A voice tutor that shows you
Eddy is the voice tutor in the DuckyHelper Mac app. Open the app's Eddy tab, press Talk to Eddy and ask out loud. Eddy answers out loud and shows you on its own desk: a blackboard that writes as it talks, pictures with labels, quick checks, and your homework file. It never sees your screen; Ducky, in the pill, helps right on your screen in any app.
Ask out loud.
Press Talk to Eddy, or Space when nothing else is selected, and ask the way you would ask a person. Eddy answers out loud with captions and shows things on its desk while it talks.
After your first talk, Eddy offers hands-free listening: just start talking, no button. Nothing is sent until you talk, it listens only while the Eddy tab is in front, and it ends after 20 seconds of quiet.
Customize Eddy: an animal (a giraffe, the default, or a white or yellow duck, a cow, a dog, a cat or a penguin), one of eight voices and a background. The avatar moves its mouth as it talks and waves, points and nods.
On paid plans, Settings, General, Fast mode: answers come faster, most of all the longer ones, and use more of your plan.
Talking out loud is a one-time welcome, then the button becomes Type to Eddy and you keep going in writing, every day.
What Eddy shows you
Eddy picks how to answer: words, a picture or the board. You can steer it with the chip at the left of the bar: Eddy picks, Just words, Look it up, A picture or A scene.
Blackboard
Eddy writes and draws step by step in time with its voice, then hands you a your-turn. Cmd + K.
Pictures with labels
A picture comes into focus and labels appear as Eddy names each part. Tap a part to ask about it; edit buttons change it.
Reading with sources
Wikipedia, public-domain books and science pages in a clean reader. Eddy quotes only what it read, with numbered sources, and can read aloud.
Your homework file
Open a PDF, Word file, slides or a photo of a page. You both see it; Eddy gives hints first and checks what you wrote.
Quick checks and cards
Quizzes dock beside the picture, and flashcards flip and come back right before you would forget them.
Web pages, with you
Eddy opens a page in Eddy's browser, built into the Eddy tab, and points, scrolls and clicks where you can watch. Sign in to school sites there too.
Eddy and Ducky, in one Mac app
| Eddy (the Eddy tab) | Ducky (the pill) | |
|---|---|---|
| Where | The Eddy tab of the DuckyHelper dashboard | A small pill at the bottom of your screen, over any app |
| How you ask | Talk to Eddy, Space, or hands-free | Press fn in any app |
| Blackboard, reading, homework files | Yes | Open the Eddy tab |
| Quizzes, flashcards, steps, graphs, simulations, maps | Yes | Yes |
| Sees your screen | No, never | Yes, while the pill is open |
| Draws on your screen, tutorials in your apps | No | Yes |
| Typing coach at your caret | No | Yes |
One app, one account, one plan, with the same lessons and progress. DuckyHelper for Mac needs Apple silicon and macOS 14 or later.
Built and trained to teach
Eddy is trained on 1,000,000+ tutoring examples and built on 100+ learning-science papers about how people learn. So it asks you to try, gives a hint before the answer, and checks your turn instead of doing the work for you.
- A your-turn after the blackboard
- Hints first on your homework file, and a short hint written beside the question
- Lessons you can replay exactly as they happened, from History
Works on your Mac
DuckyHelper is a Mac app for Apple silicon and macOS 14 or later, and Eddy lives in its Eddy tab. Sign in once and your lessons follow you to every Mac you use. There is no Chromebook, Windows or web version right now.
Your first lesson, in a minute
Download the app, then a minute.
- 1. Get the Mac app
Download DuckyHelper for Mac, open it, and sign in or make an account with your email, Google, Apple or GitHub.
- 2. Let Eddy get to know you
On your first visit, a card offers Talk with Eddy: a few quick questions, one at a time, so lessons fit you.
- 3. Allow the microphone and ask
Press Talk to Eddy in the Eddy tab and allow the microphone when your Mac asks. Then ask about anything.
Example lessons are on the start page: adding fractions, inside a leaf, and why leaves are green.
How to use it
Frequently asked questions
Is Eddy the same as DuckyHelper?
Yes. Eddy is the tutor in the DuckyHelper Mac app's Eddy tab; in the app's pill the same tutor is called Ducky. One account and one plan cover both, with the same lessons and progress.
Does Eddy see my screen?
No. Eddy never captures your screen and never uses your camera. It works on its own desk: the blackboard, pictures, the reader and the files you open with it. Help right on your screen, where the tutor points and draws over any app, is Ducky's, in the pill.
Does Eddy work on a school Chromebook?
Not right now: DuckyHelper is a Mac app (macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon). There is no Chromebook or web version. Eddy lives in the DuckyHelper Mac app's Eddy tab, on a Mac with Apple silicon.
Do I need to download anything?
Yes. Eddy is part of DuckyHelper for Mac: download the app, sign in, and open the Eddy tab. It needs a Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 14 or later. The voice and thinking run online, so you need an internet connection.
Can Eddy open Google Classroom or Canvas?
Yes. Eddy's browser, built into the Eddy tab, is a real browser, so you can sign in to Google Classroom, Canvas or Schoology there and work with Eddy in the page. SafeSearch is on, and Clear in Settings signs you out of every site.
Is Eddy free?
The Free plan includes a one-time live voice welcome, then typing to Eddy every day. Drawn diagrams, Wikipedia photos, the blackboard and reading work on every plan; made pictures are Plus and up. Pricing has the details.
Talk to Eddy
Get the Mac app, open the Eddy tab and ask your first question out loud.
