There are multiple software applications available for all the Reply keypads and they can be split into 3 different types; Stand-Alone, PowerPoint compatible and specialist game software.
The Power Point compatible voting applications work, as the name suggests, within PowerPoint and are very good voting programmes for education and training sessions where the trainer is also presenting and operating the computer. PowerPoint voting applications though are not generally as flexible in use as the Stand-Alone voting programmes and because they rely heavily on PowerPoint they are also by certain PowerPoint features and the session has to follow a relatively inflexible itinerary.
PowerPoint based voting programmes include Powercom and BSW.
The Stand-Alone voting applications have been developed to be voting software applications with high quality presentation capabilities. They are extremely flexible in use in that once the voting session has started the presenter can repeat questions at whim, compare answers from the previous time the question was asked, jump forwards over questions, jump back to ask missed questions and ask impromptu questions amongst other features.
Although Stand-Alone voting applications have may PowerPoint type presentation features such as fly-ins and fly-outs, transitions, sound and video clips they cannot usually equal PowerPoint as a presentation software.
The specialist games software usually involves keypads moving icons around a screen.
During a conference, the presenter is not usually operating the computer that has the presentation on it, the presenter is usually using a buzzer to send a “next slide please” signal to the operator back stage. When it is time for a voting session to be started the computer with the voting system attached is switched over to the projector system and once again operated by an operator back stage. The audience don’t see this though, they see a seamless presentation where the slides advance miraculously and questions come up to be voted upon.
Here are some of the most popular Reply based voting programes.
Most voting applications generally do similar things – they just do them in different ways. They can all use customised backgrounds; insert pictures; play video and music files; show demographic cuts; have the choice of different graphs; show comparison graphs; save data to spreadsheets; use participant lists and many more.
Breath life into your decision making and consulting sessions with Reply and UNITY
Although UNITY was developed for market research and decision support purposes it is a multi-purpose software suitable for conferences, market research, opinion gathering and much more. UNITY is part of the Suite family that includes Synthesis and Elect.
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Breath interaction into your training sessions with Reply and SYNTHESIS
Although SYNTHESIS was developed for training and education purposes, it is a multi-purpose software that is suitable for conferences, market research, opinion gathering and much more. SYNTHESIS is part of the Suite family that includes Unity and Elect.
Download 10 keypad demonstration software.
PowerPoint software
Breath interaction into your PowerPoint presentations with Reply and PowerCom.
Powercom is a simple to operate but high featured PowerPoint plug in voting software with many features normally only found in Stand-Alone voting software including Fastest Finger First capability and Impromptu Question capability.
It automatically exports data to a number of pre-formatted Microsoft Office reports as well as providing an OLAP analysis capability in Excel.
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