Powerpoint notes

DickyP · November 20, 2025, 8:38am

Has anyone had any experience pulling notes from Powerpoint ? I’m currently using OSC Point with companion and dNotes on occasions however I would love to be able to pull the notes out to a custom environment for events

github.com/phuvf/oscpoint

FEEDBACKS.md

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# OSC Feedbacks

Feedbacks are the messages OSCPoint sends to your OSC client to tell you about the current state of PowerPoint. They are sent out of OSCPoint as OSC messages via UDP.

> [!NOTE] 
> 
> Feedbacks starting with `/oscpoint/v2/` are new in version 2.x of OSCPoint. UTF-8 support requires v2.1.x.

## Valid at any time

- `/oscpoint/v2/event [string: eventType] [args]`  
See [EVENTS.md](EVENTS.md) for a full list of events and arguments from this message.

- `/oscpoint/v2/presentations [string: JSON array of presentation objects]`  
List of all presentations currently open in PowerPoint. Includes the name, path, slide count, and whether the presentation is saved and in slide show mode. Also includes a full list of the individual sections that make up the presentation.  
For an example of the JSON structure, see [PRESENTATION.md](PRESENTATION.md).

- `/oscpoint/v2/presentation [string: JSON presentation object ASCII] [blob: JSON presentation object UTF-8]`
The current presentation object. Includes the name, path, slide count, and whether the presentation is saved and in slide show mode. Also includes a full list of the individual sections that make up the presentation.  
If no presentation is open, this message include a blank presentation object:

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Complete newbie to OSC Pilot so any advice / guidance would be massively appreciated.

stratospheric · November 21, 2025, 3:41am

You have the wrong forum. Different product and software.

Mike · November 23, 2025, 10:54am

Are you asking how it would work with Pilot?

DickyP · November 23, 2025, 11:14am

Hi Mike

I’m sure I could manage to get buttons etc to work but you can also leaver out textual content things like notes slide numbers etc.

iis it feasible to display textual content feed back in Pilot?

loving it so far for other projects

Mike · November 23, 2025, 11:37am

It is feasible, yep (textual feedback, ie. notes, slide numbers etc.) in Pilot.

but you need a tiny bridge script or a Companion setup thing in the middle to turn oscpoint’s feedback into clean strings, if you will.
try: Companion, it is a small Node/Node-RED script, google results will show some places to get.
it will listen for messages then the idea would be to pull out what you want
would look like this: /pilot/notes “note text, blah blah” same thing for /slidenum “2 / 32” etc.

I think Pilot CAN show dynamic text this way > labels/buttons support having their text set over OSC, it just expects something simple, not the raw JSON that oscpoint has…

Happy Sunday, btw, hope this helps, interested what you get with this… I sometimes do my best work on weekends
Mike

DickyP · November 23, 2025, 1:17pm

Mike you’re a gent.. and happy Sunday to you too.

I guess my original question really should have been can text / buttons handle dynamic texts..

Got time time away on a job to play later this week and the Dec to get into it more.

Richard

Mike · November 28, 2025, 9:55pm

Thx, and good stuff, let me know if I can help, I like figuring stuff like that out.

Mike

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