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Map story

The places named in the document are marked in order on a ready-made map.

Document: Plate tectonics; Wikipedia, “Plate tectonics” (CC BY-SA 4.0); the product's pipeline wrote and narrated the lesson in English. Kind: places and layouts; Map story suits this kind. In the showcase video the Zıpır team chose the format.

Map story across the eight document kinds

It suits 1 kind; for the other 7, another format works better. The sentence on a row that does not suit is the note the panel shows on that document.

Places and layoutssuitsConcepts and processesbetter: WhiteboardSteps and rulesbetter: Clay figuresNumbers and databetter: Summary presentationDates and order of eventsbetter: TimelineParts and structurebetter: WhiteboardContracts and legislationbetter: Document walk-throughProducts and featuresbetter: Showcase

  1. Places and layouts — suits

    a site plan, a route, geography, a map, a mountain, a sea or a region.

  2. Concepts and processes — does not suit

    “This document explains a concept; Map story works better on documents describing places and routes. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Whiteboard

  3. Steps and rules — does not suit

    “This document explains steps and rules; Map story works better on documents describing places and routes. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Clay figures

  4. Numbers and data — does not suit

    “This document explains numbers and data; Map story works better on documents describing places and routes. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Summary presentation

  5. Dates and order of events — does not suit

    “This document explains dates and an order of events; Map story works better on documents describing places and routes. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Timeline

  6. Parts and structure — does not suit

    “This document explains the inner structure of something; Map story works better on documents describing places and routes. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Whiteboard

  7. Contracts and legislation — does not suit

    “This document is a text such as a contract or legislation; Map story works better on documents describing places and routes. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Document walk-through

  8. Products and features — does not suit

    “This document presents the features of a product; Map story works better on documents describing places and routes. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Showcase

Library format. This format uses a map from the library for the places named in the document; if the library has no match, no video is produced. That is why Zıpır never suggests it as a fallback in its own choice.

Two rules hold in every format: every sentence on screen is a verbatim quote from your document, shown with its page and line; no video is produced until you approve the scene plan. See it in a video

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Does your document suit Map story?

If you leave the format to Zıpır, it picks the one that suits your document. If you choose, no option is closed; if the document does not suit it, you see a short warning in the panel.

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