WINK - Free Software For Creating Tutorials and Presentations
Here is nice piece of software for creating tutorial or presentation movies. It is particularly well suited for creating tutorials for software, and it can capture screenshots. The user can add explanation boxes and record voice messages. Output formats include Flash, PDF, HTML and stand-alone executable. It runs on both Linux and Windows. It is free, but it is not Open Source. Read more about WINK on About.com's Graphics Software site.
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