Enhanced capture, management and distribution of live presentations

An apparatus for capturing a live presentation, comprising:

• means for capturing, as a plurality of still images, visual presentation materials displayed by a presenter during a live presentation;
• means for recording audio and video of the presenter during a live presentation;
• means for automatically synchronizing the recorded audio and video with the captured visual presentation materials;
• means for storing the synchronized recorded audio and video and captured visual presentation materials in a database.

An apparatus for capturing a live presentation, comprising:

• means for capturing during the live presentation electronic still image data, said image data also being used for displaying said still images by a display device which displays said still images for viewing by an audience;
• means for recording the audio portion of a speaker's presentation during a live presentation;
• and
• means for automatically synchronizing change over from one electronic still image to another with the audio recording.

A system for digitally recording and storing a lecture presentation using still images and audio, comprising:

• a still image generator for displaying a still image;
• a capturing component configured to capture digital still image data from data used to generate the still image, while the still image is being displayed by the still image generator to an audience as part of the lecture presentation;
• a receiving component configured to receive audio signals;
• a converting component configured to convert the audio signals into digital audio data;
• and
• a computer including a memory for storing the captured digital still image data and the digital audio data.