Box Line Text – A simple whiteboarding tool for screencasts
Simple virtual whiteboarding. Contribute to jncraton/box-line-text development by creating an account on GitHub.
Box Line Text – A simple whiteboarding tool for screencasts launched on April 19, 2020 with 132 votes, #301 of 5,003 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.
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Box Line Text is a simple whiteboarding tool designed for creating screencasts. It allows users to draw boxes, lines, and add text annotations directly on their screen during recordings. The tool is open-source and available on GitHub, making it accessible to content creators, educators, and anyone needing basic visual annotation capabilities for video content. Its straightforward interface focuses on essential whiteboarding functions without unnecessary complexity.
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