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DITA for learning and training: A new approach

As many of you know, the DITA for Learning and Training specialization never got much traction. Without going into all of the history, it seems that by the time the specification was originally published it was already out of synch with the market. Most of the work was targeted around classroom...

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The age of the text to speech generator is here

The age of the text to speech audio generator is here

Our big bet in launching Videate was that text-to-speech engines would improve rapidly. In the short time since we started the company, Amazon,...

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Turn software documentation into videos. Automatically.

Last week Videate presented at its first “trade show” (ConVEx) and attended a second virtual conference (CEdMA). Both were awesome and we learned a...

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Customer Education has an INSATIABLE thirst for videos

In the past few months one thing has become very clear: customers are not going back to classroom training any time soon. Some of you will say, “what...

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The ROI of SaaS training videos

Do you have a separate budget for producing software videos? If you are like most companies the answer is no. While a few very large companies have...

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Automated software video translation has arrived

One of the great challenges of modern SaaS applications is keeping the onboarding tools, technical documentation and videos up to date. Agile...

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Video as Part of your Software Release Process

Does this sound familiar? Your team’s “Definition of Done” means that every software release contains updates to the relevant documentation. Tech...

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human-like auto-generated videos

How to make auto-generated videos feel human-like

In 1950 Alan Turing developed the “Turing Test” to determine a machine’s ability to demonstrate intelligence equivalent to, or indistinguishable...

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Automatically make screenshots of your SaaS product

Automated Screenshots

Sometimes it’s quite amazing to learn that small things can make a huge difference when you build a new product. When Videate was founded, the...

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Word, XML or Markdown?

Videate supports a number of document formats to help you automate the video production process. You can start with a Word or Google doc, or use...

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