Question-Driven Talk Assistant

A web application designed to help speakers manage audience questions during live sessions. Easily add, highlight, and track questions, with intuitive keyboard shortcuts and a clean interface optimized for both light and dark themes.

You can use it here: https://qa.fmartin.ch

Supported Browsers: Chrome, Firefox

User Documentation

Features

• Question Management: Add, edit, reorder, and delete questions seamlessly.
• Highlighting: Emphasize the question you are currently answering by highlighting it for easy visibility.
• Answer Tracking: Mark questions as answered to keep track during your presentation.
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Navigate and manage questions efficiently without leaving the keyboard.
• Time Display: View the current time in 12-hour or 24-hour format.
• QR Code Display: Optionally show a QR code linking to a URL of your choice, with adjustable size and full-screen display feature.
• Dark Mode Support: Toggle dark mode on or off by pressing a keyboard shortcut.
• Offline Support: Once the page is loaded, you don't need an internet connection anymore to use it.
• Local Data Persistence: Everything on the page is saved to your browser's local storage, so you don't have to worry if you need to refresh!
• Seamless Font Resizing: Resize the font size of the questions to ensure your audience from the back of the room can read them as well.
• Markdown Export: Save your list of questions to a Markdown file by pressing Ctrl + S.
• Help Window: Quickly access a reference of all keyboard shortcuts and features by clicking the help icon in the bottom right corner or by pressing Ctrl + H.

How to Use

1. Adding Questions: Press Enter while editing a question to add a new one.
2. Editing Questions: Click on a question to edit its text directly.
3. Reordering Questions: Click and drag the handle (≡) next to a question to move it up or down.
4. Highlighting Questions: When you want to answer a question, click the checkbox next to it once to highlight it.
5. Marking as Answered: Click the checkbox of a highlighted question to mark it as answered.
6. Unmarking Questions: Click the checkbox of an answered question to unmark it.
7. Editing Title and Footer: Click on the title at the top or the footer at the bottom to edit the text.
8. Time Format: Click on the time display to toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour formats.
9. QR Code:
   • Click on the QR code area on the top right to set or change the URL.
   • If no URL is set, a placeholder "QR" text is displayed when hovering over the top right corner.
   • Resize the QR code by dragging the bottom-right or bottom-left corner.
   • Press Ctrl + Q to show the QR code on the entire screen. Press again to hide.
10. Dark Mode: Toggle dark mode on or off by pressing Ctrl + D.
11. Font Resizing:
    • Increase Font Size: Press Ctrl + P (P for Plus) to increase the font size of the questions.
    • Decrease Font Size: Press Ctrl + M (M for Minus) to decrease the font size.
12. Saving Questions to Markdown:
    • Press Ctrl + S to save the current list of questions to a Markdown file. This allows you to keep a record of the questions for future reference or sharing.
13. Full-Screen Mode:
    • Press Ctrl + F to enter full-screen mode, maximizing the application's visibility during your presentation.
14. Clearing All Questions:
    • Press Ctrl + Shift + Backspace to clear all questions. A confirmation dialog will appear to prevent accidental deletion.
15. Accessing Help:
    • Click the help icon in the bottom right corner or press Ctrl + H to open a pop-up window displaying all keyboard shortcuts and features for quick reference.

Keyboard Shortcuts Reference

• Navigation:
  • Tab: Move to the next question.
  • Shift + Tab: Move to the previous question.
  • Arrow Up: Move cursor up within a question (if the question has multiple lines of text) or to the previous question.
  • Arrow Down: Move cursor down within a question (if the question has multiple lines of text) or to the next question.
• Question Management:
  • Shift + Enter: Add a new line to a question.
  • Ctrl + Enter: Clicks the corresponding checkbox of the currently focused question text.
  • Enter: Add a new question below the current one.
  • Backspace on empty question: Delete the current question.
  • Ctrl + Shift + Backspace: Clear all questions upon confirming a dialog.
• Reordering Questions:
  • Ctrl + Shift + Up: Move the current question up.
  • Ctrl + Shift + Down: Move the current question down.
• Additional Features:
  • Ctrl + P: Increase font size (P => Plus).
  • Ctrl + M: Decrease font size (M => Minus).
  • Ctrl + D: Toggle dark mode.
  • Ctrl + Q: Show a large QR code in the middle of the screen.
  • Ctrl + F: Show the web page in full-screen mode.
  • Ctrl + S: Save the current list of questions to a Markdown file.
  • Ctrl + H: Open the help pop-up window displaying keyboard shortcuts.
  • Ctrl + Shift + T: Edit title text.
  • Ctrl + Shift + F: Edit footer text.
  • Ctrl + Shift + Q: Edit QR code URL.
  • Ctrl + Shift + E: Edit the first question's text.
• Highlighting and Answering:
  • Click checkbox once: Highlight the question.
  • Click highlighted checkbox: Mark question as answered.
  • Click answered checkbox: Unmark as answered.

Development Setup

Prerequisites

• Bun (1.2.14 or newer recommended)

Steps to Run Locally

1. Clone the Repository:

git clone https://github.com/martinfrancois/question-driven-talk-assistant.git
cd question-driven-talk-assistant

2. Install Dependencies:

bun install

3. Start Development Server:

bun dev

4. Open the Application: Open http://localhost:5173/ in your browser.

Available Scripts

Script	Command
Install dependencies	bun install
Run during development	bun dev
Build	bun run build
Run build locally	bun preview
Lint	bun lint
Unit tests	bun test:unit
Update unit test snapshots	bun test:unit:update
End-to-end tests	bun test:e2e
Check	bun run check

Note: Offline support is off during development.

Development Notes

• File Structure:
  • src/components: React components
  • src/components/ui: Reusable React components
  • src/App.tsx: Main application file
  • src/**/*.spec.ts(x): Unit tests
  • e2e: Playwright end-to-end tests
• Styling:
  • tailwind
  • shadcn/ui
• State management:
  • zustand
• Keyboard Shortcuts:
  • react-hotkeys-hook
• Code style:
  • eslint
  • prettier
• Testing:
  • vitest
  • vitest-browser-react
  • @testing-library/react
  • playwright

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository and submit a pull request for any enhancements or bug fixes.

Code of Conduct

We are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all contributors. Please review our Code of Conduct to understand our community guidelines.

License

This project is licensed under the AGPL License.