Show a draft turning into a finished piece

Sound familiar?

• ✗Writing progress is invisible — a finished piece shows none of the work
• ✗Full screen recordings of a writing session are long and dull
• ✗Accountability tools track time but never show what changed

How Tau helps

• Make the work visible

  A timelapse of a draft filling out is the clearest record there is of a session that otherwise leaves only a word count.

• Track focused hours honestly

  A timer overlay records how long a session genuinely ran, which is harder to argue with than a self-reported figure.

• Stays out of the way

  Tau runs in the background at low CPU, so it will not interfere with your editor or your battery on a long session.

FAQ

Is a writing timelapse actually watchable?

At a short final length, yes. Text filling a page reads well compressed into twenty or thirty seconds; the same session at full rate does not.

Can I record only one window?

Tau records a screen as its source. For a clean shot, put your editor full screen on the display you are capturing.

Will it drain my battery on a laptop?

Interval capture is much lighter than continuous recording, so the impact on battery over a long session is modest.

Relevant features

• record from any sourcerecord your screen, your camera, or both at once. capture coding sessions, design work, creative processes - from any source your system supports.
• smart timer overlaysadd clock, stopwatch, custom font and many other overlays to give your timelapses personality.
• minimal editortrim and export without the bloat of a full video editor.

Other use cases