A screencast is a digital recording of on-screen computer activity, including audio narration. It allows users to demonstrate software features or record troubleshooting steps. Popular screencasting software includes ScreenFlow, Camtasia Studio, and Screencast-O-Matic. Screencasts are useful for teaching software use, promoting products, and reporting bugs through visual demonstrations.

1. Screencast
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2. Definition
• Screen recording software that turns screen
output into a video to teach an application or
to promote a product by demonstrating
features. Users can also make videos of screen
sequences to log results for troubleshooting.
Screencast programs may allow narration
during capture, and advanced versions allow
editing and annotation after the capture

3. • A screencast is a digital recording of computer
screen output, also known as a video screen
capture, often containing audio narration.
• The term screencast compares with the
related term screenshot; whereas screenshot
is a picture of a computer screen, a screencast
is essentially a movie of the changes over time
that a user sees on a computer screen,
enhanced with audio narration.

6. 10 Best Screencasting
Softwares
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 Screen Flow
 Camstudio
 Camtasia Studio
 Pixetell
 iShowU HD
 Jing
 Demo Creator
 Screenr
 Screeen-O-Matic
 Wink

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8. Uses
 Screencasts can help demonstrate and teach the use of
software features.
 Creating a screencast helps software developers show off
their work.
 Screencasts are a useful tool for ordinary software users
as well, to help report bugs (the movie takes the place of
potentially unclear written explanations) or to show
others how a given task is accomplished in a specific
software environment.
 Screencasts are excellent tools for learning how to use
computers, and several podcasts have started to teach
computer users how to use software through screencasts.