Turn Lecture Slides Into a Study Guide
For the week before the midterm. DuckyHelper reads your lecture slides, pulls out the key ideas and formulas, and writes a clear study guide in Google Docs. When something doesn't click, ask, and it works it out with you on the blackboard.
“Turn this week's lecture slides into a study guide in Google Docs with key terms, formulas and worked examples.”
- 01Write small tools for Google Slides and Google Docs, onceSmall JavaScript tools made from how each site already works. The next run calls them directly.
getPresentation(id)createDoc(title)insertText(doc, text)
- 02Read every slide in the unit
- 03Pull out key ideas, terms and formulas
- 04Write the guide with worked examples
- 05Explain any part on the blackboard when you ask
You getStudy from something that makes sense. A guide in plain words with examples, plus help on the blackboard for the hard parts. The next unit is one ask.
A run, drawn from this page · early access on Mac
Nothing to send, so it runs straight through.
Nothing in this job sends a message or pays for anything, so it works through to the end and tells you when it's done. If a step ever would, it's built to stop and ask you first.
If it hits a sign-in, you sign in yourself. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers.
Do it once. Then let it repeat.
When it's done, it offers to keep doing it: every Monday at 9:00 AM. Each run goes through the API it learned the first time, so it's quick, and it's still built to ask before it sends or pays.
Always-on automations are in early access on Mac.
Before you ask it.
What do I say?
Press fn (Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux) and ask out loud, in your own words, like "Turn this week's lecture slides into a study guide in Google Docs with key terms, formulas and worked examples."
Why is the second time faster?
The first time, it writes small JavaScript tools for Google Slides and Google Docs and builds an API from each site's own buttons, forms and requests. After that it calls them directly, so the job runs in one go instead of click by click. It costs less and breaks less.
Will it send anything without me?
It's built to ask first before it sends a message or pays for anything, and to wait for your yes. It may not recognize every send or payment, so keep an eye on tasks that involve messages or money. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers: you sign in yourself, and it picks up from there.
Why not just do it by hand?
Slides are made for the lecture, not for studying, so reviewing them means rebuilding the notes yourself.
Can it keep doing this on its own?
Yes. When it's done it offers to make it automatic (every Monday at 9:00 AM). Each run goes the same way and is still built to ask before it sends or pays.
Can I use this today?
Doing jobs in your apps is in early access on Mac. Talking to DuckyHelper, and having it see your screen and draw on it, works today on Mac, Windows and Linux.
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Do anything
Ask it a question or hand it a job, in any app.
Doing jobs for you is in early access on Mac. Asking works on Mac, Windows and Linux.