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IT/Helpdest Recording tool

Discussion in 'Other PC Software' started by cmoore1, 2007/04/12.

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    cmoore1

    cmoore1 Inactive Thread Starter

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    I am a teacher in a small school with several technology handicap instructors. They are always asking me to come over and show them "how to do something" that I have shown them several times before.

    Several years ago I remember using a tool that came with either Windows NT, 2000, or 98 that allowed you to record your desktop and the movements of your mouse. You could also add audio from a microphone.

    What you would do is start the recording, and use the computer normally while adding audio commentary as you went along giving the finer details. When you were done you could save the file to a floppy and hand it to your "problem client." I don’t believe they needed the software on their computer. The file would "play" in its own window like a movie that the user could pause and rewind.

    For the life of me I can’t remember what the blasted application was called.
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    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff

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    My company uses the following to make training videos.

    WinCAM?

    This award winning screen recording software records all the screen activities such as the movement of the mouse, the processes of applications, the inputs from the keyboard and all the way to the execution of any programs. WinCAM's innovative object editing tools allow you to insert various shapes of caption boxes, graphics, images, narrations , background music, and sound effects in all different layers in the easiest way. Versatile frame-by-frame editing tools will help you produce your movie with a clean and professional-looking cut . Also the movies can be converted to EXE, WCM, AVI, ASF, MOV, RM and SWF files. Interactive features are available in higher versions which allow the users to interact and participate with formats.
    http://www.infostrider.com/wincam.htm
     
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    cmoore1

    cmoore1 Inactive Thread Starter

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    I’m sure that WinCAM is a fine program. The application that I’m asking about was bundled with windows and was free.
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    Movie Maker is the only free app from Microsoft that might maybe do the trick.
     
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    Russ

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    Did you happen to have Lotus SmartSuite on your computer? That had a program called ScreenCam, that will do what you want.
     
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    cmoore1 Inactive Thread Starter

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    I don’t believe we had Lotus. I want to say that it was a bare software machine. As I recall most of the tutorials were how to connect to your ISP through your dial up <YUCKY>
     
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