--- title: "Eddy: the voice tutor in DuckyHelper for Mac" url: "https://duckyhelper.com/eddy/" description: "Eddy is the voice tutor in the DuckyHelper Mac app: talk out loud and it teaches on a blackboard, with labelled pictures, quizzes and your own homework file." updated: "2026-10-09" --- Eddy, in the Mac app # 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. [Download for Mac](https://duckyhelper.com/download/)[See the plans](https://duckyhelper.com/pricing/) [All films](https://duckyhelper.com/films/#zk-nation) Talk ## 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. [Guide: talk to Eddy](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/eddy/talk-and-type/) Hands-free 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. Pick your Eddy 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. Fast mode On paid plans, Settings, General, Fast mode: answers come faster, most of all the longer ones, and use more of your plan. On the Free plan Talking out loud is a one-time welcome, then the button becomes Type to Eddy and you keep going in writing, every day. Show ## 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.](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/eddy/blackboard/) [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.](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/eddy/pictures/) [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.](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/eddy/research/) [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.](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/eddy/homework/) [Quick checks and cards Quizzes dock beside the picture, and flashcards flip and come back right before you would forget them.](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/study/quizzes/) [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.](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/eddy/web-pages/) ## 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. Teach ## 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 [Why a tutor, not an answer app](https://duckyhelper.com/why-duckyhelper/) ## 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. Mac app Eddy tab Apple silicon [Four things to try first](https://duckyhelper.com/try/) ## Your first lesson, in a minute Download the app, then a minute. 1. 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. 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. 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 [Guide: Your first lesson with Eddy](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/start/first-lesson/) ## 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](https://duckyhelper.com/pricing/) has the details. ## Keep reading ### Try Eddy: four things to say out loud in your first minute Try Eddy in the DuckyHelper Mac app: open the Eddy tab, press Talk to Eddy and ask one of these questions out loud. ### For students: homework help in any subject, on your Mac An AI tutor for homework and big tests: ask out loud and it shows you the steps, on a blackboard or right on your screen, on a Mac. ### Plans and credits: what the Free plan includes and what each paid plan adds Compare DuckyHelper's Free, Plus, Pro and Unlimited plans: how much live voice each one gives, how credits and top-ups work, and how to cancel. ### Safety and privacy: ages, what is collected and kept, and the switches you have Is DuckyHelper safe for students? Who it is for, what it collects and why, how long it is kept, who processes it, and the switches learners and parents have. ### What's new: DuckyHelper is a Mac app, and every Mac app version What changed in DuckyHelper, newest first, in plain words: the web app closing, what the next Mac release brings, and every Mac version from 0.4 to 0.9. ### Research: a tutor built on learning science How DuckyHelper's tutor is built to teach: the model, a library of 100+ learning-science papers, the principles it follows and our white papers. ## Talk to Eddy Get the Mac app, open the Eddy tab and ask your first question out loud. [Download for Mac](https://duckyhelper.com/download/) [See what it does](https://duckyhelper.com/features/) The Mac app needs Apple silicon and macOS 14 Sonoma or later. There is no Chromebook, Windows or web version right now.