Step-by-step tutorials in your own apps
Ask the DuckyHelper Mac app how to do something, make a chart, turn on dark mode, use a formula, and Ducky teaches you in the real app on your screen. The pointer shows where, each step is said out loud, and Ducky waits for you to do it. It watches your clicks and typing and moves on only when you really did the step.
Learn by doing, not by watching.
A video moves on whether you followed or not. Ducky does not. It shows where the step is, says what to do, and watches the app you are in: your clicks, the field you are in, what you type. When you have really done the step, the next one follows. Prefer to go on yourself? Press Next.
During a tutorial a small pill rides along with the mouse, with Cancel and Done. Hold fn and it holds still, so you can click it.
Ducky follows your clicks and typing only while a tutorial asks for it, never at launch, and its log never says what you clicked.
A spreadsheet, a slide deck, System Settings, a design tool, a website: if it is on your Mac, Ducky can walk you through it.
See it once. Then your turn.
Say show me first, and the pointer does the task once while Ducky narrates. It only moves and draws; nothing is clicked or typed. Then Ducky says your turn, and the same steps become a tutorial that checks you.
Ask click it for me, or type my name in, and Ducky will. The pointer always flies there first, so you see every click, and it never types in a password field.
When a step says type this.
For a step where you type, grey ghost letters appear at your cursor inside the real text box, and each letter you type replaces its ghost. A wrong letter is marked in red under it, so you can fix it. Every letter is yours.
Ask how. Then do it.
How a tutorial goes on a Mac.
- 1. Press fn and ask how
How do I make a chart from this table? In the app you are using.
- 2. Ducky shows where
The pointer flies to the first button and Ducky says the step.
- 3. You do it
Click, type, choose. Ducky watches and waits.
- 4. The next step follows
When you really did it. Done ends it; Cancel stops it any time.
Tutorials need the Accessibility switch, to follow your clicks and typing, and Screen recording. The Mac app asks for both when you set it up.
Doing beats watching.
Following a worked example and then trying it yourself, with someone checking each step, is how skills stick. That is the shape of every DuckyHelper tutorial: show, then your turn, then a check. The learning science behind it: Show a worked example first.
How to use it
Frequently asked questions
How do I learn new software step by step?
Open the app you want to learn on your Mac, press fn and ask DuckyHelper how to do the task. Ducky shows each step on your real screen, says it out loud and waits for you to do it, then moves on. It works in spreadsheets, slide decks, design tools, settings and websites.
Does Ducky click things for me?
Only when you clearly ask, like click it for me, or while it shows you a task once in watch me, then you, where the pointer only moves and draws. Its pointer always flies to the spot first, so you see every click, and it never types in a password field.
How does it know I did the step?
While a tutorial runs, Ducky follows your clicks, the field you are in and what you type, using the Accessibility switch you allowed. When you have done the step for real, the next one follows. You can also press Next.
Does it work on a Chromebook?
Not right now: DuckyHelper is a Mac app (macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon). There is no Chromebook or web version. Tutorials in your own apps need the Mac app. In its Eddy tab, Eddy can also open a web page with you and point, scroll and click in it where you can watch. Eddy's browser shows how.
Can I stop a tutorial halfway?
Yes. The small pill that follows your mouse during a tutorial has Cancel and Done. Hold fn and the pill holds still, so you can click Cancel. The tutorial ends there, and you can ask for it again whenever you want.
More features
Learn the app you are in
Download DuckyHelper for Mac, open the app, press fn and ask how.
