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Screenshot-based work is tedious to assemble, annotate, and share

People creating work instructions, study notes, or software test evidence need to capture, annotate, sequence, and share screenshots. Current workflows split those steps between manual numbered documents, separate image editors or viewers, and destination-specific tools, so people repeat work or leave their current app to handle an image. The requests span several settings, but share a need to turn screenshots into useful, organized evidence.

For people who create or review screenshot-based instructions and evidence. Mentioned from Dec 2019 to Jun 2026 on GitHub, Hacker News and Stack Exchange.

5 different people described this problem in 5 separate discussions.

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  1. Often time screenshots correlate to steps. You open wordpad and start a numbered list. Write what action you perform and the screenshot. Repeat until you’re all the way done
    procarch2019 on Hacker NewsJan 2024Has a workaround
  2. How to circle a part of an image? How to edit an image? I have an image included in a Google Docs doc. I would like to circle part of the image in yellow. - is there a native way to edit an image directly in Google Docs? - if not, what is the best way to go about this?
    atreeon on webapps.stackexchange.comFeb 2024Asked for a tool
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