Highlighting Text Is Now Smoother, and Some Other Updates

Hi, Users! We've rolled out several new user-focused improvements to make Storytell even better. These updates will improve how you work with Storytell, bring visual clarity, and address common user frustrations. We've been listening to your feedback and working hard to address common pain points and requests. Let's check out these updates:

Improved Text Selection

We heard you! We know it's been frustrating when you try to highlight text and get cut off too early. We've fixed that for you.

Here's how it works now: Just click and drag to select text as you normally would. When you release the mouse button, you'll see a handy selection menu pop up. From there, you can easily ask for more information or apply edits.

New Prompt Suggestions

We've expanded our prompt suggestions to give you even more creative options. Two cool new features we're excited about are personality-based rewrites and emotional analysis.

How it works:

1. Personality-based rewrites: When you select text and hit "Rewrite," you'll now see an option to "Rewrite so this personality type can best receive it." This nifty feature offers rewrites tailored to different Myers-Briggs personality types. It's perfect for crafting messages that really connect with your specific audience.
2. Analyze feelings and needs: A new "Analyze feelings and needs" menu provides options to explore the emotional content of your text. This can help you understand the underlying emotions and unmet needs expressed in your writing, adding depth to your character development or narrative analysis.

UI Elements for Prompt History

We've made it super easy to access your prompt history for the current thread. Now you can use buttons right on the prompt input bar instead of your keyboard. Want to learn more? Check out our documentation to learn more.

Placeholders for Images from Responses

No more blank spaces where images should be! We've fixed the issue where some of our services were showing blank images instead of proper placeholders. Now, whenever an image is supposed to appear from sources like example.com or placeholder.com, you'll see a neat custom example image – a simple icon with a clean border.

UI Improvements for Homepage Variants

Two changes here:

• The hero section with the background video now takes up less vertical space when there are no CTAs present.
• On pages with our Mad Libs-style prompts, the text now rolls in with an engaging typewriter effect.

Become an Alpha or Beta Tester

If you're excited about these updates and want to get early access to test out new features, we'd love for you to become an alpha or beta tester! It's a great opportunity to shape the future of Storytell and get a sneak peek at what's coming next. Simply sign up at https://web.storytell.ai/early-access