How do I replay how a doc was written?
Replay plays back a Google Doc revision by revision from its own Version History. Free in both extensions, and nothing leaves your computer.
Replay plays a Google Doc back from its first keystroke to now, the way someone reading its Version History would see it. It's in both Duey and Duey Pro, free.
To open it: with the doc open, open the Duey side panel and click Replay this doc. Replay opens in a new tab.
What you see:
- The doc's text, rebuilt revision by revision, with a play button, speed control and a slider. Skip idle time jumps over the gaps.
- Bands under the slider for each Version History entry. Google Docs starts a new entry only after 30 minutes with no edits (why).
- A summary: when writing started, the last edit, writing time, characters typed and deleted, and the number of revisions.
- How this doc was written: plain facts you can also check in the replay, such as paste-sized inserts (100 or more characters at once, marked on the slider), a long doc written in one Version History entry, no text deleted along the way, or no long pauses. There's no score.
What it needs: edit access to the doc, the same as Version History. It works on any Google Doc, typed by Duey or not.
Privacy: Replay reads the history straight from Google Docs in your browser. Nothing is uploaded to Duey.
"Replay may differ slightly from the current doc" means a few of the doc's changes couldn't be rebuilt exactly. The rest of the replay still plays.