--- title: "A tutor that sees your screen | DuckyHelper" url: "https://duckyhelper.com/features/sees-your-screen/" description: "On a Mac, press fn in any app and DuckyHelper sees what you see, so you can ask about the exact problem in front of you. Hold fn and command to point." updated: "2026-10-09" --- Mac app # A tutor that sees your screen In the DuckyHelper Mac app, press fn in any app and ask about what is in front of you: this graph, this question, this error. While the pill is open, Ducky keeps a small, current view of your screen, so it answers about the exact thing you mean and can point at it. Hold fn and command to point at something yourself. This is Ducky, in the pill; Eddy, in the Eddy tab, never sees your screen. [Download for Mac](https://duckyhelper.com/download/)[See every feature](https://duckyhelper.com/features/) Ask about this ## Say this, and it knows what you mean. No copying, no screenshots, no describing the problem. Press fn and ask about it the way you would ask someone sitting next to you. Ducky reads what you are looking at, answers out loud and points at the part it is talking about. [Guide: Ducky sees your screen](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/mac/sees-your-screen/) A sharper look when it needs one The view it keeps is small and current. When it needs to read small print, it takes a sharper picture of that moment. Any app, any site A PDF, a worksheet open in Safari or Chrome, a spreadsheet, your code editor, a video paused on a slide: if it is on your screen, you can ask about it. Remember this Say remember this, and Ducky keeps a picture of what it just saw for the rest of the session, so you can bring it back later: bring back that error from before. Point ## Hold fn and command. Point. Sometimes it is easier to show than to say. Hold fn and command and move the mouse over the thing you mean: a glowing blue trail follows it and your words show beside it. Let go and Ducky gets a picture with your trail on it. Point at two things and ask how they connect. Showing on the thing itself, while it is explained, is the idea behind [Draw it as you explain](https://duckyhelper.com/research/principles/draw-it-as-you-explain/). Watch while you work ## It can keep an eye on your work. Want to work alone without getting stuck? Ask Ducky to watch. It keeps an eye on that one part of your screen and stays quiet, and the pill says Watching. When something slips, it speaks up right then: hold on, should that be times? [Guide: Watch while you work](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/mac/watch-while-you-work/) Only when you ask Watching is off until you ask for it, it covers only the area you asked about, and it ends when its time is up. Light on purpose It looks again only when that area changes and settles, at most once every few seconds. Privacy ## It looks only while the pill is open. Seeing your screen is the whole point of the Mac app, so it is built to look as little as it can. ### Only while the pill is open Press fn again and it stops looking. Watching happens only when you ask. ### Never your passwords Nothing is captured while a password field is in focus. ### Not its own windows DuckyHelper's pill, cards and dashboard are never in the picture. ### Your switch macOS asks you for Screen Recording first, and you can turn it off in System Settings. ## Set it up once. Ask anywhere. The Mac app's first start walks you through four macOS switches. Each one is for one job. 1. 1. Microphone To hear you when you talk to Ducky. 2. 2. Screen recording To see what you are looking at, while the pill is open. Works after a restart of the app. 3. 3. Accessibility To follow your clicks and typing in tutorials, only while a tutorial is running. 4. 4. Input monitoring So the fn key opens Ducky from any app. DuckyHelper for Mac needs Apple silicon and macOS 14 Sonoma or later. ## Rather not share? Talk to Eddy. In the Mac app's Eddy tab, Eddy teaches on its own desk instead of your screen: open your homework file there, or have Eddy open a web page with you. It never sees your screen. Eddy tab No screen capture [Download for Mac](https://duckyhelper.com/download/) ## How to use it [Guide: Press fn to talk to Ducky](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/mac/fn-pill/)[Guide: Ducky sees your screen](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/mac/sees-your-screen/)[Guide: Point at it yourself (fn + cmd)](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/mac/point-yourself/)[Guide: Set up your Mac: permissions and the fn key](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/start/mac-setup/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Can an AI tutor see my screen? The DuckyHelper Mac app can. Press fn in any app and Ducky keeps a small, current view of your screen while the pill is open, so you can ask about exactly what is in front of you. Eddy, in the app's Eddy tab, never sees your screen. ### Is it watching my screen all the time? No. Ducky looks only while the pill is open, and pressing fn again stops it. It watches an area over time only when you ask it to, and only that area. Nothing is captured while a password field is in focus, and DuckyHelper's own windows are never in the picture. ### Does it work on a Chromebook or Windows? Not right now: DuckyHelper is a Mac app (macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon). There is no Chromebook, Windows or web version. Seeing your screen needs the Mac app on a Mac with Apple silicon. [Eddy](https://duckyhelper.com/eddy/) explains what the Eddy tab does. ### Is DuckyHelper the only tutor that sees your screen? No. Other apps also look at your screen, Clicky for one. DuckyHelper is built to teach with what it sees: it points and draws on your screen, gives hints before answers and walks you through your own apps. [DuckyHelper vs Clicky](https://duckyhelper.com/compare/duckyhelper-vs-clicky/) compares the two. ### What does point at it yourself do? Hold fn and command and move the mouse over the thing you mean. A blue trail follows the mouse and your words show beside it. When you let go, Ducky gets a picture with your trail drawn on it, so what is this means exactly that part. ### Which permissions does it need, and why? Four macOS switches: Microphone to hear you, Screen recording to see what you are looking at, Accessibility to follow your clicks in tutorials, and Input monitoring so fn works from any app. The setup window shows each with a checkmark, and the menu bar duck has Permissions to check them later. ## More features ### Circles, arrows and handwritten hints drawn right over your own work, on a Mac On a Mac, DuckyHelper draws on your real screen while it explains: circles, arrows, boxes and labels over any app, and hints written next to your work. ### Learn an app inside the app: Ducky shows each step, waits for you, and moves on when you did it On a Mac, DuckyHelper teaches you an app inside the app itself: it shows where to click, waits for you to do each step, and moves on when you did. ### Grey ghost letters at your cursor in any Mac app; type over them and fix the slips yourself DuckyHelper's typing coach puts grey ghost letters at your cursor in any Mac app. Type over them; a slip is marked in red so you can fix it. ### Eddy writes and draws step by step in time with its voice, then hands you a your-turn Eddy works it out on a blackboard, writing and drawing step by step in time with its voice, then gives you a your-turn and checks your answer. ### Write your working and get it checked line by line, or answer a quick check on Eddy's whiteboard Write your working and DuckyHelper checks it: the first wrong line marked with why on a Mac, and Eddy's whiteboard for a quick drawing or check. ### A picture made for your question, labelled as Eddy explains; tap any part to ask about it Ask Eddy to show you and a picture made for your question comes into focus, labelled as Eddy explains. Tap any part to ask about it, or change it. ## Keep reading ### Mac: press fn in any app, and the tutor sees and marks your screen DuckyHelper for Mac: a tutor over every app that sees your screen, talks and draws on it. What it needs, how to set it up, and what only the Mac app does. ### DuckyHelper vs Clicky: two voice helpers that see your Mac screen, one built for studying DuckyHelper vs Clicky (HeyClicky): two voice helpers that see your Mac screen and point. What each is built for, where Clicky is better, and which fits you. ### Download DuckyHelper for Mac: what you need, what it asks for and why Get DuckyHelper for Mac: download it, drag it to Applications, sign in and press fn. Needs Apple silicon and macOS 14 Sonoma or later. ## Ask about what is on your screen Download DuckyHelper for Mac, press fn, and ask about this. [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.