Sketchcasting?
October 12th, 2007 by Greg R Notess
Sketchcast.com offers an interesting permutation on screencasting. Instead of screen actions, sketchcasting can record audio while sketching, with very simple tools. I can not yet see any application for this technology with the kind of teaching that I do (and my significant lack of sketching ability), but it is an intriguing Web-based approach. To summarize some of its features:
- Web based software
- Do not need to download anything
- Free accounts
- Sketch a line using a mouse (no control over width of line)
- Can choose colors
- Has an eraser
- Can add text (only one font)
- Can add audio commentary
- Hosted as sketchcast.com
- Can be embedded or linked (see menu)
Now if it could just be combined with the ability to paste some screenshots, I could see it as another option for creating quick, free screencasts. Most of the sketchcasts were not too inspiring, but the demo embedded below gives some ideas and a rationale for the product.