--- title: "Try Eddy: ask a question out loud | DuckyHelper" url: "https://duckyhelper.com/try/" description: "Try Eddy in the DuckyHelper Mac app: open the Eddy tab, press Talk to Eddy and ask one of these questions out loud." updated: "2026-10-09" --- Try it in your first minute # Try Eddy Get DuckyHelper for Mac, open the dashboard's Eddy tab, press Talk to Eddy and ask one of the questions below out loud. The Free plan starts with a short live voice welcome, then you keep going by typing. It needs a Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 14 or later. [Download for Mac](https://duckyhelper.com/download/)[What Eddy can do](https://duckyhelper.com/eddy/) Four things to try ## Say one of these Copy a question, or say it in your own words. Eddy picks how to show it: words, a picture or the board. ### Why do you feel lighter in an elevator going down? Ask a why question you have always wondered about. Eddy explains it out loud and shows it on its desk, as a labelled picture or on the blackboard. Then try ## More from the start page A new tab in Eddy opens the start page, with Tools and three example lessons to replay. [Read with Eddy Press Research (Cmd + E) and find an article or a book. Select a sentence and ask about it.](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/eddy/research/) [The blackboard Press Blackboard (Cmd + K) and say what to explain. Eddy writes it out in time with its voice.](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/eddy/blackboard/) [World Step into a picture: it fills the desk and keeps drawing while Eddy talks. Escape brings you back.](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/eddy/world/) [Example lessons Adding fractions, inside a leaf, and why leaves are green. Replay one, then Ask Eddy about this.](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/eddy/start-page/) ## Ready? Open Eddy. In the DuckyHelper Mac app, open the Eddy tab and allow the microphone when your Mac asks. Ducky, in the pill, also helps right on your screen. Mac app Eddy tab Ask out loud [Download for Mac](https://duckyhelper.com/download/) ## How to use it [Guide: Your first lesson with Eddy](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/start/first-lesson/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Do I need to download anything? Yes. Eddy is part of DuckyHelper for Mac, so you download the app, sign in with your email, Google, Apple or GitHub, open the Eddy tab and press Talk to Eddy. There is no Chromebook, Windows or web version right now. ### Is trying it free? Yes, on the Free plan: a short live voice welcome, then typing to Eddy every day, with no card needed. Talking out loud after the welcome is part of Plus and up. [Pricing](https://duckyhelper.com/pricing/) has the exact numbers. ### What should I ask first? Something you are curious about or stuck on: a why question, a picture you want to see, the math problem in front of you, or a quiz on what you just studied. Eddy also asks a few quick questions on your first visit so lessons fit you. ## Keep reading ### Eddy: the voice tutor in the DuckyHelper Mac app's Eddy tab 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. ### 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. ### Every DuckyHelper feature: what it does, where it runs, and a short film of each What DuckyHelper for Mac does: Eddy teaches out loud on a blackboard, and Ducky sees your screen, draws on it and walks you through your own apps. ### Every subject: one question per subject, shown on screen DuckyHelper is an AI tutor for any subject: math, the sciences, history, writing, languages, code, music and art, each explained out loud and shown on screen. ### Wikipedia, books and science pages in a clean reader; Eddy quotes only what it read, with numbered sources Read Wikipedia, classic books and science pages with Eddy in a clean reader. Eddy quotes only paragraphs it read, with numbered sources, and reads aloud. ### Say quiz me: tap, type math or answer true or false, and every miss comes with why Say quiz me and DuckyHelper writes a quick quiz on what you are learning: tap, type math or answer true or false, and every miss comes with why. ## Ask your first question Get the Mac app, open the Eddy tab and talk to Eddy. [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.