TrackHands: Desktop App Detects Finger-to-Mouth Contact and Provides Reminders
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Summary
TrackHands is a cross-platform desktop application that uses computer vision to detect when users' fingers are near their mouth and provides reminders to stop this behavior. The app is built with Tauri, React, and MediaPipe technologies. The article provides installation instructions including downloading from releases, macOS-specific troubleshooting for unsigned apps, and building from source with development and production build commands.
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· 5 pulledTrackHands is a cross-platform desktop app that detects when your fingers are near your mouth and reminds you to stop.
Since the app is not signed with an Apple Developer certificate, macOS may show a warning that the app 'is damaged and can't be opened.'
To fix this, run the following command in Terminal after installing:
Clone the repository:
Build for production:
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