Show HN: Scribe generates step-by-step guides for GUI workflows
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Show HN: Scribe generates step-by-step guides for GUI workflows
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Re: Show HN: Scribe generates step-by-step guides for GUI workflows
#2Hey all, looking forward to hearing your feedback on Scribe - a browser extension and desktop app that automatically generates step-by-step guides for any GUI-based process you choose to record on your computer.
Me and my cofounder originally set out to build an RPA tool. Along the way, we discovered that the bigger problem most teams were facing had to do with capturing and sharing each individual’s specialized knowledge. Most of this knowledge wasn’t written down, let alone stored in some sort of shareable format. With hybrid and remote working models becoming the new norm, this struck us as a problem that really couldn’t wait any longer, so we decided to address this need instead.
We wanted to create something that felt quite different to the manual and tedious nature that’s often associated with putting together process documentation or how-to guides. That meant that Scribe had to be able to intelligently recognize the key steps in your process, while still feeling very lightweight and easy to use.
The tool generates instructions and screenshots based on your clicks and keystrokes to build your step-by-step guide--to do this, there were a few key technical challenges we had to solve: 1. Going from a set of keystrokes and clicks to actual steps 2. Recognizing when to take the screenshot (i.e. before you do a key action) 3. Reconciling different DPI screens (pixel densities) 4. Automatically identifying and combining similar (but distinct) steps
We have Basic (free) and Pro (paid) tiers. Basic gives you a Chrome extension to record web-based apps while Pro comes with a desktop recorder so you can record any program on your computer. I’d love to hear your feedback on either. If you’d like to check out Pro, you can use the code HN2021 after you sign up for a one-month free trial.
Re: Show HN: Scribe generates step-by-step guides for GUI workflows
#3Interesting idea, congrats on putting it all together.
Do you have any working examples of the end result? The landing page only had a few screen shots and it was not entirely clear to me what the results looked like.
Are users able to export or copy the created guides?
Are user accounts required to view the created guides?
Re: Show HN: Scribe generates step-by-step guides for GUI workflows
#4Hey all, looking forward to hearing your feedback on Scribe - a browser extension and desktop app that automatically generates step-by-step guides for any GUI-based process you choose to record on your computer. Me and my cofounder originally set out to build an RPA tool. Along the way, we discovered that the bigger problem most teams were facing had to do with capturing and sharing each individual’s specialized know…
As someone who's documented a lot of users flows by hand this would be a really handy service. However, it'd be great if there was more of a demo available without a sign up. At the moment it seems like there's just a couple of tiny screeenshots and a single GIF showing what your product actually looks like. How about a sample screencast or a sample PDF of a finished guide?
Re: Show HN: Scribe generates step-by-step guides for GUI workflows
#5edit
Why didn't you just send people to https://scribehow.com/? It explains the product so much.
I'd love to see some examples of this other than just little animations on the main screen. Right now it's just simple animations and a request to register.
The world is full of "solutions", as is my inbox from products I had to sign up for just to see what it did. Not sure I want to bother with that barrier to entry just to evaluate (and get on some mail list).
Re: Show HN: Scribe generates step-by-step guides for GUI workflows
#6edit Why didn't you just send people to https://scribehow.com/ ? It explains the product so much. I'd love to see some examples of this other than just little animations on the main screen. Right now it's just simple animations and a request to register. The world is full of "solutions", as is my inbox from products I had to sign up for just to see what it did. Not sure I want to bother with that barrier to entry jus…
Hi — sorry about that. If you want to see some example Scribes, there's a gallery with some basics here: https://scribehow.com/gallery. The real difference here is how these are made.
Re: Show HN: Scribe generates step-by-step guides for GUI workflows
#7Interesting idea, congrats on putting it all together. Do you have any working examples of the end result? The landing page only had a few screen shots and it was not entirely clear to me what the results looked like. Are users able to export or copy the created guides? Are user accounts required to view the created guides?
Definitely! Here's a Scribe I recently created to show all the different ways you can share your Scribe: https://scribehow.com/shared/Sharing-your-Scribe-with-others...
User accounts are not required to view Scribes, and yes, users are able to export and copy the created guides.
Re: Show HN: Scribe generates step-by-step guides for GUI workflows
#8Hey all, looking forward to hearing your feedback on Scribe - a browser extension and desktop app that automatically generates step-by-step guides for any GUI-based process you choose to record on your computer. Me and my cofounder originally set out to build an RPA tool. Along the way, we discovered that the bigger problem most teams were facing had to do with capturing and sharing each individual’s specialized know…
Are the scribes hosted somewhere so that they can be linked? Would love this on a FAQ page for end users / customers.
Re: Show HN: Scribe generates step-by-step guides for GUI workflows
#9Hey all, looking forward to hearing your feedback on Scribe - a browser extension and desktop app that automatically generates step-by-step guides for any GUI-based process you choose to record on your computer. Me and my cofounder originally set out to build an RPA tool. Along the way, we discovered that the bigger problem most teams were facing had to do with capturing and sharing each individual’s specialized know…
Are the scribes hosted somewhere so that they can be linked? Would love this on a FAQ page for end users / customers.
yup! all Scribes can be set to "shareable with link" - thanks for the feedback re: including this on the FAQ page!
Re: Show HN: Scribe generates step-by-step guides for GUI workflows
#10Hey all, looking forward to hearing your feedback on Scribe - a browser extension and desktop app that automatically generates step-by-step guides for any GUI-based process you choose to record on your computer. Me and my cofounder originally set out to build an RPA tool. Along the way, we discovered that the bigger problem most teams were facing had to do with capturing and sharing each individual’s specialized know…
How long have you been running for - I see you have more than 10,000 companies using Scribe, which is amazing!
Echoing what another person here said, I'd really like to see some decent examples of the end result - I love the idea of Scribe, but a small screenshot and a small gif really isn't hooking me in to spend the time to find out more.