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 # OpenAdapt Capture
 
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 **OpenAdapt Capture** is the data collection component of the [OpenAdapt](https://github.com/OpenAdaptAI) GUI automation ecosystem.
 
 Capture platform-agnostic GUI interaction streams with time-aligned screenshots and audio for training ML models or replaying workflows.