Invisible notes for board meetings.
Keep key metrics and announcements at your fingertips.
Speaker notes for executives and leadership, on Mac and Windows. Your notes stay on your screen while you present, and out of the screen everyone else is looking at.
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Right — let's start. Today: board presentations.
look at the camera, not the deck
You are seeing my slides. You are not seeing this.
let that land
This window sits on my screen and is left out of the screen share entirely.
slow down
Which means the notes executives and leadership actually need are right here, at eye level.
check the clock
The timer keeps me honest, and the pink lines tell me how to say the next part.
smile, then continue
Nobody on the call knows either of them exist.
The pink lines are cues, written for you to read and not to say, and the clock at the top is the timer counting how long you have been talking.
What you get
Everything the call sees is your slide
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Hidden from the screen you are sharing
The CueCard window is left out of screen capture by the operating system itself. On Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams the room sees your deck and never your notes — which is the whole reason executives and leadership keep it open.
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Notes for the deck you already present from
Paste them straight in and present from PowerPoint, Keynote, a PDF, or from nothing at all. If the deck is in Google Slides, the browser extension makes the notes change along with the slide.
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Cues you read but never say out loud
Write [cue slow down] or [cue take a breath] into your notes and it appears in colour. It reminds you how to say the next part instead of handing you another line to get through.
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A timer that counts your slot down
Set how long you have on the Set Timer pill and CueCard counts it down on screen while you talk. It is the plainest way executives and leadership keep a thirty-minute slot to thirty minutes.
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A window that sits where you want it
Move it, resize it, and fade it back over the slide behind it, so your notes are near the camera you are looking into rather than somewhere you have to go hunting for.
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Keyboard shortcuts for the whole thing
Show and hide the window, move it, resize it, and start or reset the timer from the keyboard, without ever clicking away from what you are presenting.
The app itself
What it looks like.
Write the script, press play and it scrolls, then set it up the way you read.
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![CueCard for Mac and Windows with a script open, its [cue] directions in pink and a Set Timer button in the corner.](/assets/desktop-script.webp)
Write the script, with your cues in brackets. -
Press play and it scrolls, with the clock running. -
Set the speed, the cue colour and what screen share can see.
On Mac and Windows
See it work
A minute of it, on a shared screen
A short film of the notes staying off the screen everyone else can see. It opens on YouTube.
The script
Write it plainly. Read it like a pro.
Type your script the way you would say it out loud. There is one optional tag to learn: a cue. A cue reminds you how to say the next line, and CueCard shows it in colour so you notice it without reading it out.
What you write
Ordinary text, with [cue] added wherever it helps.
What you see
Your cues show up in the colour you picked while the rest of the script scrolls past in plain text, so your eye catches them and your mouth does not.
Where it earns its place
What executives reach for it in
- Board presentations
- All-hands meetings
- Investor updates
- Strategic reviews
Made for
Whoever else has to hold the room
Also on your phone
Filming a video instead? There is an app for that.
Download
Know your lines. Show your slides.
Free on Mac and Windows. No account required, no subscription and nothing to cancel.
Find macOS installers on GitHub Find Windows installers on GitHub
Frequently asked
Questions from executives
Can board members see my notes during presentations?
No. CueCard is invisible during screen sharing. Your board sees your slides and data, not your talking points or sensitive notes.
Is it secure for confidential information?
CueCard runs locally on your computer. Your notes never leave your device or get uploaded anywhere.
Can I use it for investor presentations?
Yes. Keep your key metrics, funding details, and Q&A prep notes visible during high-stakes investor meetings.
Is CueCard free?
Yes. CueCard is completely free and open source under the MIT License.
Do I need an account to use CueCard?
No. There is nothing to sign up for on either app, and your scripts and settings live on your device. The one exception is Google Slides sync on the desktop app, which asks you to sign in with Google so it can read the notes out of your deck. See the privacy policy for the details.
Is CueCard open source?
Yes, MIT licensed, on GitHub. An app that can see your script is one worth being able to read the source of.
Where are my scripts stored?
On your device. Your notes are not uploaded to us. The privacy policy sets out exactly what is and is not kept.
How do I report a bug or ask for a feature?
Open an issue on GitHub, or email support@cuecard.dev. Both are read.