Slides downloadable as readable PDFs (not just images)
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Nicole Busby
I like to give students access to a PDF version of the slides after class, but the PDF exports currently have very low accessibility and are not searchable or compatible with screenreaders. It would be really helpful to make the PDFs more accessible to more students to comply with universal design principles. I would love to be able to use Menti for the whole presentation when teaching but I currently have to use Powerpoint for the main information (and menti just for quiz questions) just so that students can actually access the information
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Preserve Selectable Text in PDF Exports (or Provide a “Text-Rich PDF” Export Option)
James van der Westhuizen
I regularly export Mentimeter sessions to PDF once a workshop or learning session is complete. These PDFs are valuable artefacts: they capture participant comments, reflections, voting patterns, and the narrative flow of the session as it actually unfolded.
The challenge is that the current PDF export flattens slide content into images. As a result, standard OCR tools (including Adobe Acrobat) frequently fail with errors such as “Text in some images could not be recognized.” This makes it impossible to reliably extract, analyse, or summarise the participant input after the session.
This feels like a missed opportunity, because the content itself is often rich, nuanced, and highly valuable — especially for analytics, word frequency analysis, thematic synthesis, AI-assisted summarisation, or generating client-facing reports and brochures.
While the Excel export does preserve raw text, it strips away almost all contextual information: slide structure, prompts, sequencing, and visual grouping. For facilitation, learning design, and client reporting, that context matters just as much as the words themselves.
Proposed improvement
Introduce a PDF export option that preserves text as selectable, machine-readable content rather than rendering slides purely as images.
This could take a few possible forms:
– A “Text-rich PDF” or “Analytics-ready PDF” export option
– Layered PDFs where visual layout remains intact but underlying text is preserved
– A hybrid export that keeps slide visuals while embedding selectable text for participant inputs
Even partial text preservation (for participant responses, titles, prompts, and scales) would significantly improve downstream usability.
Why this matters
Many Mentimeter users are not just presenting — they are facilitating workshops, running research sessions, delivering training, or supporting strategic decision-making. The session does not end when the room closes. The real value often comes afterwards, when insights are synthesised, patterns are identified, and outputs are turned into reports or recommendations.
Being able to work directly from a context-rich, text-readable PDF would:
– Reduce manual rework and copy-pasting
– Enable better use of analytics and AI summarisation tools
– Improve the quality and speed of client reporting
– Strengthen Mentimeter’s position as an end-to-end facilitation and insight platform, not just a live polling tool
This feature would meaningfully extend the lifecycle and value of Mentimeter sessions without changing the live experience at all.
Maja Frisell
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ADA accessibility for PDF result downloads
Louise Lynch-O'Brien
I am an associate professor and I use Mentimeter for some of my undergraduate courses at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. With all digital materials (liek PDF downloads of mentimeter presentations) I need to meet the new federal ADA requirements that are required for all public universities.
We must follow digital accessibility requirements for ADA Title II regulations. The PDF downloads of presentations are unreadable (they "read" in Canvas as scanned documents... meaning people using a screen reader cannot easily navigate the document, if at all.)
I'm hoping you can provide guidance on how to generate PDFs of slides that are readable and meet these new regulations. I'd be interested in knowing if there are other alternatives to help give me access to the PDFs (add headers, add descriptions to images, etc.). Can you help? to meet the new federal ADA requirements that are required for all public universities, I'll have to go back or power points.
Maja Frisell
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Include selectable text in PDF to improve student experience and accessibility
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Cameron Weadick
It would be helpful to have selectable text in the PDF output file so that students can copy/save text into their notes when reviewing the presentation. This would also help the students engage with any URLs included in the presentation.
As is, students have to type out the text manually or use a PDF OCR tool (which may not be able to accurately/effectively process a large multi-page PDF or distinguish text boxes from text included in any image).
This would provide a major accessibility boost for students during their revision.
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Accessible and downloadable pdfs for students
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Duane R
I'd love to be able to offer students an accessible pdf of our mentis after class - the current image-only pdfs are inaccessible from a disability perspective, so I have to create ppt slides or a word doc with all the same information, doubling the workload of workshop prep
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TN
Agreed! I want to ensure that the PDF document I share with participants is accessible.
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Angus
This is a duplicate request, I've upvoted both because I agree, this is poor. Here's the other post: https://mentimeter.canny.io/feature-requests/p/slides-downloadable-as-readable-pdfs-not-just-images
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Carol
Yes.... definitely need pdf results with live links.
Maja Frisell
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Add hyperlinks to PDF downloads
Fred Madrigal
I include links on presentations I want to share with my audience.
It would be great if hyperlinked text and links to videos were added to the PDF download, that would save a LOT of rework.
Maja Frisell
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Export to PDF with links
Aster Zhao
Currently the exported PDF is basically images. All embedded links are gone.
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