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Typewriter for VS Code - Human like typing for GIFs and live demos

Demo gif of setting and playback

Extension Settings

typewriter.TypingMinSpeed: Lower limit on how fast to type in ms - randomized between this and max
typewriter.TypingMaxSpeed: Upper limit on how fast to type in ms - randomized between min and this

Commands

You can set keyboard shortcuts for the following by editing your keybindings.json file.

typewriter.setTypewriter: Set text from selection
typewriter.playback: Play
typewriter.pause: Pause/resume playback

Release Notes

1.0.1

Added pause and resume command typewriter.pause
Fixed issue with the commands prefix. To set custom keyboard shortcuts, use typewriter.[command] such as typewriter.pause

1.0.0

Initial release of Typewriter!

Set and playback text
Control the typing rate

Future ideas!

Language awareness when typing - brackets and braces first, then fill in contents
Set the text from other sources besides a selection including files and the clipboard
Set custom breakpoints for pauses during playback