VAIL is a talking AI tutor for desktop software. It watches your screen, listens, and points the way, one click at a time.
Watch VAIL guide a real desktop lesson from start to finish.
Your mouse stays yours. VAIL only points.
VAIL is available for Windows today.
The Mac desktop viewer is in development and will follow in the near future.
Every existing option pulls your eyes, your hands, or your control away from the work.
You pause, rewind, and hunt for a button that moved three versions ago. VAIL circles the exact pixel on your machine, right now.
Remote helpers grab control and you learn nothing. VAIL never touches your cursor — you do every click yourself.
Too fast, too dense, or written for someone else. Your tutor speaks at your pace and waits until you're ready.
We mapped why people get stuck learning new software and AI. Here's what stops them, and how VAIL fixes each one.
Share of the VAIL Pain Index — a weighted synthesis of 12 workforce surveys (2019–2026) and learner communities. Directional, not a census.
What people experience
Learning is a side project on top of the real job. It's the #1 barrier in nearly every survey: 41% (Study.com), 37% (JFF), ~59% of employees and leaders (Skillsoft).
How VAIL fixes it
VAIL teaches inside the tool while you do real work. No separate course, no extra hours. You finish the task and learn the skill in the same session.
What people experience
Most people learn by trial and error. 35% have had no AI training, 21% have no AI guidance and 31% say it varies by team, and 40% of professional-services firms report conflicting AI instructions from clients.
How VAIL fixes it
A guided, step-by-step path on screen. VAIL's overlay shows the next click and explains why, so nobody is left guessing.
What people experience
59% feel evaluated while still learning a new system, 43% feel job or performance pressure, and 33% name fear of mistakes as a top barrier.
How VAIL fixes it
A private guide with no audience. Ask the 'dumb' question, retry a step, go at your own pace. No support ticket, no coworker watching.
What people experience
One-shot training fades without practice, and people use only about 40% of the features they're required to. Help lives outside the tool.
How VAIL fixes it
Help is there every time you come back, right on the screen. VAIL meets you at the moment you need it, not weeks before.
What people experience
33% say courses and tools cost too much, 32% lack access to the tech, and 37% say their workplace doesn't offer AI tools at all.
How VAIL fixes it
Flexible billing plans, and lessons that work on the tools people already have. Learners pay for what they need, not a bloated course.
What people experience
61% want training aimed at their own gaps. New automation users stall at 'what do I even build?'
How VAIL fixes it
Learn by building something you actually want. Inspiration ideas seed projects, and a creator marketplace covers niche, real-world workflows.
Under-measured in surveys; strongest signal in community complaints.
What people experience
30% struggle to find reliable info. Surveys rarely ask about this, but forums are full of it: courses outdated in weeks, UIs changed since the video.
How VAIL fixes it
An actuality gate checks every lesson against the current UI, and creators are paid to keep content fresh. One curated place, kept current.
Open VAIL, press the mic, and ask in plain language: “Teach me pivot tables in Excel.” No course catalog to browse, no signup wall between you and the lesson.
“Teach me pivot tables in Excel.”
VAIL reads your actual window layout and resolves the next control to a real coordinate — the Insert tab on your monitor, not a screenshot from someone else's.
The guide-circle glides to the target and pulses while the tutor narrates. Your hands stay on the keys. Your mouse stays yours. Built-in speech recognition hears “pause”, “repeat”, or “break time” at any moment.
Click Insert. I'll wait right here.
Every step happens in the real application on your real files. That's the difference between watching a tutorial and actually knowing the software.
No sandbox. No screen takeover. No guessing where the button went.
VAIL is voice-in, voice-out, with a single visual anchor on screen. You listen, you look, you click. Nothing else competes for your attention — no second monitor, no tab-switching, no scrubbing a timeline.
The circle lands on the control, not near it.
Menus move; VAIL re-resolves them live.
Say “stop and save” — resume exactly where you left.
Consented still frames support AI step checks and are not intentionally stored in application storage.
Start with an everyday need, then let VAIL guide you through building it in the tools you already use.
A live mic keeps a low-latency loop with the tutor. Say any of these at any time.
Step-by-step, click-by-click guided keystrokes. No technical background required.
Accelerate the move into tech with targeted, interactive curricula that build real-world skills fast.
Turn internal know-how into a spoken course your people can follow inside the real software.
Lessons available now
Coming soon
Your first lesson is free. Pick a plan whenever you want the whole library.
Every prescribed lesson, at your own pace.
More AI Direct time for regular learners.
| Plan | Price | AI Direct minutes | Team features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Learner | $19/month | 15 a month | — |
| Pro | $49/month | 60 a month | — |
| Growth | $69/user/month (min 5) | 60 per user, pooled | Team admin, shared progress |
| Enterprise Pro | $89/user/month + $4,500/year | 120 per user, pooled | Authoring, admin analytics |
| Corporate Pilot | $2,500 for 30 days | 10 hours, pooled | Up to 25 seats |
AI Direct minutes are the time VAIL spends live with you: listening, watching your screen, and narrating each step.
Installs safely in under a minute with no complex setup. The viewer runs locally; voice or screen data is sent only when a feature needs it and you allow it.
VAIL runs locally on your device. Nothing is sent to the cloud unless a feature needs it, and you're always asked first.
Windows may warn because the installer is new: click More info, then Run anyway. Windows shows this warning for new software. We're in the process of code-signing the installer to remove it.