Slidekick

Your slides, a script that follows your voice, and a clicker, all on your iPhone.

Slidekick for iPhone →Slidekick for Mac →

What it does

A script that follows your voice

Read your presenter notes and Slidekick keeps your place. Pause or go off script and it waits; skip a line and it's marked.

Slides at a glance

Now, Next and what's coming later. Jump to any slide, or straight to a speaker's part.

Built for group talks

Write (Alex) in your notes and everyone sees who's up next, with a "You're up" moment on the right phone.

Hands-free clicks

Put (click) in your notes where a build should play. Slidekick clicks when you reach those words.

Draw on the big screen

Pen, highlighter and a laser pointer on your iPhone, shown over the slide on the projector.

Rehearse anywhere

Decks stay on your phone with notes and slides. After each run, see your timing and what you skipped.

Get started

1
Install both apps
Slidekick on your iPhone, and Slidekick for Mac, which lives in your Mac's menu bar.
2
Open your deck in Keynote
The first time, allow Slidekick to control Keynote when macOS asks.
3
Pair
Click the Slidekick icon in the menu bar and scan the QR code with your iPhone Camera, or tap your Mac in the app and enter the 4-digit code. Both devices need to be on the same Wi-Fi.

No Mac nearby? Open the built-in Slidekick Tour on the iPhone to try everything first.

Writing your notes

(Alex) or @Alexat the start of a paragraph: Alex reads from here on.

(click) · (click x3)press Next here: plays a build, or moves to the next slide at the end.

[[Nguyen|win]]a pronunciation hint: shows "Nguyen (win)" and accepts either.

@caston a skipped slide: list presenters as Name = Full Name, color.

Troubleshooting

My iPhone can't find my Mac.

Make sure Slidekick for Mac is running (look for its icon in the menu bar) and both devices are on the same Wi-Fi. On your iPhone, check Settings → Privacy & Security → Local Network → Slidekick is on.

Slidekick says it can't control Keynote.

On your Mac, open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Automation, and turn on Keynote under Slidekick. Then refresh from the Slidekick menu.

Voice following doesn't start.

Allow microphone and speech recognition when asked. The first time, your iPhone may download the on-device speech model. In a noisy room, try Steady Scroll in Options.

The slide pictures look out of date.

Slide pictures refresh when you open a deck or add or remove slides. After editing a slide, choose Refresh Slides in the Slidekick menu or in Options on your iPhone.

Hands-free clicks don't click.

Turn on Hands-free Clicks in Options, start the slideshow, and use Follow My Voice. A cue clicks once you say the words just before it.

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