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DuckyHelper for Windows and Linux is a beta. Download it, install it, sign in through your browser, then press Ctrl Shift Space in any app and ask.

  • Works on Windows and Linux only

On Windows#

  1. On your PC, go to duckyhelper.com/download and click Download for Windows. It needs Windows 10 or 11.

  2. Open the installer. It's in your Downloads: the arrow at the top of your browser, or File Explorer. If your browser asks, choose Keep.

  3. Windows may say Windows protected your PC. DuckyHelper is new and not signed yet, so Windows doesn't know it. Click More info.

    A diagram: this window is Windows' own.

  4. Click Run anyway.

    A diagram: this window is Windows' own.

  5. Click through the installer. When it's done, DuckyHelper opens its dashboard. Click Sign in.

  6. Your browser opens the DuckyHelper sign-in page. Sign in, or click Create an account if you're new.

  7. When the page says You're signed in, go back to DuckyHelper. You can close that tab.

  8. The dashboard shows how to talk: press Ctrl Shift Space in any app, or click the orb.

  9. The first time you talk, it asks to use your microphone. Click Allow.

    A diagram: your computer draws this box, a little differently on Windows and Linux.

  10. Ask out loud. The pill listens at the bottom of your screen. Press Ctrl Shift Space again to put it away, and what it drew goes too.

    Listening: the orb grows with your voice.

  11. To let it see your screen, open Settings > Permissions and turn on Screen help.

  12. Click Allow during conversations. It takes screenshots only while a conversation is open, never when it's closed.

    A diagram: your computer draws this box.

Say this#

  • “What's on my screen right now?”
  • “Can you point to the part I should look at?”

Linux#

  1. On Linux, go to duckyhelper.com/download and click Download for Linux: the .deb, for Ubuntu and Debian. On other Linux, click AppImage (other Linux).

  2. The .deb: in a terminal, run sudo apt install ~/Downloads/DuckyHelper-*.deb, or open it with your Software app. Then open DuckyHelper from your apps.

  3. The AppImage: in Downloads, right-click it, choose Properties and allow it to run as a program (or chmod +x it). Then double-click it.

  4. DuckyHelper needs an X11 session. On Ubuntu, at the login screen choose your name, click the gear button at the bottom right, pick Ubuntu on Xorg, then sign in.

    A diagram: this is Ubuntu's own login screen.

Then, on Linux#

Open DuckyHelper and sign in through your browser the same way: from step 5. It needs a desktop that draws windows over each other: GNOME, KDE, Xfce or Cinnamon.

Chromebook#

  1. DuckyHelper isn't on Chromebooks yet. On a Chromebook the download page offers the waitlist: click Join the waitlist for Chromebook and we email you once, when it's ready. Or email yourself the link for another computer.

Updates#

  1. Settings > General shows your version. Check for updates looks now.

  2. Installed on Windows, or the AppImage: a new version downloads by itself and waits until you take a break, then DuckyHelper restarts into it. Restart to update does it now.

  3. The .deb (or the Windows ZIP) says when a new version is out. Click Install to open the download page, then install the new file over this one.

  4. It also asks once. Click Download. Your sign-in and settings stay.

    A diagram: your computer draws this box.

Uninstall#

  1. Open Settings > About, click More, then Uninstall…

  2. On Windows it says how: quit DuckyHelper, then open Windows Settings > Apps > Installed apps > DuckyHelper Desktop > Uninstall. It removes the app with its sign-in and settings. On Linux: choose Sign Out in the tray menu first, quit, then remove the package with your software manager, or delete the AppImage.

    A diagram: your computer draws this box.

If it doesn't work#

What happensWhat to do
Windows protected your PCClick More info, then Run anyway. DuckyHelper is new and not signed yet.
Ctrl Shift Space does nothingCheck DuckyHelper is running: its duck is in the taskbar's corner (Windows) or the top bar (Linux). On Linux, sign in with Ubuntu on Xorg. Another app may use the same keys: quit it, then quit and reopen DuckyHelper.
DuckyHelper works best in an X11 session (Linux)Sign out, choose your name, click the gear button, pick Ubuntu on Xorg, sign in again.
Windows Settings opens at MicrophoneWindows has the microphone off for apps. Turn microphone access on, including for desktop apps, then talk again.
The AppImage doesn't openAllow it to run as a program (Properties, or chmod +x). If nothing opens, install FUSE 2 (on Ubuntu: sudo apt install libfuse2t64).

Something here out of date? Write to support@duckyhelper.com.