Some of you might have seen I posted a little over a month ago about Avocado. Avocado is an invisible for screen sharing or recording teleprompter that hides in your notch, but can also float anywhere on the screen. Still free and has a one time payment to unlock all the features.
Despite a very saturated space and a rather niche product, I got really positive feedback - a lot of people wanted to try it, and quite a few of you have used it. So first of all, I wanted to thank everyone for giving it a shot. And second, I wanted to share an update on the new features.
The whole idea of Avocado is make presenting things less painful - whether it's a demo, a presentation, a speech, or even an interview. I tried to make the experience smooth and hassle-free.
The new features were mostly built based on community feedback, but also after doing some research and seeing what others are building. I wanted to create a way for it to be used on non-Mac devices without resorting to cross-platform frameworks or tools.
Anyway. The first version shipped without auto-update, I didn't know if anyone was going to use it, so to be honest I didn't even bother integrating it. Well, now it has it.
I also learned that a few people use hardware setups and need to mirror text for it to work, which it now does, and even more than that.
I was also annoyed that when you have a presentation you need to manually copy presenter notes, so Avocado now just imports all the notes when you drop a .pptx file onto it. Even better, it will put script markers for each slide so you can quickly jump between them (CMD+C), and if you combine that with Smart Cues (which uses on-device Apple Intelligence), it automatically injects pacing markers - [pause], [breathe], [smile] - into your script. You can obviously edit them to have it your way.
A few people have multi-camera setups and need to turn their head quickly to look at another camera. The new Follow Mouse feature makes this less painful, the prompter will follow whichever monitor you're looking at when you move the mouse there.
My favorite feature so far is Director Mode. As I mentioned, I wanted a way to let people use Avocado on non-macOS devices without building separate apps. To do that, I built two things:
- Director Controls: you can hand off control of your prompter to someone else. They can pace your presentation or do a myriad of things: play, pause, scrub position, adjust scroll speed, toggle Adaptive Speed, and jump between cue markers. Live progress, remaining time, and word per minute speed are always visible to the director.
- Director View: essentially a way to turn any other device into a teleprompter. No app install required. Works on iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac. Font size, colors, alignment, and smart cue markers stay in sync in real time. You can put your iPad or Android tablet under a physical prompter and read from it, Avocado will still pace your script and jump through cues using the microphone and keyboard of the Mac you have nearby. More here.
If you have a use case for Avocado, drop it in the comments and I'll DM you a 20% off code for Pro.
To follow the rules:
- Problem: Makes presenting way easier
- Comparison: There are quite a few big players like Teleprompter Pro and a few open-source alternatives. Avocado creates an inexpensive and hassle-free experience for presenting whatever you need wherever you need.
- Pricing: Free and one-time payment $19.99
- Product: https://avocadonotch.com/
- GitHub: https://github.com/genaardo
- Features: https://avocadonotch.com/features
- Changelog: https://avocadonotch.com/changelog