HandGaze v1.0.0: Gesture-Based Text Input System

HandGaze v1.0.0 - Initial Stable Release

🚀 Release Highlights

This is the first stable release of HandGaze, a gesture-based text input system that allows users to type and interact with their computer using hand gestures.

✨ Key Features

• 🎯 Real-time hand gesture recognition
• ⚡️ Fast and responsive text input
• 📝 Smart word suggestions
• 🎨 Modern and intuitive UI
• 🔄 Gesture training system
• 📚 Offline dictionary support
• 🛡️ Robust error handling and state management
• 🔄 Automatic system recovery

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Enhanced stability in low-light conditions
• Improved hand detection when partially visible
• Fixed gesture recognition cooldown timing
• Corrected spelling suggestions in the dictionary
• Resolved UI flicker during state transitions

🔧 Technical Notes

• Framework: Python 3.11 with OpenCV 4.8.1 and MediaPipe 0.10.18
• Performance: 30+ FPS on mid-range hardware
• Recognition accuracy: >95% in good lighting conditions

📦 Binary Assets

This release includes the following pre-trained models and data files:

1. Pre-trained Gesture Model

   • File: gesture_data.pkl (1.6MB)
   • Contains: Trained gesture recognition data
   • Location: gesture_data/gesture_data.pkl

2. English Dictionary Data

   • File: english_words.json (23MB)
   • Contains: Comprehensive English word dictionary for text suggestions
   • Location: dictionary_data/english_words.json

📝 Installation Instructions

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/notcaliper/HandGaze.git
cd HandGaze

# Create and activate virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Run HandGaze
python hand_recognition.py

🙏 Acknowledgments

Thanks to all beta testers and contributors who helped make this release possible!

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HandGaze is released under the MIT License.

What's Changed

• Main caliper by @notcaliper in #1
• Version 1.0.0 by @notcaliper in #2
• Updated in README.md and Added LICENSE by @notcaliper in #3
• Main caliper by @notcaliper in #4
• Update README.md by @notcaliper in #5
• Added the document by @notcaliper in #6
• Readme update by @notcaliper in #8
• Main caliper by @notcaliper in #9
• Main caliper by @notcaliper in #10
• UI by @notcaliper in #13
• Updated Gesture Data by @notcaliper in #14
• Version 2.1.2 by @notcaliper in #15
• Bump opencv-python from 4.8.0.76 to 4.8.1.78 by @dependabot in #16
• Bump opencv-python from 4.8.0.76 to 4.8.1.78 by @dependabot in #17
• minor changes by @notcaliper in #18
• Readme update by @notcaliper in #19
• Update technical by @notcaliper in #20
• Update technical by @notcaliper in #21

New Contributors

• @dependabot made their first contribution in #16

Full Changelog: https://github.com/notcaliper/HandGaze/commits/v1.0