[HN Gopher] Show HN: I made a tool to create product tutorials
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       Show HN: I made a tool to create product tutorials
        
       Author : Outofthebot
       Score  : 71 points
       Date   : 2022-02-22 20:20 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (textframe.app)
        
       | dot_michael wrote:
       | This is great. I think something like this is very valuable to a
       | small startup or indie hacker who has a product that requires a
       | sign up before their users can see/use.
       | 
       | You know how a lot of SaaS has a video of the user story and what
       | their app does and looks like on the landing page? Well, I think
       | this can be way better, less time consuming, and way cheaper than
       | hiring an animation studio to create that video. You can also
       | edit the textframe as the product grows; something that is much
       | harder to do for videos.
       | 
       | A few of small features can make this way better.
       | 
       | 1. The ability to put the textframe in an iframe. So users can
       | use it on their landing page.
       | 
       | 2. The ability to auto play the steps. (it should stop autoplay
       | if user clicks on a step to view)
       | 
       | 3. More UI customizability so it goes with the landing page.
       | 
       | I see this being more valuable as a marketing tool than a
       | tutorial tool, but I'm only one person. Good work and good luck
       | =)
        
         | Outofthebot wrote:
         | Thank you for the feedback!
         | 
         | When you say marketing tool, what sort of content do you have
         | in mind?
         | 
         | Also, I do provide the ability to embed in your landing pages,
         | the instructions are at the bottom of my landing page.
        
       | codeonline wrote:
       | These look good for visualising user stories too.
        
         | Outofthebot wrote:
         | Do you have an example of one of these you have in mind? I'm
         | not very familiar with user stories.
        
       | Marciplan wrote:
       | This looks great. The Marketing Website can use some
       | flair/oberall design -- but the product looks stellar. Good luck
       | w that!
        
       | Outofthebot wrote:
       | Hi HN,
       | 
       | My name is Rahul Sarathy and I posted TextFrame a few months ago
       | on HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29234636) as a tool
       | to create animated technical papers. After gathering feedback
       | from the community, I found that the best use case for my tool
       | was for creating tutorials.
       | 
       | I am proud to share my next iteration as a tool to create
       | animated product tutorials. Hopefully you can find use in it to
       | create more engaging tutorials for onboarding and helping out
       | your users.
       | 
       | You can check out some examples I've created using the software:
       | at https://textframe.app/examples
       | 
       | Please let me know what you think! You can also email me at
       | rahul@textframe.app if you have any questions or just want to say
       | hello
        
         | apurvak wrote:
         | This is very cool and useful. I will provide some wish-list for
         | this offline. I love the idea and I will use this.
        
           | Outofthebot wrote:
           | That's awesome to hear. Definitely get in touch with me over
           | email, I'd love to discuss more with you.
        
       | arosier wrote:
       | Pretty cool!
        
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