Control YouTube
With Your Hands

Real-time hand gesture recognition powered by MediaPipe. Play, pause, skip, and control volume without touching your keyboard.

Gesture Mapping

6 intuitive gestures for hands-free control

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Open Palm
Play / Pause
Raise open hand to toggle playback
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Closed Fist
Mute / Unmute
Clench fist to toggle audio
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Swipe Right
Skip Forward
Swipe to jump ahead 10 seconds
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Swipe Left
Skip Back
Swipe to go back 10 seconds
👍
Thumbs Up
Volume Up
Raise thumb to increase volume
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Thumbs Down
Volume Down
Lower thumb to decrease volume

How It Works

Three-stage processing pipeline

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MediaPipe
Hand detection & 21-point landmark extraction
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OpenCV
Frame capture, preprocessing & gesture classification
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PyAutoGUI
Simulates keyboard shortcuts for YouTube control
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FPS Processing
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Hand Landmarks
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Gesture Types
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Avg Latency

Built for Accessibility

Designed to help motor-impaired users interact with YouTube without physical keyboards or mice. Touchless, intuitive, and responsive.

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