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Re:Ask HN: Text-based PPT alternative? by vitovito on Thursday August 21, 2014 @02:49AM (#8206165)
http://decksetapp.com/ does this from Markdown.

If you don't need actual PPT/PDF/etc. slide generation, and don't mind writing HTML, S5 was one of the original standards to do this; there are plenty of others, now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web-based_slideshow

Re:Ask HN: Text-based PPT alternative? by joeclark77 on Thursday August 21, 2014 @03:04PM (#8209034)
Deckset looks great. Not great enough for me to switch to a Mac, but great.