hi everyone -
last month i mentioned to you about the neat free software named
Wink for
creating screencasts on Windows and GNU/Linux computers. a screencast is
a narrated
explanatory movie with accompanying mouse movements on the screen.
although Wink doesn't have audio capabilities yet, that shouldn't stop
folks
from creating compelling screencasts with a separate mp3 audio file. such
audio
files can be played concurrently in a separate tab within firefox or safari.
check out this short screencast i created explaining about the free
Inkscape vector drawing
program. http://www.writersforliteracy.org/canyoumakethis.htm
the accompanying audio for this is at
http://www.writersforliteracy.org/inkscapeaudio1.mp3
note -- the appropriate time to start the audio playing is when my
mouse
chooses the rectangular drawing tool -- about 20 seconds into the screencast.
(i'm still learning how to do this kind of stuff.)
Wink is available at http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
if you'd like to give it a try.
use shift-pause to start and stop your screen capture. on
windows computers you'll see a small animated box with 4 squares
in it in your system tray (bottom right of screen) when you are
recording your screen capture. right click on that box to finish
your screen capture.
you could fit several hours of home-made computer tutorials on a
cd-rom in this way.
although created on Windows computers, these tutorials are in Flash
format, and play fine on Mac and GNU/Linux computers. (there is also a
version of Wink for creating tutorials on GNU/Linux computers.)
surprise us with what you make. there's a lot of stuff out there
that needs explaining.
- phil
btw, if you'd like to download all the files associated with the above
screencast, i've zipped them into an archive at
http://www.writersforliteracy.org/inkscapetutorial.zip the 3 files
within this archive are: a very small html file, a shockwave format file
showing the screen activity and an mp3 audio file containing the
narration. click on the html file to start the shockwave file playing.
the mp3 audio file can play in any of several different programs already
on your computer -- itunes, quicktime, and other mp3 playing software.
thanks for telling others you know about Wink.
--
Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.his.com/pshapiro/ (personal)
http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/pshapiro (blog)
http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro (technology access work)
http://mytvstation.blogspot.com/ (video and rich media)
"There's just so much more creativity and genius out there than
our media currently reflect." FCC Commissioner Michael Copps
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