Walk the job with your phone recording, and Eano turns that walkthrough into a scope of work. The camera sees the space, the microphone picks up the conversation you’re having with your client, and a few minutes later you’ve got a draft scope waiting for your review.

You don’t have to shoot it in one take, either. Pause while you walk from the kitchen out to the backyard, pick up again when you get there, or save the whole thing and finish it later.

This one lives in the Eano Pro app on your phone — the one you install from the App Store or Google Play. It isn’t on the web app or in your phone’s browser yet.

Video Walkthrough is a Preview feature, and it’s free while it’s in preview.

Most estimates start as a site visit. You walk the kitchen, the client points at the cabinets they hate, you mention that moving the sink means moving plumbing, and somewhere in that conversation the whole job gets defined. Then you drive back to the office and try to reconstruct it from memory and a handful of photos.

A video walkthrough keeps the whole visit. What you saw, what you said, what they asked for — all of it feeds the scope, so you’re editing a draft instead of starting from a blank page.

It’s the second option in that menu, under Describe Your Project and above Upload an Existing Scope, with an orange Free Preview tag next to it. If you’re brand new to Eano, the welcome screen you see when you first set up your account offers the same thing as a Video Walkthrough card.

Every walkthrough builds a new opportunity. Eano creates it at the very end, once you’ve accepted the scope — nothing gets created if you back out partway. There’s no way to run a walkthrough into an opportunity you’ve already set up; for an existing job, use the scope tools inside that opportunity.

You’ll land on the camera with a short briefing over it: Estimate with a Video Walkthrough, and a reminder to point your camera at each area and describe the work you want done.

Before you hit record, a word about your client: depending on where you work, you may need to tell them you’re recording. It’s good practice anyway, and it’s worth saying out loud to the person standing next to you. If you’re not sure what your state or province expects, ask someone who knows.

Tap the record button to start. From there:

Your screen stays awake the whole time you’re recording, so it won’t lock in your hand mid-walk.

Tap the big record button while you’re recording and the walkthrough pauses — you’ll see a red PAUSED badge over the camera. Walk wherever you need to, then tap the record button again to pick up where you left off. The new footage joins the same walkthrough, and the timer keeps counting from where it stopped.

Pause as often as you like. The ten minutes is for the whole walkthrough, every piece added together, not for each piece. While you’re paused you can also flip between the front and back cameras.

If something interrupts you mid-recording — a phone call, or switching over to another app — Eano keeps what you’ve recorded so far. When you come back, the walkthrough is waiting for you, paused.

Sometimes the walk doesn’t end in one visit. Maybe the client needs to unlock the garage, or you’ve got to run to another job. While you’re paused, tap the X in the top left and you’ll get two choices:

To pick a saved walkthrough back up, open the Opportunities tab. A Walkthrough ready to continue banner sits at the top, showing how much you’ve recorded so far. Tap it and you’re back on the camera, paused right where you stopped — tap record to add more, or tap Finish if you’ve got everything.

The X on the banner just hides it for now; your recording isn’t touched. The banner comes back the next time you open the app, or as soon as you record more.

A few things worth knowing about a saved walkthrough:

When you tap Finish, the video plays back — every piece you recorded, back to back — so you can check you got what you needed.

Processing runs in three steps, and the screen tells you which one you’re on:

Stay on this screen while it runs. It’s not instant — a ten-minute walkthrough takes a few minutes to come back. Closing it while it’s working discards the video, so Eano asks before it lets you.

You’ll land on a results screen that opens with “Ta-da! Here’s your estimate for this project.” Underneath it, the scope is grouped the way Eano read the job — demolition, cabinetry, countertops, and so on — with a total at the bottom. Tap Show All on any group to see every line, and Show Less to fold it back up.

Most of the time that total will read $0.00, and that’s the feature working correctly. Eano writes the work from your walkthrough, but it won’t invent the numbers. A quantity only comes through if you said it out loud or it’s plainly readable on camera, and a price only comes through if you gave it a real basis. Everything else arrives blank, showing as “1 x $0” on the line, waiting for you.

That’s a deliberate choice. A made-up number that looks measured is worse than an obvious blank — you’d have no way to tell which figures came from the job and which came from nowhere, and one of them would eventually reach a client. So the walkthrough gets you the hard part, the itemized list of what the job actually involves, and leaves the pricing where it belongs.

Two ways to fill it in:

This screen is a readout, not an editor — you’re deciding whether this is the right draft, not fixing line items yet. Two choices:

Backing out has the same effect as a reshoot, so Eano asks first: Keep Editing stays put, Discard & Go Back lets it go. By this point the recording has already been processed, so there’s no saving it for later from here — discarding means starting over.

Decisions not to do something show up as their own lines. If you say “we’re keeping the existing fiberglass surround, no wall tile,” you’ll get a line item saying exactly that rather than a note buried somewhere. It’s easier to read and easier to delete than something you’d have to go hunting for. Delete the ones you don’t want on the estimate.

What your client turns down doesn’t make the cut. If you suggest something and they say no, it stays out of the scope. If they say yes, it’s in. That’s read out of the back-and-forth, which is another reason the audio matters.

The video gets saved to the opportunity. When you tap Create Opportunity, the walkthrough is filed in the opportunity’s All Files under External Files, so the record of the visit stays with the job. Worth knowing before you shoot: External Files is the client-visible side of the file list, and the recording includes whatever was said during the walk.

Nothing reaches Eano until you accept. Until you tap Create Opportunity, no opportunity, no scope, and no file is created. A walkthrough you’ve saved for later exists only on your phone.

One walkthrough per scope. You can record it in as many pieces as you like, but they all add up to one walkthrough, and Eano builds one scope from it. You can’t feed in something you shot earlier outside of Eano.

If processing fails, you’ll get a screen reading “We couldn’t generate your scope” with three ways forward:

If processing stalls partway — the progress stops moving for a while — Eano gives up on that attempt and brings you to this same screen, so you’re not left staring at a frozen progress ring.

Bad signal? Save it for later. Tap the X on the failure screen and you’ll be asked “Leave this walkthrough?” — Save for Later keeps the recording on your phone, Exit Without Saving throws it away, and Stay Here keeps you put. If you’re in a basement with one bar, saving it and converting once you’re back on Wi-Fi is often the easiest path. When you pick it up from the Opportunities banner, tap Finish, then Convert to Scope.

If Eano couldn’t find any work to scope at all, you’ll be told so and asked to record again and talk through the work as you walk. That’s almost always a quiet video — plenty of footage, not enough narration.

Why is everything priced at $0? Because nothing in the video gave Eano a number it could stand behind. It writes the scope from what it sees and hears, but it won’t guess at quantities or prices. Say your measurements and ballpark costs out loud on the next walk and they’ll come through; otherwise price the lines the way you normally would once the scope is in.

Can I pause a walkthrough and pick it back up? Yes. Tap the record button while you’re recording to pause, and tap it again to continue — the new footage joins the same walkthrough. To stop for longer, tap the X while you’re paused and choose Save for Later; a Walkthrough ready to continue banner on the Opportunities tab takes you back to it.

Where did my saved walkthrough go? A saved walkthrough only lives on the phone you recorded it on. It won’t show up on another device, and signing out of the app (or deleting it) removes it. It’s also gone once you finish and convert it, choose Exit Without Saving, Reshoot, or Discard & Start New.

Can I add a walkthrough to an opportunity I’ve already created? No. Every walkthrough starts from the + button on the Opportunities tab and creates a new opportunity when you accept the scope. To build scope on a job that already exists, use the scope tools inside that opportunity.

I don’t see a Video Walkthrough option inside my opportunity. That’s expected — Video Walkthrough starts from the + button on the Opportunities tab (as Film a Video Walkthrough), not from inside an existing opportunity.

Can I do this on my computer? Not yet. Video Walkthrough is in the Eano Pro app on your phone only. Opening Eano in your phone’s browser isn’t the same thing — you’ll need the installed app from the App Store or Google Play.

Can I use a video I already shot? Not in this version. Eano builds the scope from a walkthrough you record inside the app.

Does it cost extra? Not while it’s in preview. It’s labeled Free Preview in the app, and it’s included with Pro and above for now.

My phone says it isn’t supported. What now? That message means the device doesn’t have the memory, processor, or operating system version to handle the video work locally. Updating your phone’s operating system fixes it if you’re behind on updates; otherwise it takes a newer handset. Everything else in Eano works exactly as before.

Does my client need to know I’m recording? Depending on where you work, quite possibly. It’s good practice regardless, and we’d rather you ask a lawyer about your own state than take our word for it.

What if I go over 10 minutes? Ten minutes is the limit for the whole walkthrough, all the pieces added together. When you hit it, recording finishes on its own and takes you to the review screen with what you captured. If the job needs more than ten minutes, shoot the most important parts and fill in the rest by editing the scope afterward.

The transcript got a product name wrong. Does that matter? Usually not — Eano reads the transcript in context and works out what you obviously meant rather than carrying the mistake into the scope. Trade terms and brand names are the ones most likely to come out garbled, so it’s worth a glance over those lines before you send.

Can my field crew use it? Not if they’re set up as Field Workers. Instead of the + button, their Opportunities tab has a camera button for daily logs, so the walkthrough option isn’t there for them. Anyone else on your team can use it, as long as your plan is Pro or above.

Something’s still not right. Tap the chat bubble in the app and tell us what happened — this one’s in preview, and we’re actively shaping it.