GestureAssist: Empowering Accessibility Through Hand Gestures

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GestureAssist is a project that aims to empower individuals with limited mobility by providing an intuitive and accessible way to interact with computers using hand gestures. It addresses the challenge that traditional input methods like keyboards and mouse can pose for people with physical limitations. GestureAssist holds the potential to revolutionize the way individuals with limited mobility interact with technology. By offering an intuitive and accessible solution, it empowers users to achieve greater independence and inclusivity in the digital world. We are excited to continue developing GestureAssist and making it a valuable tool for everyone.

Note: Use Python version: 3.8.5

Features

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Gesture Recognition:

Neutral Gesture

Neutral Gesture. Used to halt/stop execution of current gesture.

Move Cursor

Cursor is assigned to the midpoint of index and middle fingertips. This gesture moves the cursor to the desired location. Speed of the cursor movement is proportional to the speed of hand.

Left Click

Gesture for single left click

Right Click

Gesture for single right click

Double Click

Gesture for double click

Scrolling

Dynamic Gestures for horizontal and vertical scroll. The speed of scroll is proportional to the distance moved by pinch gesture from start point. Vertical and Horizontal scrolls are controlled by vertical and horizontal pinch movements respectively.

Drag and Drop

Gesture for drag and drop functionality. Can be used to move/tranfer files from one directory to other.

Multiple Item Selection

Gesture to select multiple items

Volume Control

Dynamic Gestures for Volume control. The rate of increase/decrease of volume is proportional to the distance moved by pinch gesture from start point.

Brightness Control

Dynamic Gestures for Brightness control. The rate of increase/decrease of brightness is proportional to the distance moved by pinch gesture from start point.

Voice Assistant ( proton ):

Launch / Stop Gesture Recognition

• proton Launch Gesture Recognition
  Turns on webcam for hand gesture recognition.
• proton Stop Gesture Recognition
  Turns off webcam and stops gesture recognition. (Termination of Gesture controller can also be done via pressing Enter key in webcam window)

Google Search

• proton search {text_you_wish_to_search}
  Opens a new tab on Chrome Browser if it is running, else opens a new window. Searches the given text on Google.

Find a Location on Google Maps

1. proton Find a Location
   Will ask the user for the location to be searched.
2. {Location_you_wish_to_find}
   Will find the required location on Google Maps in a new Chrome tab.

File Navigation

   

• proton list files / proton list
  Will list the files and respective file_numbers in your Current Directory (by default C:)
• proton open {file_number}
  Opens the file / directory corresponding to specified file_number.
• proton go back / proton back
  Changes the Current Directory to Parent Directory and lists the files.

Current Date and Time

• proton what is today's date / proton date
proton what is the time / proton time
  Returns the current date and time.

Copy and Paste

• proton Copy
  Copies the selected text to clipboard.
  
• proton Paste
  Pastes the copied text.

Sleep / Wake up proton

• Sleep
  proton bye
  Pauses voice command execution till the assistant is woken up.
• Wake up
  proton wake up
  Resumes voice command execution.

Exit

• proton Exit
  Terminates the voice assisstant thread. GUI window needs to be closed manually.

Getting Started

Pre-requisites

Python: (3.6 - 3.8.5)
Anaconda Distribution: To download click here.

Procedure

git clone https://github.com/MIETDevelopers/2020a1r116_COM-811_Major_Project.git

For detailed information about cloning visit here.

Step 1:

conda create --name gest python=3.8.5

Step 2:

conda activate gest

Step 3:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 4:

conda install PyAudio

conda install pywin32

Step 5:

cd to the GitHub Repo till src folder

Command may look like: cd C:\Users\.....\Gesture-Assist\src

Step 6:

For running Voice Assistant:

python proton.py

( You can enable Gesture Recognition by using the command "proton Launch Gesture Recognition" )

Or to run only Gesture Recognition without the voice assisstant:

Uncomment last 2 lines of Code in the file Gesture_Controller.py

python Gesture_Controller.py