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As of 13 August 2026, AI can turn your notes into a presentation.

Most people should do this themselves; the prompt is on this page.

Can you do it?

5 minutesto a draft.

30 minutesto something you’d act on.

Cost, all in£0

Skill neededchat-fluent

Who has to check ityou

What the alternative costsGamma is a purpose-built alternative that creates AI presentations from a prompt; the supplied listing does not state its price.

If this goes wrong: the slides contain an unsupported claim or miss the point for your audience, and you have to correct the deck before presenting it.

What to actually do

  1. Do it yourself

    The route this page recommends

    A chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 30 minutes until you can act on the result.

    How to actually do it

    1. 1. Open a blank presentation in PowerPoint, Google Slides or your organisation's presentation tool, and note the required audience, purpose, duration and slide limit.
    2. 2. Gather your notes, approved source documents, brand requirements and any facts that must appear, removing confidential material that the chatbot does not need.
    3. 3. Paste the prompt into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, replace the bracketed fields, and add the notes and approved sources.
    4. 4. Copy the generated slide titles, bullets, suggested visuals and speaker notes into the presentation, then apply your organisation's template and replace generic visuals with approved material.
    5. 5. Compare every factual claim, figure, quotation and action against the pasted notes or source documents, and replace each [NEEDS CHECKING] marker before sharing.
    6. 6. Present the draft to a colleague who understands the subject, ask them to check the message, omissions and audience fit, then make the final edits and rehearse the speaker notes.

    Prompt

    Turn the notes below into a clear presentation for [AUDIENCE]. The purpose is [PURPOSE]. Create [NUMBER] slides for a [LENGTH]-minute presentation. Use plain UK English and a professional, direct tone. Give each slide a short title, no more than five concise bullet points, suggested visual content where useful, and speaker notes of no more than [NUMBER] words. Keep the argument in a logical order: context, main points, evidence, implications and next steps. Use only information contained in the notes and the approved source material. Do not invent facts, figures, quotations, examples or recommendations. Mark any missing information as [NEEDS CHECKING] rather than guessing. Separate facts from opinions and preserve important caveats. End with a slide containing the decisions, actions or questions for the audience. After the deck, provide a short fact-check list showing which note or source supports each factual claim, and list any points that need my confirmation.

Notes:
[PASTE NOTES]

Approved source material:
[PASTE SOURCES OR WRITE NONE]

Brand or format requirements:
[PASTE REQUIREMENTS OR WRITE NONE]

    Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.

  2. Use a tool built for this

    Second choice

  3. Hand it to a person

    The distant third

    A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.

What it gets wrong

  • AI cannot know which detail matters most to your audience unless you explain the decision, concern or action the presentation is meant to address.
  • AI can produce a tidy slide sequence that gives equal weight to points that do not have equal importance.
  • AI cannot confirm that an unsupported claim is true unless you provide an authoritative source or check it yourself.
  • AI cannot replace your judgement about confidential information, internal politics or how much detail a particular meeting can absorb.

Even on a YES, the friction has a name: taste and context depth.

How we scored this

Five axes, each scored nought to two by hand: ten means AI carries the task cleanly, and the thresholds that turn a total into YES, PARTLY or NO are published in the methodology. Each axis name links to its definition.

AxisScore (0–2)
Output2
Inputs2
Verification2
Liability2
Effort delta2
Total10 / 10

The methodology and its thresholds are published in full.

FAQ

Can ChatGPT turn my notes into a PowerPoint presentation?
Yes. It can turn notes into a slide structure, draft wording, speaker notes and visual suggestions, but you still need to transfer or format the result in your presentation software and check the content.
Can AI make a presentation from a Word document?
Yes, if you upload or paste the document and explain the audience, purpose and required length. Ask it to use only the document's contents and to mark missing information instead of filling gaps with guesses.
How do I get AI to make good presentation slides?
Give it the audience, purpose, time limit, slide limit, tone and any branding rules, then provide the notes and approved sources. Ask for one clear message per slide, concise bullets, speaker notes and a list of claims that need checking.
Can AI add images to my presentation?
It can suggest suitable images, diagrams or charts and some presentation tools can generate a deck with visual elements. Check copyright, confidentiality, accessibility and whether each visual genuinely supports the point before using it.

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Assessed by gpt-5.6-luna (gpt-5.6-luna) on 2026-08-13, second-checked by an independent model. Wrong somewhere? Email [email protected] and it gets re-checked.

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