Core Dump

There are a lot of macro recording applications out there, some application-specific (FrameScript, VBA), and some more generic (MacroExpress). Sikuli is a new take on the latter type, but instead of recording keystrokes, it works by reading screen captures. To get a better idea of how this works, watch the short video embedded in this LifeHacker article. It looks like it could be useful in many situations, although it's not as flexible as a full-scale API-based scripting language.

Sikuli is a research project developed at MIT, is cross platform, and free.

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