Pointr is a Windows overlay that sees what's on your screen, answers in place, and can act on your behalf — with your permission, every time.
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Alt + Space — anywhere on your screen
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01 — DIRECT ASK
Ask without switching windows
Summon Pointr with a hotkey, type a question, and get an answer without leaving whatever you're doing.
02
02 — REGION SELECT
Draw a box, ask about exactly that
Select any part of the screen — a chart, an error message, a paragraph — and ask a question scoped to just that region.
Ask about this ↑
This function fetches user data when the component mounts…
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03
03 — STORYBOARD EXPLANATIONS
Type "explain: …" and watch it unfold
Pointr breaks the answer into steps, narrates each one out loud, and draws annotations directly on your screen. Runs unattended — cancel anytime with Esc.
04
04 — ACTION CONFIRM
Nothing happens without Enter
Pointr can type into a focused field or open an app for you. Every action shows exactly what it's about to do, and waits for an explicit keypress before it does it.
Action requested
Type into Slack — #eng-standup
Fixed the unmount bug — added a cleanup flag…
Enterto confirmEscto cancel
Changelog
v0.4.2 currently live
v0.4.2
Aug 2026
Live
Action confirm prompts for typing into fields and opening apps, confirmed with Enter, cancelled with Esc.
Unified the glass-panel header pattern across the answer, storyboard, and action-confirm surfaces.
v0.4.0
Jul 2026
Storyboard explanation mode via "explain: <topic>" — narrated steps with on-screen point, box, and arrow annotations.
Auto-advancing captions with progress dots and a one-time "Esc to stop" hint.
v0.3.0
Jun 2026
Region-select ask flow — draw a box, ask about exactly what's inside it.
Full error-state coverage across every entry point.
v0.2.0
May 2026
Rebuilt the voice indicator as a glass-and-plasma energy sphere.
Smooth cross-fade between the idle dot and the active sphere.