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Thanks everyone for the suggestions! I ended up going with Camtasia, simply
because it had a more straightforward download process. I was able to
produce an almost decent video (~2 minutes) in an hour or so.
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 7:47 PM, kafkascampi <kafkascampi -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> "Piggy-backing off Erika's question on how-to videos: can anyone recommend
> a
> free, simple video recording application? Preferably one that allows me to
> add callouts or has text-to-speech?"
>
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>
> I use Screenflow for the Mac. Cheap and easy. Demo version available with
> watermarked output.
>
>http://www.telestream.net/screenflow/overview.htm
>
> cheers
>
> Chris
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>wrote:
>
>> Captivate is a superior tool for recording software demos / tutorials.
>> Use the free trial. "Software Simulation" is the recording mode you
>> want.
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