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From: "Tom Del Rosso" <fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com>
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
Subject: Re: Telestrator software
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2025 08:36:46 -0500
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Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:47:14 -0500, "Tom Del Rosso"
> <fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com> wrote:
>
>> Running under Windows, I want to mark up the screen sometimes but
>> can't find a utility that does this one simple thing?
>
> I use "whiteboard" software for doing this.  Plenty to choose from:
> <https://www.google.com/search?q=whiteboard%20software>
> Basically, I screen grab whatever I want to scribble upon.  Then, I
> capture or save the result to a file.  How this is done depends on
> which whiteboard software you're using.  Some offer a "canvas" that is
> larger than the screen allowing you to scribble between the screen
> grab image and "canvas" margin.  A nice feature is that all whiteboard
> software will accept scribbling from multiple users.  Unfortunately,
> whiteboard software doesn't work with video which will probably
> require video editing software.

I think I did that search. I can grab the screen with the printscreen 
key and paste it into Irfanview, which is fast and allows drawing. But 
sometimes I need to do it often in a session so it would be better to 
make it one step. Like press a hotkey and start drawing. Then it would 
even work over video although I don't need it for that. It would also 
work with any remote software (and I have to use various) and also work 
in person like if I just want to mark some objects for a moment.


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