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There are a few tools to do screencasts. Many are free, but it makes sense to spend some money as you avoid hosting issues and watermarking or limited features. | There are a few tools to do screencasts. Many are free, but it makes sense to spend some money as you avoid hosting issues and watermarking or limited features. | ||
See Wikipedia's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_screencasting_software Comparison of screencasting software] to help you pick a tool. | |||
===Screenr=== | ===Screenr=== | ||
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===Screenflow (recommended)=== | ===Screenflow (recommended)=== | ||
[http://www.telestream.net/screen-flow/ Screenflow] is very much worth the $99 it costs. As you can see in the [http://www.telestream.net/screen-flow/demos.htm demos on how to use it] it records the whole screen and you can then crop to what you need. You have several tracks to edit and shift and you can annotate your screencast and have effects to transition in between sections of it. Screenflow exports to YouTube or various local formats. I really got to like screenflow as it also allows you to edit other video and images into your screencasts easily. | [http://www.telestream.net/screen-flow/ Screenflow] (Mac only) is very much worth the $99 it costs. As you can see in the [http://www.telestream.net/screen-flow/demos.htm demos on how to use it] it records the whole screen and you can then crop to what you need. You have several tracks to edit and shift and you can annotate your screencast and have effects to transition in between sections of it. Screenflow exports to YouTube or various local formats. I really got to like screenflow as it also allows you to edit other video and images into your screencasts easily. | ||
External Links: | External Links: | ||
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If you are on Linux, [http://www.linuxhaxor.net/5-ways-to-screencast-your-linux-desktop/ here is a good article introducing various tools] you can use. | If you are on Linux, [http://www.linuxhaxor.net/5-ways-to-screencast-your-linux-desktop/ here is a good article introducing various tools] you can use. | ||
===Windows tools=== | |||
* [http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.html Snagit], ~$50, for Windows and Mac. | |||
* See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_screencasting_software here] for a comparison of screencast software on all platforms. | |||
==Typing== | ==Typing== | ||
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set fileContents to read POSIX file "/your/script/location/script.js" as «class utf8» | set fileContents to read POSIX file "/your/script/location/script.js" as «class utf8» | ||
set the text item delimiters to (ASCII character 10) | set the text item delimiters to (ASCII character 10) | ||
set mylines to text items in fileContents | set mylines to text items in fileContents | ||
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write_string(currentline) | write_string(currentline) | ||
end repeat | end repeat | ||
on write_string(the_string) | on write_string(the_string) | ||
tell application "System Events" | tell application "System Events" | ||