Share Your Presentation Screen

Better Engage Your Audience

Why GoTxt.Us

Speakers use Q&A to interact with audience. However,

74% of people fear public speaking
Good questions may never get picked up
Not-so-good questions interrupt the presentation flow

GoTxt.Us helps you, an effective speaker, to better engage your audience by sharing the presentation screen with them:

Audience type in questions or comments at https://gotxt.us/app on their smartphones
Audience messages immediately show up on the presentation screen, just like movie subtitles and TV closed captions
Your choose to respond or let it go

Your audience will be grateful to have a chance to get deeply involved in a much more interactive presentation. As the speaker you can

better understand your audience
be more responsive
better control your presentation progress
easily follow-up: just continue the discussion

Follow the step-by-step guide below, try it out in your next presentation or class. It is free! ☺

Get started

For speakers before presentation:

Sign up an account at https://gotxt.us/app, create or join a topic
Download and install GoTxt.Us desktop app (Windows, Mac OS X) on the computer that you will use to present your slides
Configure your account and the topic in GoTxt.Us desktop app

For speakers to start presentation:

Run GoTxt.Us desktop app to display audience messages
Run your presentation app, such as MS PowerPoint and Apple Keynote, to present your slides
Project both your slides and GoTxt.Us desktop app window on the projector screen
Advertise the topic among the audience

For audience:

Log into https://gotxt.us/app, join the topic advertised by the speaker
Start typing in questions/comments for the speaker**, or replying to other audience

** If you do not want one of your messages to display at speaker's presentation screen, uncheck the check-box at the beginning of the message input line

More details? Check FAQ below

Feedback

Submit at https://gotxt.us/app

Email to gotxt.us@gmail.com

FAQ

Audience messages do not show up on GoTxt.Us desktop application window. What happened?
For audience:
- Check the check-box at the beginning of the message input line. Note that by default the check-box is unchecked, and your message will not go up to the presentation screen
For speakers:
- Right click GoTxt.Us desktop application window to configure your account (username, password) and the topic
- Make sure your account has created or joined the topic. You need to log into https://gotxt.us/app to create or join a topic
Do I need to download and install an iOS or Android app on my smartphone?

No, all you need is to open https://gotxt.us/app in an Internet browser, such as Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Safari
Does GoTxt.Us desktop application work with my presentation application?

Yes, as long as your presentation application runs on a Windows PC or a Mac computer. It can be Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, Google Slides, or other presentation tools of your choice
Can I display history messages on my presentation screen?

Yes, you can scroll up and down the message list on GoTxt.Us desktop application window
Can I change where audience messages are displayed on my presentation screen?

Yes, drag and drop the GoTxt.Us desktop application window anywhere you want
Can I configure how long a message is displayed on my presentation screen?

Yes, right click the window to configure the interval. By default each message is displayed for 5 seconds
Can I change the font of the displayed messages on my presentation screen?

Yes, right click the window to configure the font, including font size and color
Can I change how many messages are displayed a time on my presentation screen?

Yes, simply change the width and height of the GoTxt.Us desktop application window. Click and drag an edge or a cornor of the window