Your Google Slides notes, off the shared screen.
Present from Google Slides with your speaker notes on your own screen and out of the screen share. Install the CueCard app and the browser extension, and the notes for the slide you are on appear in CueCard and change as you move through the deck.
- 1,500+ downloads
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- Free and MIT licensed
Thanks for joining — I'll share my screen in a second.
wait for the green dot
You can see my deck now. You cannot see this window.
let that land
These are my speaker notes, sitting on my screen and left out of what Google Slides is sending you.
slow down
The clock at the top is counting this section down, so I finish when I said I would.
check the time
And the pink lines are reminders about how to say the next part.
smile, then move on
Right — on to the numbers.
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 you get, on top of the slide sync
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Hidden from your screen share
The CueCard window is left out of screen capture by the operating system itself. On Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams, everyone sees your slides and never your notes — even though the window is right there on your screen.
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Cues you read but never say out loud
Type something like [cue slow down] in your notes and it appears in colour. It reminds you how to say the next part instead of giving you another line to read.
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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 easiest way to keep a thirty-minute slot to thirty minutes.
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Google Slides notes that follow your slides
Add the CueCard browser extension and the speaker notes for the slide you are on show up in CueCard as you move through the deck. You do not have to scroll to keep up.
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Works with any deck, or no deck at all
Google Slides is optional. Paste your notes straight into CueCard and present from PowerPoint, Keynote, a PDF, or nothing at all — it is a teleprompter on its own.
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Keyboard shortcuts for the whole thing
Show and hide the window, move it, resize it, fade it back over your slides and start or reset the timer from the keyboard, without ever clicking away from what you are presenting.
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.
What you need
Two pieces: the app, and the extension
Google Slides needs both halves, so it is worth being plain about them. The CueCard app for Mac or Windows is the window your notes appear in, and the one your screen share cannot see. The browser extension is the part that reads the speaker notes out of your deck and sends them to that window each time you move to the next slide. The extension on its own does nothing, so install the app as well.
Made for
Whoever has to hold the room
Also on your phone
Filming a video instead? There is an app for that.
Download
Ready to read your Slides notes off your own screen?
Install the app below, then add the browser extension above. You need both.
Find macOS installers on GitHub Find Windows installers on GitHub
Frequently asked
Questions about CueCard and Google Slides
Do I need anything besides the CueCard app?
Yes, one more thing: the CueCard browser extension. The app is the window your notes appear in, and the extension is what reads the notes out of your deck and sends them across. Google Slides needs both, and both are free.
Do notes update automatically when I change slides?
Yes. Move to the next slide and CueCard shows that slide's speaker notes. You never have to scroll or click across to keep the two in step.
Which browsers support the Google Slides extension?
Chrome, Firefox and Safari. The Chrome extension also covers Edge, Brave and Arc, and the Safari one is installed for you by the Mac app.
Is CueCard invisible on Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams?
Yes. CueCard is designed to be undetectable on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and similar apps: it is excluded from screen capture, so your speaker notes stay off the shared screen while your deck goes out normally. Run one practice call to confirm it behaves as you expect with your setup.
Can other people see my notes during screen sharing or a recording?
No. On Mac and Windows the CueCard window is left out of screen shares and screen recordings by the operating system itself. If you want to be sure before a call, check that Ghost Mode is turned on in Settings and try one practice share.
Do I need Google Slides to use CueCard?
No. Type or paste your notes straight into CueCard and present from anything you like — PowerPoint, Keynote, a PDF, a browser, or nothing at all. Google Slides sync is one extra way to use CueCard, not something it needs to work.
How do I sync speaker notes from Google Slides?
Two things have to be installed: the CueCard app for Mac or Windows, which is the window your notes appear in, and the CueCard browser extension, which reads the notes out of your deck. With both in place, open your presentation and the notes for the slide you are on show up in CueCard and change as you move through the deck.
How do cue tags work?
A cue is a reminder to yourself about how to say the next part, rather than another line to read. Write [cue slow down] or [cue pause here] in the middle of your notes and CueCard draws it in colour, so you take it in as a direction instead of reading it out. Cues are optional.
Which operating systems does the desktop app run on?
macOS and Windows. Both builds are on the downloads section and on the GitHub releases page.
Is CueCard free?
Yes. CueCard is completely free on mobile and on desktop, and open source under the MIT licence. Read the code on GitHub — and a star is always welcome.