A menu-bar teleprompter that hugs the top of your screen, right under your camera. Read naturally — it scrolls to where you actually are, by voice, speed, or cue.
Developer ID–signed · notarized · Sparkle auto-updates · free, open source (MIT)
How it works
The overlay snaps to the area right below your notch/camera, so your gaze barely leaves the lens while you read.
Notchcue listens (on your Mac, offline) and scrolls exactly where you are. No pacing math, no rewind taps.
Auto-play for a fixed pace, voice-follow for ad-lib reads, and a one-line mini prompter for quick glances.
Features
Scrolls to the sentence you're reading. Chinese and English use macOS on-device recognition; mixed zh+en runs 100% offline via bundled WhisperKit.
Constant-speed scrolling with adjustable speed, font size, width, height and a start countdown.
Off-script presenting on outline cards: hang data, examples and punchlines off each point, jump with hotkeys.
Fold to one line that shows the current sentence large and auto-advances — one glance is enough.
A timer bar plus a menu-bar log of duration, words, pace and completion for every session. Stored locally, never uploaded.
Hover the overlay and use two fingers: horizontal for speed, vertical for scroll — or jump cue points in Cue mode.
Hide the prompter from viewers while recording or sharing your screen (best-effort, app-dependent).
A categorized sidebar with grouped cards, live appearance preview and motion styles that honor Reduce Motion.
Menu-bar resident, detachable floating window, and a 简体中文 / English UI switchable at runtime.
Your voice stays on your Mac
Shortcuts
The ⌥⌘ chords always work and never interfere with typing in other apps.
One download, signed and notarized. In-app updates roll out automatically through Sparkle.
1 · Install
Open the DMG and drag Notchcue to Applications.
2 · Allow mic
Grant Microphone once — the audio is processed on-device.
3 · Read
⌥⌘P to start. It stays out of the way in your menu bar.