SlideCue

Questions

Answers, including the awkward ones.

If something here is not covered, the honest answer is usually in how it works.

Does it work with Zoom, Teams, Webex, or Google Meet?

It works with all of them, because it does not integrate with any of them. SlideCue is a separate channel between two people. Nothing is installed into your meeting software, nothing needs enabling by a host, and nothing changes when your organisation switches platforms.

Why not just use Zoom's own slide control?

If it suits you, use it. Zoom and Teams can hand slide control to the speaker, and when that is the right answer it is a good one.

SlideCue is for the very common case where it is not: the deck is deliberately run by a producer, a clerk, or an AV operator who is not going to hand it over. It also does not care how the deck is shared, which app it is in, or which window has focus.

Can the audience see or hear anything?

No. The cue appears on the operator's own device, not in the meeting and not on any shared screen.

What happens if the wifi drops?

Both people are told within about two seconds. Cues pressed while the link is down are refused rather than queued, and the presenter sees Not sent. We would rather you know immediately than have a stale NEXT arrive two minutes later when the moment has passed.

Do I need an account?

No, and the person you invite never will. That is a deliberate design choice, not a stage we have not got to yet.

What do you store?

A live session lives in memory and is erased twelve hours after its last activity. We do not track individuals, and we count only aggregates: how many sessions start, how many cues are sent, how often they are acknowledged. No names, no session codes, and no cue text ever goes into those counts.

Does my presentation remote work?

Almost certainly. Remotes do not speak a special language, they type ordinary keystrokes, so any Logitech, Kensington, or unbranded clicker works with no setup. The keys we listen for, and the ones we deliberately ignore, are listed under how it works.

Can more than one person run the deck?

Today you can open the operator view on more than one device in the same session, and confirming on any one of them clears the rest. Named roles for a production team are on the roadmap.

Why does the phone need a tap before it starts?

Phones refuse to play sound, vibrate, or hold the screen awake until someone has interacted with the page. That is a browser rule and every site lives under it. One tap on Tap to arm unlocks all three at once.

Can I send something other than a slide change?

Yes. Turn on the message buttons in settings. Three come ready as Mic, Question and Wrap-up, and all six slots can be renamed. Message cues arrive in a different colour with no arrow, so the person running the deck can tell at a glance that it is not an instruction to touch the slides.

Is it secure?

The session code is the only secret, and a session dies twelve hours after last use. That is a sensible balance for something meant to last an afternoon. Codes that live in a recurring calendar invite need more than that, which is why longer-lived codes are a paid feature designed around scheduled windows rather than something we bolted onto the free tier.

What does it cost?

Nothing today, with no session limits and no time limits. See pricing for what a paid plan will eventually add, and why we will not put a clock on the free one.