Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Insert AI voice into a poster in Canva: steps

 1. Finish editing the image page. 

2. Click on AI voice on the left-hand pane. 

3. Choose a voice (eg, AmE vs BrE; male vs female) to preview. 

4. Then click 'Generate Voice' at the bottom. 

5. Then Edit as video. Adjust the length of the voice track. 

6. Download the video as MP4. 

7. The above can be repeated page after page. 

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TAKEAWAY

Can add voiceover to images in Canva. 



Uploading a PPT to Wayground and having the links still clickable: Steps

 1. Prepare PPT; insert links in slides as usual.

2. Upload to Google Drive as a Google Slidedeck. JUST UPLOADING THE PPT won't work for the links. 

3. Go to Wayground; import from Google Drive. 

4. Publish 

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In 'Preview' mode, we can see that the links are clickable. 

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TAKEAWAY: 

- It's OK to start with PPT, which has many functions. 

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Canva.com to edit text in Image: List of useful functions

 Earlier on, I created a poster using Gemini. The visual output is fine, but there was a spelling mistake. 

Thanks to Ada Lam, who alerted me to the "EXIT TEXT IN IMAGE" function in Canva: 


1. 

https://www.canva.com/features/edit-text-in-image/

2. Upload problem image. 

3. Grab text box in uploaded image. 



3. Click 'Edit' icon: 



4. Choose 'Fix Spelling'


5. Check 'Replaced Text'; click ''Replace" if accepted: 


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Monday, March 02, 2026

Create a Heading Matching task using Canva AI on Environmental Protection: Can't base it on my own infographic

 Previously, I created an infographic on Saving the Environment, from a simple prompt, using Canva AI. 

Just now, I wanted to use Canva's Code for Me, to create an interactive blank-filling task (fill in the headings for the 5 sections in the infographic).

But I was not able to upload my infographic. It referred to my prompt, and generated a general one as below: https://paulsze.net/eco-friendly-tips




Created a Save the Environment infographic using Canva.AI: 1 output chosen for generating reading comprehension questions

 Canva: 


Left-hand pane > Canva AI >

Prompt box:

    Create a horizontal infographic for grade 7 students titled ‘5 Things You Can Do to Save the Environment’. The infographic should include text and images. The images should help illustrate the action in question.

OUTPUTS:

4 versions:


I chose one of them: https://www.canva.com/design/DAHCz2AgS6I/4696TXRECl3Sdqg8EGrsxA/view?utm_content=DAHCz2AgS6I&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=hc617aace8e

downloaded it.


Then I went to POE, uploaded the infographic image file, and asked the chatbot to generate 6 reading comprehension questions based on the infographic.

It worked.

https://poe.com/s/2nr37yFmu77eaGXsUrNW




Sunday, March 01, 2026

Found a Workaround to convert the main headings of a Workflowy session rundown into an EdrawMind Mindmap: Make use of Markdown

 STEPS: 

1. In Workflowy, collapse a rundown to the levels which I want to show on a mindmap. 

2. Copy and paste this list into Dynalist

3. In Dynalist, copy this back to Workflowy

4. Export as a Markdown file

4. In EdrawMind, under FILE, import this Markdown file. 

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KEY TAKEAWAY

- Unlike Xmind and Mindmeister, a mind map thus created in Edrawmind can start with the top node. 






Insert AI voice into a poster in Canva: steps

 1. Finish editing the image page.  2. Click on AI voice on the left-hand pane.  3. Choose a voice (eg, AmE vs BrE; male vs female) to previ...