# Notes to slides with AI: turn rough notes into a deck that makes a point > The AI turns rough notes into a presentation. Paste the notes, attach a .txt or .md file or speak them into the request box, answer up to four questions and approve a page plan before anything is built. Notes work best when they name the audience, the decision and the numbers that count. Where they leave gaps, the AI may ask or label an assumption instead of inventing a figure. Voice input uses credits. Check every name, date and figure against your notes. - Source: https://ai-presentations.com/convert/notes-to-slides/ - Updated: 22 October 2026 - Language: English - German version: https://ai-presentations.com/de/umwandeln/notizen-in-folien/ ## At a glance - Paste notes, attach a .txt or .md file, or speak them into the request box - Notes need an audience, a decision and numbers; the AI asks up to four questions about the rest - On a computer a page plan comes first, with one card per slide - Gaps in your notes become questions or labeled assumptions ## Steps 1. **Get the notes into the request.** Paste them after your instructions, attach a .txt or .md file with the paperclip, or speak the request into the request box. Voice input uses credits. 2. **Add what the notes leave out.** Say who the deck is for, what it has to decide, which numbers count and what to skip. On a computer, the AI asks up to four questions about the rest. 3. **Approve the plan.** The plan has one card per slide and a “What I assumed” list. Edit a card, use “Tweak it”, or approve with “Let's go”. 4. **Check and export.** Compare every name, date and figure with your notes, edit by hand or in the chat, then export a PowerPoint file. Hand edits and exports use no credits. ## Spec sheet | Item | Detail | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | Input | Pasted text, .txt, .md, .csv, .json or .html files, or a spoken request. A request holds up to 100,000 characters. | Yes | | Voice input | Speak the request into the request box. It uses credits. | Yes | | Photos and images | Images (.png, .jpg, .gif, .webp) can be attached; the AI sees them and can place them on a page. | Yes | | Instructions | Write your instructions in the request; attached files and notes are source material for the AI to read. | Yes | | Questions and plan | On a computer, the first request of a new document gets up to four questions and a plan with a “What I assumed” list. | Yes | | Slides per deck | Free: 12 slides planned, the first 3 built. Plus: 12 slides per deck. Pro and Max: up to 500 slides. | Yes | | Gaps in notes | The AI is instructed not to fill gaps with invented figures: gaps become questions or labeled assumptions, and the closing chat message names the material ones. | Yes | | Credits | The free plan covers one free document. Hand edits and exports use no credits; planning, building and AI changes use credits. | Yes | Notes become slides when they say what the audience has to take away. The AI takes rough notes, bullet points or meeting notes, asks about what is missing and shows a page plan, so the decision about the point comes before the first slide is built. ## What do your notes need before they become slides? Notes are written for the person who took them. A deck is written for someone who was not there. Five things close that gap, and you can add them to the notes or to the request: **Steps** 1. **The audience and the decision.** “For the steering committee, to decide on phase 2” tells the AI what to select for. 2. **Two or three key messages in your own words.** Notes list topics; a deck needs conclusions. The guide to [action titles](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/action-titles/) shows how a slide title can carry one. 3. **The numbers, with unit and period.** “85 of 120 thousand euros spent, as of October” beats “budget ok”. 4. **What to leave out.** Meeting notes hold side discussions that do not belong on a slide. 5. **The order.** Say what comes first. The guide on [how to structure a presentation](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/how-to-structure-a-presentation/) covers the options. Here is what that looks like for the same meeting. The example is fictional. > **Avoid: Notes as taken** > > **Pilot update, Tue** > > 3 sites live, site 4 next week. Vendor price not agreed. Budget ok? Ask finance. Risk: staffing. Need decision soon. > **Do: Notes that make a point** > > **For the steering committee, to decide on phase 2 by 14 November** > > Message 1: the pilot is on schedule, 3 of 4 sites are live and the fourth starts next week. Message 2: the vendor price is still open and decides the budget. Message 3: staffing is the one risk. Numbers: 85 of 120 thousand euros spent. Leave out the discussion of the first vendor. The AI is instructed not to fill gaps with invented figures, so a figure that is missing from your notes becomes a question or a labeled assumption. ## How do you get notes into the request: paste, attach or speak? | You have | Do this | | ------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Bullet points in a notes app | Paste them into the request, after your instructions | | Meeting minutes as a file | Attach a .txt or .md file with the paperclip and write the instructions in the request | | Notes spread over several files | Attach them together | | Nothing written yet | Speak the request into the request box; voice input uses credits | | A photo of a whiteboard | Attach the image (.png, .jpg, .gif or .webp); the AI sees attached images. Type the key points into the request as well | Files are source material, so keep the notes in the file and your wishes in the request. Put the audience, the decision and the numbers into the first request. Sizes and file types are covered on [text to presentation](https://ai-presentations.com/convert/text-to-presentation/). ## What happens with the gaps in your notes? Notes always leave gaps. On a computer, the AI asks up to four questions about points the request leaves open, then shows a page plan: one card per slide and a “What I assumed” list. “I'll take it from here” lets the AI answer the remaining questions itself, so read the “What I assumed” list afterwards: those are the answers the AI chose for you. Change a card, use “Tweak it” or approve with “Let's go”. Questions and plan come with the first request of a new document. If figures are missing, the AI may ask whether to use your real data or placeholders. Placeholders are fine for a draft, but they should not reach the meeting. The guide to [AI presentation prompts](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/ai-presentation-prompts/) has more wording to borrow, and for status updates the [project status report template](https://ai-presentations.com/templates/project-status-report/) shows a structure that works. ## What should you check before you present from notes? **Key takeaways** - **Names, dates and figures.** Compare each one with your notes. - **Ideas versus decisions.** Notes say “we could”, slides say “we will”. Read every title for a decision nobody made. - **Owners and deadlines.** A slide that assigns a task needs a name and a date. If the notes have none, add them or take the task off the slide. - **Assumptions.** Read “What I assumed” and the closing message in the chat: it names the material assumptions. - **Speaker notes.** The AI writes them when you ask, and they are saved in the PowerPoint file. If your notes are really your talking points, ask for speaker notes. - **Fonts.** Open the exported file once on the presenting laptop to see the deck as your audience will. ## What does PowerPoint's own outline import do? As of October 2026, desktop PowerPoint can build slides from an outline with one line per slide; [Word to PowerPoint](https://ai-presentations.com/convert/word-to-powerpoint/) describes how. ## What else can the AI build from your notes? Minutes that people should read rather than hear become a document. The AI also builds A4 documents and one-pagers, which export as Word files; the page on the [AI report generator](https://ai-presentations.com/ai-report-generator/) describes them. Notes that are already full sentences are covered on [text to presentation](https://ai-presentations.com/convert/text-to-presentation/), and a long written report on [report to presentation](https://ai-presentations.com/convert/report-to-presentation/). The AI route fits when the notes are raw material and the deck has to find its point: choosing the three messages, writing the titles that state them and building the slides in your company design. ## Brief for the AI A complete brief for the AI. Replace the [placeholders] with your facts. ```text Turn my attached notes [file name, for example the weekly project notes] into a [6]-slide presentation for [audience, for example the steering committee]. Goal: [what the audience should decide or know afterwards]. Key messages: [message one], [message two] and [message three]. Use these numbers exactly as written: [figures with unit and period]. Leave out [topics to skip, for example the discussion of the first vendor]. Where the notes are unclear or a figure is missing, ask me or mark it as an assumption instead of inventing one. Give every slide an action title that states its conclusion. Style: [our company template, or clean and corporate], 16:9. ``` [Open this brief in the editor](https://app.slaide.de/registrieren?prompt=Turn+my+attached+notes+%5Bfile+name%2C+for+example+the+weekly+project+notes%5D+into+a+%5B6%5D-slide+presentation+for+%5Baudience%2C+for+example+the+steering+committee%5D.+Goal%3A+%5Bwhat+the+audience+should+decide+or+know+afterwards%5D.+Key+messages%3A+%5Bmessage+one%5D%2C+%5Bmessage+two%5D+and+%5Bmessage+three%5D.+Use+these+numbers+exactly+as+written%3A+%5Bfigures+with+unit+and+period%5D.+Leave+out+%5Btopics+to+skip%2C+for+example+the+discussion+of+the+first+vendor%5D.+Where+the+notes+are+unclear+or+a+figure+is+missing%2C+ask+me+or+mark+it+as+an+assumption+instead+of+inventing+one.+Give+every+slide+an+action+title+that+states+its+conclusion.+Style%3A+%5Bour+company+template%2C+or+clean+and+corporate%5D%2C+16%3A9.&utm_source=ai-presentations.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=converter%3Anotes&utm_content=markdown) ## Frequently asked questions ### Can AI turn rough notes into a presentation? Yes. Paste or attach the notes, or speak them into the request box, say who the deck is for and what it has to decide, and the AI plans a deck for you to approve before it builds. Where the notes leave gaps, it may ask or label assumptions. Check every name, date and figure against your notes. ### Can I speak my notes instead of typing them? Yes. Requests can be written or spoken, and voice input in the request box uses credits. Say who the deck is for and what it has to decide, then the key messages and the numbers. Spoken notes wander, so name what to keep and what to leave out. ### What should my notes contain so the slides make a point? Five things: who the deck is for, what it has to decide, two or three key messages, the numbers that carry them and what to leave out. The AI asks about gaps; you decide which point your meeting needs to make. ### Which files can I use for notes? Pasted text works, and so do attached .txt, .md, .csv, .json and .html files and images (.png, .jpg, .gif, .webp). Write the instructions in the request; attached files are source material, so long notes belong in a file. ### What happens to my notes? Files are stored in the EU. When AI builds or changes a deck, the request and the content it needs go to language-model providers in the USA, and use for training is excluded by contract. Notes often name people and internal figures, so check first whether processing in the USA is permitted for you. ## Related pages - [Text to presentation](https://ai-presentations.com/convert/text-to-presentation/): Turn text into a presentation with AI: paste a draft or attach a .txt or .md file, answer a few questions and approve a page plan before the build. - [Report to presentation](https://ai-presentations.com/convert/report-to-presentation/): Attach the PDF or Word report, lead with the summary, write action titles and approve a plan first. Turn a long report into a short deck with AI. - [Word to PowerPoint](https://ai-presentations.com/convert/word-to-powerpoint/): Turn a Word file into PowerPoint: import the .docx so its headings become slides, or let the AI write a new deck from the text. Microsoft's routes included. - [Project status report](https://ai-presentations.com/templates/project-status-report/): Report overall status, progress KPIs, schedule, workstreams, budget and risks on 8 slides, and ask sponsors for the decisions you need. With an example deck. - [Structure a presentation](https://ai-presentations.com/guides/how-to-structure-a-presentation/): How to structure a presentation for work: lead with the answer, match the order to your purpose, use skeletons for decisions, updates, pitches and proposals. --- ai-presentations.com is published by Slaide (https://www.slaide.de), a sole proprietorship run by Nathalie Scholl in Heilbronn, Germany. 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