How do you record course lessons on a Mac?

Kirocast records course lessons that stay watchable for hours of content: automatic zoom keeps code and UI legible on any device, smart annotations mark important steps, captions are transcribed on-device at no cost per minute, and every lesson is a local file you can upload anywhere. Personal is a one-time $39 launch purchase, normally $49. Kirocast runs on macOS 15 or later.

What breaks at lesson forty

  • Students watch on laptops and phones. A full-screen capture of code or a dense UI is illegible on a phone.
  • Hours of course video multiply every editing cost. A workflow that adds 30 minutes of polish per lesson kills a 40-lesson curriculum.
  • Per-minute transcription pricing turns a 12-hour course into a recurring bill, and it is charged again every time you re-record a lesson.
  • Platform lock-in hurts here more than anywhere. Your lessons should be files you own, uploadable to Teachable, Podia, YouTube, or your own site.

How Kirocast holds up

Legible on every device

Automatic zoom follows your work, so a code editor or settings panel stays readable even on a phone, without you manually zooming mid-take.

Polish that scales to a curriculum

The zoom, annotations, and motion are generated from the recording itself. Lesson forty gets the same polish as lesson one, without forty editing sessions.

Captions transcribed on your Mac

Kirocast runs the Parakeet speech model locally, highlighting every word as it is spoken. Fix a term in the editor, click a word to jump the playhead, or export an .srt - the same price whether the course is one hour or twenty.

Your files, any platform

Recordings are local files you own. Export and upload anywhere: host on the platform you chose, with the branding you chose.

Common questions

What screen resolution should I record course videos at?
Record at your display’s native resolution and let zoom do the legibility work. What makes lessons readable is not raw resolution but keeping the active area large in the frame. A 4K capture of a full desktop is still unreadable on a phone.
Does Kirocast lock my videos to a platform?
No. Kirocast produces standard video files stored on your Mac. Host them on any course platform, YouTube, or your own site.
Does captioning cost extra per minute?
No. Transcription runs on your own Mac with a model downloaded once, so it costs nothing per minute and nothing per re-record. A twenty-hour curriculum captions for the same price as a single lesson: the price of the license.