the details.
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