With annotation tools, you can easily include extra descriptions and screenshots in your workflow documentation. This additional information provides context on how to complete processes efficiently, making employees more effective.
Scribe is an AI-assisted tool designed to automatically generate all the annotated text and images your documentation needs. With a Pro account, you can even draft your own notes to ensure every step and screenshot is as useful as possible.
Scribe’s Online Annotator: Here’s What You Can Do
Below are a few ways Scribe helps you create actionable guides for your entire team.
Draft Annotated Instructions Automatically
Once you enable Scribe, it observes your on-screen actions and generates instructions on how to replicate them.
If you click a button, type in a field or navigate to a page, Scribe will describe the interaction in text and capture an annotated screenshot to demonstrate. And with a Pro account, you can add additional tips and GIFs to clarify each image further.
Redact Sensitive Data
When generating screenshots, you might inadvertently capture private or sensitive data like emails, phone numbers or home addresses. Redacting that data will prevent information leaks, and Scribe’s Pro subscribers can do so instantly.
Scribe’s smart privacy screen is AI-assisted annotator software that recognizes over 100 categories of data and automatically blurs them in screenshots it captures. This saves manual editing time and catches data you might have missed, preventing you from making a mistake.
Upload Custom Branding
By default, Scribes come with the “Made with Scribe” logo, but with a Pro account, you can add your own branding. In the Appearance settings for your Scribe, select Remove logo. Then, insert your team’s unique visuals.
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Why Should You Use Scribe’s Online Annotation Tool?
Using annotation software like Scribe is one of the best ways to save time when you’re capturing screenshots and documenting workflows. Here’s why.
Create Process Documentation in Seconds
With Scribe, you can create actionable guides in the amount of time it takes to finish a task. No more redoing the same process over and over so you can take detailed notes — our platform does the heavy lifting for you.
Simply start the capture, complete your process and wait. AI will monitor every keystroke and mouse click to generate a step-by-step document that’s instantly ready to share with your team.
Ensure Consistency
If you let Scribe handle the annotations, it’ll apply them the same way every time. That level of consistency makes your guides easier to understand because readers are accustomed to it. When they know what to look for, they can quickly scan a screenshot for additional details they need to pay attention to.
Enjoy Continuous Updates & Support
Like any AI-based tool, Scribe is getting better every day. It learns from updated datasets in real time, discovering new ways to write annotations and include them in documentation.
Of course, the humans behind the platform are working hard, too. We’re always adding new features and experimenting to make this technology even more useful.
How Scribe Works
Whenever you capture a process, Scribe automatically generates annotations for all the actions the tool detects. Here’s how that works in practice.
Step 1: Capture a Workflow
Download the Scribe extension from the Chrome Web Store and open it from your browser bar. Then, click the Start Capture button, and Scribe will observe everything you click or type to detect any steps it should describe.
Walk through the workflow you want to document, and everything Scribe generates will appear in the sidebar. When it takes a screenshot, it automatically adds an annotation indicating the action it captured. And if you type something into a text field, it’ll include what you entered in the instructions.
Step 2: Finish the Capture
When you’ve completed the workflow, click the Complete Capture button in the plugin window, and Scribe will spend a moment compiling everything. The finished document then appears in a new tab so you can review it.
Step 3: Customize Annotations
Click the Edit button to open the customization mode. Then, you can change the text for each step, add new content or edit the annotations on your images. If you have a Pro subscription, you can click the Pencil icon on a screenshot to move the mouse indicator, add labels or blur sensitive content.
Step 4: Share Your Scribe
When you’ve finished editing your document, click Done Editing and tap the Share button at the top of the window. Add people to the access list, embed your guide into a webpage or export it as a separate document.
Scribe’s Annotation Tool Reviews
Our annotation and document generation tools have already helped thousands of workers improve their productivity and collaboration. Here are a few testimonies from some people who’ve benefited from using Scribe.
Easy-to-use and intuitive tool which makes sharing processes efficient and easy - I love it!
Easy learning curve - you get the hang of it in minutes. Scribe auto-generates all key steps and supporting visuals. Teammates love receiving these - it helps them adopt new streamlined processes, work more efficiently, and clearly understand directions - right away!
Say goodbye to big calendar blocks for making and sharing tutorials.
I've been in situations where creating the simplest step-by-step guides would end up eating way too much time — screen recording, exporting, writing out steps, sharing. I love how Scribe auto-generates the process without me jumping into multiple platforms to make it happen. Having guides available in a link is a great way to share up-to-date info with teams.
As we add new team members it's easy for me to teach everyone how to pull up information in our client portal and how to change policies. I create a Scribe once, share it and I'm done. I don't have to worry about having to show the same thing multiple times. Onboarding is easier and our clients are happier! This product has really saved me so much time. Wish I could have found out about it sooner.”
Create guides in seconds!
As we add new team members it's easy for me to teach everyone how to pull up information in our client portal and how to change policies. I create a Scribe once, share it and I'm done. I don't have to worry about having to show the same thing multiple times. Onboarding is easier and our clients are happier!
This product has really saved me so much time. Wish I could have found out about it sooner.
Annotate Guides Faster With Scribe
Whether you’re drafting complex process documents or simple troubleshooting steps, writing documentation is a crucial but time-consuming project.
Scribe takes the entire task off your plate. Within seconds, you can have high-quality documentation that would have traditionally taken hours to write and edit.
Try Scribe for free to learn how much time it can save you.
