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.
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- Free and open source
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.
Adjust the speed to your pace. Pink lines are reminders, not words to read aloud.
What you get
Everything you get, on top of the slide sync
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A script that scrolls while you speak
Press play, with a speed, text size and start delay you choose. Pause, go back or restart whenever you need.
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Saved scripts for the next presentation
Name a script and open it again from the sidebar. Import and export text files with your cues included.
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Hidden from your screen share
Your notes stay on your screen while Zoom, Google Meet and Teams show only your slides.
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Cues you read but never say
Reminders like [cue slow down] show in color, telling you how to say the next part.
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A timer for your slot
Set a duration for a countdown with warning and overtime colors, or leave it unset to count up. The timer keeps going across slides.
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Google Slides notes that follow your slides
With the browser extension, the notes for the slide you are on show up as you present.
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Works with any deck, or none
PowerPoint, Keynote, a PDF or no slides at all. Just paste your notes in.
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Keyboard shortcuts
Show, hide, move and time it without clicking away from your presentation.
The app itself
Your speaker notes, straight from the deck.
Present from Google Slides and each slide's notes arrive in CueCard as you go.
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Present your deck and the slide's speaker notes arrive. -
Change slides and the next slide's notes take over. -
Set the speed, the cue colour and what screen share can see.
With Google Slides
See it work
A minute of it, on a shared screen
Two short films: the notes following your deck, and staying off the screen everyone else can see. Each 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.
How do I sync speaker notes from Google Slides?
Install the CueCard desktop app and browser extension. In CueCard, choose Google Slides and click Connect Google Slides, then authorize read-only access to your presentations with Google. Open your deck in the browser and present; the notes in CueCard follow the current slide. You can read them in the editor or press play to scroll them in the prompter.
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.
Does the desktop app scroll my script automatically?
Yes. Press play to open the prompter. In Settings, choose Scroll Speed in lines per minute, a Start Delay before scrolling begins, and Small, Medium or Large text. You can pause, go back ten seconds, restart or scroll by hand. Google Slides notes can scroll too.
Is there a timer for my slot?
Yes. Click Set Timer and choose a duration. The prompter counts down, warns you in the last fifth of the time and shows when you run over. With no duration set, it counts up. Changing slides does not reset the timer. Set the duration in the app; timing tags in the script are no longer used.
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 free?
Yes. CueCard is completely free on mobile and on desktop, and open source. Read the code on GitHub — and a star is always welcome.