ScreenToaster- So we can watch your every move…
Captivate. Camtasia. CamStudio. Jing. And many more. There are lots of these babies hanging around waiting to be downloaded and installed. Ranging in price from free (CamStudio) to way more than I can afford (Captivate), these handy utilities allow you to record, annotate, and, in some cases, narrate the actions on your computer screen. But none of them do it quite like ScreenToaster.
This website allows you to record on screen events, annotate the actions, and upload to the web. The resulting video can be linked to or embedded like this one. There is absolutely nothing to install! Log in to the site, record your actions (uses a Java applet), narrate if desired, then publish it! They host your file so you can embed it immediately in blogs, wikis, or other websites. Here’s one recording of me showing my wife how to edit her library catalog page:
I chose not to narrate with my voice- besides, what wife wants to listen to their husband any more than necessary, right? But here are some things you may want to know about this cool, web application:
- Customize size of screen recording
- Add subtitles after recording
- Include voice narration
- Include webcam during recording
- Full screen playback!
- Save movie in .mov or .swf formats or just link to it or embed it!
