For Windows · Free to use
Like a friend showing you how — right on your own screen.
PathTutorial doesn't play a video of somebody else's computer. It points at the real buttons on yours, tells you what to do in plain words, and patiently waits until you've done it. No pausing, no rewinding, no "where's that on my screen?"
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Can't find the tutorial you need? Make it yourself — just by asking.
Describe anything you want to do on your computer to our AI-powered assistant — right here on the site, or from your own Claude or ChatGPT — and it builds you a real interactive tutorial on the spot, one that points at the actual buttons on your screen and waits while you do each step. Every tutorial that could ever exist, on demand.
You
“Make me a PathTutorial showing how to insert a chart in Excel.”
AI assistant
Done — I built a 6-step tutorial. Here's your download link. Open it in the Player and it'll walk you through it on your own screen. ✅
Videos show you their screen.
PathTutorial guides you on yours.
The video way
- ✕You're watching someone else's computer — then squinting back at your own.
- ✕Pause. Rewind. Alt-Tab. “Wait, where was that button?” Repeat.
- ✕Their version looks different, their windows are arranged differently.
- ✕Nothing checks that you're keeping up — it just keeps talking.
- ✕You watched it… and by tomorrow it's gone.
The PathTutorial way
- ✓It happens in the real app, on your computer — nothing to copy across.
- ✓An arrow points at the actual button, wherever it is on your screen.
- ✓Every step is spoken out loud and written in a bubble, in plain words.
- ✓It waits for you. It only moves on when you've done the step.
- ✓You did it with your own hands — so your hands remember it.
The next best thing to a friend leaning over your shoulder
You know that feeling when someone patient sits next to you and says "click there… now type your name… perfect"? That's exactly what PathTutorial does — except it's there at 11pm, it never sighs, and it's happy to show you the same step twenty times.
- ➤ No jargon — every instruction is one plain sentence.
- ➤ No judgement — replay the voice, step back, try again.
- ➤ No guessing — the arrow literally points at the right spot.
Three steps, and the third one is the fun one
Pick a tutorial
Choose what you want to learn from the library and download the tutorial file.
Open it in the free Player
Open the file in the PathTutorial Player and press Start. That's all the setup there is.
Follow the arrow
A friendly voice tells you each step, the arrow shows you where, and you do it. Done!
It knows your screen
Big monitor or small laptop, window maximised or not — the pointer finds the real buttons wherever they are for you.
Your pace, always
Take a phone call mid-tutorial. Come back an hour later. The arrow is still there, patiently waiting.
Spoken and written
Every step is read aloud in a warm, clear voice and shown in a text bubble. Replay it as often as you like.
You'll actually remember
Because you performed every click yourself, it sticks — the way riding a bike sticks.
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Open the File menu, choose Save as, name your file and save it.
Guides & answers
Getting things done on your computer, explained in plain language.
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