Best way to share audio + text content for viewing on iPhone?

The easiest thing would probably be to use PowerPoint and https://www.articulate.com, either Storyline or Articulate Studio '13 (a complete suite of tools which would probably be overkill for your purposes). Articulate's very simple Storyline software, which will let you create an interactive story visible on either Android or iPhone (HTML5, Flash or iOS output), is available for free on a 30 day trial basis (technical specs are available https://www.articulate.com/products/storyline-overview.php). This should be plenty of time to play with the software and generate the story for your lucky niece. Be aware that Articulate requires a recent OS (Win 7 or 8) and hardware and software (Office 2007 or 2010; 2013 might cause stability problems, and PowerPoint 2003 doesn't work with Audacity). Audacity will crash if you try to use it on XP! By the way, TTS applications might also help you out: you can type out the French text and receive MP3 output using various pleasant-sounding male or female voices (avoid Quebec French!) which can easily be incorporated into your story video as alternate choices. http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia-pc-mac-comparison.html is a less-polished competitor with much less help available, so you're probably better off with Articulate.

Oops! I meant to say that Powerpoint 2003 doesn't work with Articulate '13 (not Audacity). Articulate lets you design interactive presentations, so you can incorporate more than one voice. https://acapela-box.com/AcaBox/index.php of native speaker voices.

Thanks for the input, folks! Tomorrowful - any suggestions for a way to put the content into a webpage, and where to have it hosted? (I haven't put anything on the web since, say, 1997). Web isn't ideal because I don't want connectivity issues to limit its usability, but it may be my best solution. juifenasie - Thanks for your suggestion. Looks like neat software, but I wouldn't feel great using the free trial on something I know I'm never going to purchase. (And at $1400, I know I won't be purchasing Storyline for this.) Thanks again, Joe

Bigjoec, it sounds like you are following the http://www.prageruniversity.com/Life-Studies/Everyday-Ethics-Consumer-Rights-and-Wrongs.html?quiz, but in this particular case, you seem to be too strict with yourself. The makers of Articulate are *actively* seeking new users to try their software (in fact, they recently ran a promotion where you would be automatically eligible to win a new iPad just for downloading Articulate Studio), so you are not wasting their bandwidth or stealing from them in any way. It’s like the free samples in a supermarket: you’re not obligated to buy on the spot, but you might remember the product you tried a year later or recommend it to a friend. They don't mind if you don't buy. If you insist on paying for everything that you try, I have just found two cheaper alternatives for your French storybook reading project: 1) http://GoAnimate.com, available for $58/month (personal use), simple-to-use animation software that does some rather remarkable things lon a low budget. 2) Even cheaper is http://www.morriscooke.com, which has separate Android and iPhone versions for only ... $2.99! The Android version was launched 2 years after the iPhone version, so it is not quite as capable, but free updates are being made on a regular basis, so it’s worth a try. You can't go wrong for three bucks!

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I haven't tested this, but it looks like you can http://www.jcu.edu/language/ipad/sigil_ebook_multimedia.html and that works in iBooks. The first thing I thought of was enhanced podcasts, but I think support for their creation and playback is on its way out.

I just saw this http://www.tuaw.com/2014/07/10/read-to-your-children-from-afar-using-the-storybook-reading-app/, which seems like it would be pretty perfect, if I am understanding all of your parameters correctly. (assuming you can use your wife's phone for this process)

Thanks all for the interesting approaches. That seems like a lot of good options, and I bet one will work. I think my first effort will be with Pronoiac's audio ePub idea -- I like that it will be lightweight (text and audio only, no video) and I can author it on my laptop. Also that ePub is a widely-supported format. Time to start playing around with it.