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Ultimate Screencast Comparison

• Ultimate Screencast Comparison – Introduction
• Ultimate Screencast Comparison – The List
• Ultimate Screencast Comparison – The Reviews
• Ultimate Screencast Comparison – The Chart

I really enjoy reading Consumer Reports, reading table after table of comparisons for products I have no intention on buying. So now that I’m about to put the finishing touches on setting up the podcast/screencast studio (based largely on Leo Laporte’s setup for TWiT.tv), I was prepared to review several articles comparing the many screencasting applications and settle on the best for our use. Unfortunately, apparently no one has yet written such an article – the closest I could find are narrowly-focused, long-scrolling articles like TUAW’s Faceoff, sorely incomplete comparison lists like Robin Good’s Sharewood Guide, or simple lists of applications like those at Mashable or MakeUseOf.

All I want is a simple, well-organized chart that compares prices and features between as many currently-available screencasting apps as possible. Since this doesn’t exist, I’ll be developing one myself – hopefully at least one person besides me will find this information useful.

Over the course of the next few weeks, I’ll begin building a chart for comparing information between screencasting apps, then writing evaluations. As I evaluate applications, I’ll update the chart with information and links. I plan to split the applications into three categories (Windows, Mac and Web-based), collect compared information into an easy-to-read chart, and provide links to full evaluations for each app. Some of the information I plan to compare includes:

• Price
• Record audio
• Editing or annotating features
• Export options & codecs supported
• Limit capture to region
• Record webcam
• Convert Powerpoint/Keynote presentations

If you have a favorite screencasting app you use, or would like to see a particular feature included in the comparison, let me know in the comments below!

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