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chore(paper): update statement of need
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Manim Slides is commited to be an easy-to-use tool, with minimal installation
procedure and few modifications required. It can either be used locally with its
graphical user interface (GUI), or shared via HTML thanks to the RevealJS
Javascript package [@revealjs].
graphical user interface (GUI), or shared via one of the two formats it can
convert to:

* an HTML page thanks to the RevealJS Javascript package [@revealjs];
* or a PowerPoint (`.pptx`) file.

This work has a very similar syntax to Manim and offers a comprehensive
documentation hosted on [GitHub pages](https://eertmans.be/manim-slides/), see
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We have used manim-presentation for our presentation at the COST
Interact, hosted in Lyon, 2022, and
[available online](https://eertmans.be/research/cost-interact-presentation/).
[available online](https://eertmans.be/posts/cost-interact-presentation/).
This experience highly motivated the development of Manim Slides, and our
EuCAP 2023 presentation slides are already
[available online](https://eertmans.be/research/eucap-presentation/), thanks
[available online](https://eertmans.be/posts/eucap-presentation/), thanks
to Manim Slides' HTML feature.

Also, one of our users created a short
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allowing presenters to focus more on the content of their slides, rather than on
how to actually present them efficiently.

## Target Audience

Manim Slides was developed with the goal of making educational content more
accessible than ever. We believe that researchers, professors, teaching
assistants and anyone else who needs to teach scientific content can benefit
from using this tool. The ability to pace your presentation yourself is
essential, and Manim Slides gives you that ability.

## A Need for Portability

One of the major concerns with presenting content in a non-standard format
(i.e., not just a plain PDF) is the issue of portability.
Depending on the programs available, the power of the target computer,
or the access to the internet, not all solutions are equal.
From the same configuration file, Manim Slides offers a series of solutions to
share your slides, which we discuss on our
[Sharing your slides](https://eertmans.be/manim-slides/reference/sharing.html)
page.

# Acknowledgements

We acknowledge the work of [@manim-presentation] that paved the initial structure
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