NotchNotes turns your Mac's notch into a beautiful teleprompter. Display markdown notes, scripts, and talking points. Always visible, never in the way.
Enable auto-scroll and your notes glide at a natural reading pace. Choose your speed and NotchNotes shows a live word count and estimated reading time so you always know how long you have left.
Click a speed to see the scroll change in real time.
Team Standup
Yesterday
Finished the auth migration
Code review for PR #247
Fixed the timeout bug in prod
Today
☐ Deploy auth changes to staging
☑ Write unit tests for new endpoints
☐ Pair with Sarah on the dashboard
Blockers
Waiting on DevOps for the new staging environment credentials
Talk to Mike about the deadline.
NotchNotes stays on top across all spaces and desktops. Global shortcuts let you scroll, pause, and resume even while presenting in Google Slides or on a Zoom call.
Meeting Agenda
Review Q4 targets
Discuss launch timeline
Assign team leads
Key Points
Budget needs approval by Friday
Deadline: March 15
NotchNotes installs a plugin into your Obsidian vault automatically. Hit the ribbon button or run the command and your note appears in the notch instantly.
Toggle Obsidian on and the plugin installs itself into your vault automatically.
Click the ribbon icon or run "Send current note to NotchNotes." It appears in the notch instantly.
Team Standup
Yesterday
Finished auth migration
Fixed timeout bug
Your note is live in the notch, rendered beautifully with word count and reading time.
Switch between Clipboard and Obsidian with one click. Paste with Cmd+V to instantly switch to clipboard mode, or select your source from settings.
Quick Notes
Pasted from clipboard
Buy groceries
Call dentist at 3pm
Sprint Planning
Goals this week
Ship auth feature
Fix 3 critical bugs
Adjust width, height, font size, and horizontal position with live-preview sliders. Your notes window can be as tall or compact as you need, from a slim 100px strip to a full 800px panel.
Notes
Some content here...
Your notes scroll on top of everything, even during a Google Meet call.
Keynote Presentation
Opening
Welcome everyone to the Q4 product review.
Today we'll cover three key areas:
Performance metrics from last quarter
Roadmap for the next 6 months
Team structure changes
Key Numbers
Monthly active users grew 32% since September.
Revenue hit $2.4M, up from $1.8M.
"Ship fast, learn faster."
Next Steps
1. Finalize v2.0 feature set
2. Hire two senior engineers
3. Launch beta by March 15
Headers, bold, italic, code blocks, task lists, blockquotes, and horizontal rules. All rendered beautifully.
Choose which display to anchor to. Auto-repositions when monitors connect or disconnect.
Stays visible across all desktops and spaces, including fullscreen apps and Mission Control.
No dock icon clutter. NotchNotes lives in your menu bar, ready when you need it, invisible when you don't.
Everything runs locally. Your notes never leave your Mac. No account, no cloud, no tracking.
Live word count and estimated reading time based on your scroll speed. Always know how long you have left.
No complicated setup. Just install, pick your source, and start reading.
Download the .dmg, drag to Applications, and launch. NotchNotes hides in the menu bar with no dock icon clutter.
Connect your Obsidian vault (plugin auto-installs) or just paste with Cmd+V. Your notes appear in the notch instantly.
Enable auto-scroll for a teleprompter, or control manually with global shortcuts. Your notes stay visible across every app, space, and fullscreen window.