Gesture Media Control

Control your media with your hands

Installation

1. Download the installer from here
2. Run through the installation and run the program

Supported Gestures and Actions

• Palm Open: Simulates a play/pause media key press.
• Swipe Left: Simulates a press of the previous track media key.
• Swipe Right: Simulates a press of the next track media key.

More Gestures are under development

Exiting the Application

Look in your system tray and right click the icon to open the menu where you can quit the program.

Dependencies

Gesture Media Control relies on the following Python libraries:

• configparser: Manages user configuration settings for the application.
• pyinstaller: Packages the Python application into a standalone executable.
• mediapipe: Provides advanced machine learning models for hand and gesture tracking.
• pystray: Creates system tray applications, potentially for easy access to controls or settings.
• cvzone: Simplifies hand detection and tracking for gesture recognition.
• pynput: Simulates keyboard presses for media control based on gestures.

You can install these dependencies by running:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Contribution

Contributions to Gesture Media Control are welcome! If you have suggestions for improvements or bug fixes, please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.