Speaker notes your Teams call cannot see.
Your notes stay on your screen and out of the screen share. On Microsoft Teams, everyone else sees your deck and never your speaker notes. Paste your notes in to use CueCard with any deck, or add the browser extension so notes from Google Slides follow your slides.
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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 Microsoft Teams 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 Microsoft Teams sees is your slide
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Hidden while you share your screen on Microsoft Teams
The CueCard window is left out of screen capture by the operating system, so Microsoft Teams shows everyone your slides and never your notes.
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Notes that keep up with your slides
Presenting from Google Slides? Add the browser extension and your notes change as you move through the deck. Presenting from anything else? Paste your notes in and read straight through them.
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A countdown you can actually see
Set how long you have in CueCard and it counts down on screen, so a thirty-minute Microsoft Teams call stays thirty minutes.
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On your phone as well
Filming a video after the Microsoft Teams call? The CueCard app for iPhone and iPad floats your script on top of whatever you record in.
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
The Microsoft Teams calls people keep it open for
- Client calls on Teams
- Teams live events
- Town halls on Teams
- Sales demos over Teams
- Internal training sessions
- Teams interviews
Made for
Whoever has to hold the room
Also on your phone
Filming a video instead? There is an app for that.
Download
Ready for your next Microsoft Teams call?
Download CueCard for Mac or Windows, paste your notes in, and share your screen without sharing them.
Find macOS installers on GitHub Find Windows installers on GitHub
Frequently asked
Questions about CueCard and Microsoft Teams
Are speaker notes invisible on Microsoft Teams?
Yes. The CueCard window is left out of screen capture by the operating system, so Microsoft Teams sends everyone your slides and never your notes, even though the window is right there on your screen. Try one practice share first to see it for yourself.
How do I use speaker notes in Teams meetings?
Install CueCard for Mac or Windows, paste your notes in or sync them from Google Slides, then start your Microsoft Teams call as usual. Your notes sit on your screen where you can read them, and stay out of what you share.
Can I use CueCard with PowerPoint on Teams?
Yes. While CueCard syncs directly with Google Slides, you can easily copy your PowerPoint speaker notes and paste them into CueCard for any Teams presentation.
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.