Tag: automation

I have seen the RoboTask automation programme and it is a paid programme , for personal use its 119$US so I ignored it in my exploration for task automation tools. I found there is a free RoboTask Lite that is a cut-down version of the main product that deals with files and PC activities but

I’m usually pretty relaxed with my emails. I don’t get too many personal ones so can manage those quite easily.The other ones I sort through daily and either delete or mark as read. If there are persistent emails from services I no longer use, or find annoying I send to junk. I use emails to

I wanted to link a couple of things I’ve been learning and doing and highlight them in videos.  In some demonstrations seeing is better than listing Vid 1. Screen Capture & Optical Character Recognition (OCR) In this video I wanted to show how to use screen capture process to get code from YouTube and other

YouTube screen capture convert text I watch tutorial videos to learn how to do certain things in coding. Sometimes, in the video, they leave a copy of the code so that you can download it, other times this is not the case. So you have to write the code out longhand for yourself, which can

Further to my previous post Google Sheets “GOOGLEFINANCE()” for free Stock data that started with referencing 5 things that Excel couldn’t do but Google Sheets can, I wanted to explore a few of the features mentioned in that video. It mentioned the following Google Sheet Functions: ImportFEED(), Import HTML() &ImportXML() 1. ImportFeed() Well, I followed

After writing a post on following a tutorial for automated invoice for a cake shop order, Free Google Docs online ordering automated I decided that, after migrating my Services to my Blog Site I’d try setting up an Automated Quote process for one of the services I offer, namely a Browser viewer for Panoramas linked

A few other programmes I have come across while exploring productivity tools. Action(s) Action(s) is an automation desktop tool that is written in Java. It was developed from 2009 to 2012 and has not been supported since (as it says on the website. It is a free tool and a desktop version can be downloaded.

On exploring VoiceMacro I noticed that it has a scheduler, so you can start your scripts at a specific time. I realised that with AutoHotKey .AHK its not as elegant, but you can use your computers Windows Task Scheduler. If you go to your start button and type Task Scheduler it comes up. The first

I have not tried any of the voice activated tools like Cortana, Siri or Google Assistant. The idea that your voice is being listened to and information transferred remotely does not appeal at all. The idea that something is listening to you and triggers on a specific command infers that it is listening to all

UiPath is a bit more sophisticated than Zapier. I like the Zapier integration and its simple to use but the free version is pretty limited, its also for personal stuff rather than business stuff. For the same price you can use UiPath and it’s a bit more versatile. This post will document an automated process