Creating documentation and walkthroughs can be a pain. You take screenshots, carefully annotate, write detailed explanations, and copy and paste between systems. Castofly solves this problem with an AI-powered approach that transforms how we create and share step-by-step guides.

Castofly is a Chrome extension that watches and learns as you perform tasks, automatically generating comprehensive guides complete with screenshots, annotations, and clear instructions. This capability proves particularly powerful when multiple stakeholders, from webinar speakers to exhibitors or course participants, regularly need guidance through various digital platforms.

Instead of spending hours creating traditional documentation, teams can simply perform the process once while Castofly captures and transforms it into professional, branded learning materials.

Its versatility in output formats makes Castofly especially relevant for intelligent event workflows. The same recording can generate traditional step-by-step documentation, concise video demonstrations, and even interactive guides (we have yet to try this last feature) where users can practice in a simulated environment. This flexibility, combined with AI-powered voiceover capabilities in over 50 languages, means that complex technical instructions become accessible to diverse, global audiences without requiring additional production effort.

We've found Castofly particularly useful in creating our HowTos. Its ability to automatically redact sensitive information helps to save a ton of time and editing.

Platform Impact Analysis: Castofly
Assessment Category Analysis & Impact
Use Case Creating step-by-step walkthroughs through automatic screen capture and intelligent annotation, streamlining the production of comprehensive user guides and training materials.
IAEK Framework Fit Knowledge Capture (K) - Transforms screen interactions into structured documentation
Audience Engagement (A) - Enables clear, actionable guidance for users
Primary CVI Impact Improves clarity and accessibility of systems by automating the documentation process, ensuring consistent and comprehensive instructional content across all user touchpoints.
CVO Outcome Reduces time spent creating documentation whilst enabling faster updates and better resource allocation, allowing teams to maintain current, accurate guidance without manual overhead.
Strategic Value Streamlines comprehensive guide creation, ensuring users receive clear, concise instructions without manual overhead whilst improving efficiency of user support and training operations across diverse applications and systems.
The Castofly Settings Panel
The Castofly Control Panel

Key Advantages

  • Rapidly generate clear, step-by-step guides with minimal manual effort  
  • Accurately capture and illustrate processes, reducing errors and omissions  
  • Share and collaborate securely with teams in a centralised workspace  
  • Protect sensitive information with automated privacy controls  
  • Deliver content in a variety of engaging formats for different audiences  
  • Easily customise guides to suit any device or platform  
  • Streamline knowledge sharing to save time and boost productivity

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Streamline Speaker Onboarding, Castofly can create instant, AI-powered walkthroughs of your webinar platform's key features when managing multiple speakers across events. Instead of scheduling numerous training sessions, speakers receive interactive guides with voiceovers in their preferred language, dramatically reducing no-shows and technical issues during live sessions.

Exhibitor Self-Service by creating dynamic portal walkthroughs that adapt to different booth types and configurations. Castofly's step-by-step guides, complete with automatic annotations and screenshots, enable exhibitors to confidently set up their virtual presence while reducing support tickets by showing how to accomplish everyday tasks.

Share institutional knowledge by recording complex internal processes, with Castofly's Chrome extension automatically documenting each step. When team members update event systems or workflows, they can quickly create new guides or update existing ones, ensuring your internal training documentation stays current without requiring dedicated technical writing resources.

Multilingual Support for Your Event App. Take your event app support global by creating a single walkthrough that Castofly automatically translates into multiple languages with AI voiceovers. This enables you to provide consistent, high-quality support across different markets whilst maintaining control over the core content, ensuring every attendee can access help in their preferred language.

Other Tips

We have only used Catofly with Chrome, and we believe that's how it's intended to be used, as it has an extension that makes recording steps very simple. There are some quirks to get used to, such as hiding the big widget, but other than that, it works well. What's nice is the ability to set the aspect ratio during recording.

We recommend trying the system and carefully considering your commitment to it. Many new tools are being introduced to the market quickly, so we recommend storing the guides generated in your own ecosystem.