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Glossary

What is a screencast?

A screencast is a video recording of what happens on a computer screen, usually narrated, used to teach, demonstrate or document something.

Updated October 20262 min readZoomr 1.15.1

Screencast vs screen recording

The terms are used interchangeably. "Screencast" often implies a finished, narrated video meant for an audience, while "screen recording" can be any raw capture.

What makes a good screencast

Zoomr records browser tabs and turns them into finished screencasts with Smart Edit, zooms and captions.