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.

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.

There are two ways in, depending on whether the job already exists in Eano.

It’s the second option in that menu, under Quick Create and above Create with AI, with an orange Free Preview tag next to it.

Eano creates the opportunity for you at the end, once you’ve accepted the scope. Nothing gets created if you back out partway.

The scope you generate lands on that opportunity.

This card only shows up on a job whose scope is still empty — once there are line items, the card steps aside. It also tucks itself away if you’ve already started a conversation in the Generate Estimate with AI card above it. If you’ve typed a message there and want the video path instead, back out of the job and come back in.

You’ll land on the camera with a short briefing over it: Estimate with a Video Walkthrough, and a reminder worth reading — depending on where you work, you may need to tell your client you’re recording. Eano says it plainly on screen, 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 capture 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.

If you change your mind before you start, Cancel backs you out. If you change your mind after, you’ll get a “Discard this video?” check so you don’t lose a good take by accident.

When you stop, the video plays 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.

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.

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 project. When you tap Insert to Scope, the walkthrough is filed in the project’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 is saved until you accept. Back out at any point — during the recording, at review, at the results screen — and no project, no scope, and no file is created. If you discard, the video goes with it.

One video per scope. This first version is deliberately narrow: you shoot one walkthrough and Eano builds one scope from it. You can’t stitch several videos together or feed in something you shot earlier outside of Eano.

You can run it again on the same job. The in-project card only appears while the scope is empty, so if you want a second pass, clear the scope first — or generate onto a fresh opportunity and move what you want across.

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

Patchy service is the most common culprit. If you’re in a basement with one bar, it’s often easier to finish the walk, step outside, and convert from there.

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 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 — and Eano says so on the camera screen before you start. 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? Recording stops at the cap and takes you to the review screen with what you captured. If the job needs more than ten minutes, shoot the most important part 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? Anyone who can build a scope on that job can use it. If someone can’t add scope to a project, the card won’t be there for them.

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.