AI screen recorder

With the AI screen recorder, you'll be able to create professional-quality screen recordings in just a single take. If you record a voiceover, it'll be transcribed so you can edit it in the script, make corrections, and add any additional context or information necessary. If you don't record a voiceover, try adding a script to the scene in advance—it'll be read aloud to you once you start recording to help you make sure you don't miss any steps.

You can either create a new Synthesia video based on a screen recording by initiating a recording directly from the extension, or add a screen recording to a scene in an existing video by clicking the Record button in the editor.

The AI screen recorder enables you to:

• Record your entire screen, a specific window, or a specific browser tab.
• Either record a voiceover with your microphone, or have a pre-written script read aloud from your scene to guide your actions and timing as you record.
• Split, trim and adjust the timing of your screen recordings.
• Blur sensitive content either before you start recording, or during your recording.
• Save recordings in your Synthesia library for future use.

The AI screen recorder will automatically:

• Transcribe your voiceover (and remove filler words).
• Split your screen recording into logical scenes.
• Align your voiceover with your video based on pauses in your script.

Installation

If you haven't already installed the AI screen recorder browser extension, click the button below to download it from either the Chrome Web Store or the Microsoft Edge Store.

1. Download the AI screen recorder extension for either Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.

   Otherwise, when you click the Record button to make a screen recording, Synthesia will display a button with a link to the extension's installation page for your browser.

2. 

   Install the AI screen recorder and allow the permissions requested by the extension.

Installation requirements

The AI screen recorder Extension is officially supported for use with Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge for desktop/laptop.

While you may be able to download and install the extension on other Chromium-based browsers, or Safari, or Firefox, Synthesia cannot guarantee its functionality as it is not officially supported on browsers other than Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.

Creating a screen recording

To create a screen recording with the AI screen recorder:

1. Start by clicking on the browser extension.

2. Decide whether you'd like to record your entire screen, a specific window, or a specific tab.
3. Either select a microphone to use for your voiceover, or select the No microphone option if you won't be recording a voiceover.
4. If you want to blur any sensitive content, click on the blur button and select the elements on the page that you'd like to blur.
   If you don't need to blur anything just yet but will need to later while you're already recording, you'll still be able to access the blur button while recording.

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The AI screen recorder allows for a maximum duration of 60 minutes.

It is recommended to keep recordings under 30 minutes for smoother transcription and easier editing.

AI screen recorder controls:

Keyboard Shortcuts

To speed things up, use these keyboard shortcuts to control the browser extension.

Editing a screen recording

You can edit a screen recording in all of the same ways you can edit any other video you add to a scene.

To access all of the different video editing options in the inspector panel, select the screen recording in the canvas.

Video playback

Trim

To edit the video clip, click the Trim button in the inspector panel.

This will open up the video editor:

The seek bar at the bottom is where you'll make your edits:

Click the preview button the preview your edits, and drag the zoom slider to increase or decrease the specificity of the timeline to make it easier to make more precise edits to the clip.

You can undo any edits you make to the video by clicking the undo button in the toolbar, or by using the keyboard shortcut.

Once you're satisfied, click the Done button to return to the scene.

Trim

• Click and drag the trim handle on the left to the right to trim the beginning of the video.
• Click and drag the trim handle on the right to the left to trim the end of the video.

In either case, you can restore a portion of, or all of the trimmed content by clicking and dragging the handle in the opposite direction.

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Note:

You can't make the total duration of the video shorter than 1 second by trimming.

Split

Splitting allows you to divide your video clip into segments. You can choose to either duplicate the segment, add the segment to a new scene, or delete it.

To split your video clip, you can either:

• Drag the blue seeker handle along the timeline to where you want to split it, then click the Split at time button.
• Mouse over where you'd like to split the video in the timeline, then right click. The seeker will jump to that time, and you'll open a menu. Click the Split at time option to create a segment.

After you've split the video into segments, you'll be able to trim the beginning and the end of each segment.

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Note:

Segments must be at least 1 second long.

Volume

If you edited the video clip by trimming or splitting, or if you set the video's playback to stretch, or if there was any audio playing in the window, tab, or screen that you were recording, we recommend muting the screen recording video. Drag the volume slider to 0% or update the text field to mute it.

Otherwise, if there's audio in the screen recording that's relevant to what you're demonstrating, set the volume to your desired value.