Share a PDF people actually watch
Record a quick video walkthrough over your PDF and share the whole thing as one link. No downloads, no second tab.
Words alone don't earn trust anymore
Trust in the written word is at an all time low. Everyone is skimming your one-pager wondering if it is AI slop before they have read past the first line. Put your face on the document and it becomes unmistakably human. A sent PDF does not mean it was read, and it definitely does not mean it was trusted. A video of you talking through it adds something no wall of text can fake, and it tells the reader which parts you think actually matter. Nobody reads a deck or a proposal start to finish any more. They skim it, and LiveDocument videos are built for skimming.
Forget embedding, just attach it
Record once, re-record anytime
Record straight over your document, camera on or just narrating if you would rather not be on screen. You show up as a small video bubble in the corner, not a separate file the reader has to go and find. Not happy with a take? Re-record any time and the same link plays the new version, nobody needs sending twice.
Point at the part that matters
Drop a highlight on the pricing table or the key clause and the video jumps straight there when they click it. They get to the bit that matters without scrubbing through the whole recording.
Better than the workarounds you are using now
Emailing the PDF
It is the easy default, and for a quick file it is fine. But once it is sent you get no version control, no analytics, and no way to guide the reader. They are on their own with it.
LoomLoom plus a PDF
A Loom is a great walkthrough. The catch is the video and the document live in two separate tabs, so the reader is bouncing between them. LiveDocument keeps them together with highlights that sync.
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A tracker like DocSend
DocSend is genuinely good at telling you a document got attention. It tracks opens and time on page well. What it does not do is let you guide the reader or talk them through it. It tracks, it does not communicate.
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Video walkthrough FAQs
Upload your PDF to LiveDocument, record a video walkthrough over it, then share the single link. The reader watches your walkthrough and reads the document in one place, with no download.
No. They open one link in their browser and everything plays there. No account, no download, no attachment to wrestle with.
Highlights are markers you place on the PDF that jump the video straight to that section when the reader clicks them. It is how you point someone at the pricing or the key clause without making them scroll for it.
Right now, yes, the recording uses your camera. If you would rather not be seen, you can cover your camera lens while you talk and the walkthrough still records fine. We are working on a proper toggle to switch the camera off or swap in a placeholder image instead.
Yes. Record a new take over the same document and the link updates itself. The reader always plays the latest version, so there is no new link to send and no old one floating around.
Technically yes, the PDF format allows it, but in practice most browsers, Mac Preview and almost every mobile reader strip embedded video out or refuse to play it. LiveDocument attaches your walkthrough to the link instead, so it works wherever the document gets opened.