a live - presentation utterance - capture system includes a microphone accessible to a speaker at a live presentation ; a voice - recognition mechanism configured linguistically to interpret a vocal utterance received at the microphone from the speaker ; a database mechanism configured to store the linguistic interpretation of the vocal utterance in a visual form ; and , optionally , a presentation mechanism configured to present to an audience at the live presentation a visual representation of the vocal utterance in the visual form . the live lecture notes capture and presentation method includes storing a visual presentation in a memory ; converting the visual presentation to a slide show ; presenting the slide show to a live audience ; vocally augmenting the slide show using a microphone and voice recognition mechanism and storing a representation of the vocal augmentation in a memory ; converting the stored augmentation to slide - show - compatible visual presentation that annotates the slide show ; and storing the annotated slide show including the representation of the vocal augmentation in a memory . live audiovisual presentation point capture / display apparatus includes a computer equipped with a microphone ; a memory associated with the computer ; software instructions residing in the memory and executing in the computer , the software instructions configured to recognize and store in text form an utterance received from a live speaker a the microphone ; and a display mechanism configured to display to a live audience the stored text representing the utterance .