The Bottom Line
RoboDemo helps you create software demos, tutorials, and interactive training movies by recording screen activity. Even add interactivity with click boxes, input fields, and scoring.
Pros
- Create movies with viewer interaction.
- Detailed online help; free email & Web support.
- No Flash knowledge required.
Cons
- Compression may cause color shifts.
- Building and previewing movies can be slow.
- Costly telephone support and upgrades.
Description
- Record screen activity for creating software demos and tutorials. Distribute movies royalty-free.
- Enhance movies with captions, call outs, click boxes, highlight boxes, images and audio.
- Customize speed, timing, cursor appearance, mouse movement, caption and object timing.
- Use auto capture or capture manually; edit, add, and remove frames; customize playback controls.
- Incorporate quizzes and tests into movies. Users can interact with movies by clicking and typing.
- Import and edit movies from Windows AVI format, Qarbon ViewletBuilder, TurboDemo, or PowerPoint.
- Export to Flash SWF format, Microsoft Word, Windows EXE, or Macintosh projector (.hqx) files.
- Movies can be emailed, published to the Web, embedded in PowerPoint files, and copied to CD.
- Advanced eLearning edition is also available for LMS integration and SCORM/AICC compliant training.
- Authoring requires Windows 95 or higher. Playback requires a Flash-enabled browser or Flash Player.
Guide Review - RoboDemo from eHelp
RoboDemo helps you easily create software demonstrations, tutorials, and interactive training materials by recording screen activity. Recording a movie is simple. You choose the screen area to record, and frames can be captured either manually or automatically. Once captured, frames can be edited and enhanced with highlighting, custom pointers, captions, interactive click boxes, and input fields. This is the only tool of this type I am aware of that offers user interactivity. I felt that auto capture could use some fine-tuning, though you can compensate for this by adding manual captures while recording. After editing and previewing, RoboDemo can export your project in the formats listed above. Plays on any computer with Flash Player.
