Your hand is the new remote.
HandGestures is a free Anki add-on that lets you answer flashcards with simple hand gestures through your webcam. Review while you eat, stretch, or lean back — no keyboard needed.
How it works
Set up once, then just study.
Install
In Anki: Tools → Add-ons → Get Add-ons, paste 549679934, restart Anki.
Open the camera
Tools → HandGestures → Open Camera Monitor. The first start downloads its private runtime (a few minutes, once).
Pick your gestures
Choose a gesture set, try it in Test mode, then review. Any gesture shows the answer; then it presses Again, Hard, Good or Easy.
Pick a gesture set — or mix your own
Every answer, plus Undo and scrolling, can use any gesture from the list.
Pinch (classic)
- AgainFU
- HardThumb + ring
- GoodThumb + index
- EasyThumb + pinky
Finger count
- AgainFU
- Hard2 fingers
- Good3 fingers
- Easy4 fingers
- Undo · ScrollFist · Thumb up / sideways
Hand shapes
- AgainFU
- HardI Love You (ILY)
- GoodThumbs up
- EasyOpen palm
- Undo · ScrollFist · 1 / 2 fingers
All gestures: four pinches · 1–4 fingers up · open palm · thumbs up · thumb sideways · fist · ILY · FU
Built so it doesn't misfire
Answering a card by accident is the worst. So:
Detection zone
Draw a box on the camera view. Only a hand inside it counts — reach for your snack all you want.
Left or right hand
Track only the hand you choose and ignore the other one.
Hold to confirm
Shapes must be held a moment before they count, and each gesture fires once.
Live preview + Test mode
See exactly which action a gesture will trigger, and practise without touching your cards.
Undo & scroll
Take back a wrong answer, and scroll long cards, all hands-free.
Stays on your computer
Video never leaves your machine. Hand tracking runs locally with Google's MediaPipe.
Free, forever
If HandGestures saves you time, you can buy me a coffee.