Hands-free Browser app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: James Hudson
First release : 29 Mar 2013
App size: 6.18 Mb
Getting your hands dirty? With this app you can surf the web without touching the screen.
Its fantastic for reading recipes while you cook, following repair instructions with greasy hands, working out, putting on makeup, or catching up on news while you are doing household chores whilst wearing gloves.
This app has also proven useful to people with arthritis, or when fine movement is difficult or painful.
You use similar gestures to those you would use on a touch screen, so it feels natural right away.
IMPORTANT: watch the video here to see how the gestures work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWI7b9NzQPc
Please take 10 seconds to check how to actually use the app before giving it 1 star review!
Simply browse the web normally to the page you want, then put down or dock your device. You can now use upwards or downwards hand gestures in front of your phone to scroll the page vertically, or "swipe" sideways to move between your favorite pages.
Features
• Hands-free Browser has been in the top utility 10 apps in many countries worldwide.
• Slick, fully functional web browser with vertical scrolling gesture support
• Optional "Hands-free Favorites" add-on lets you navigate through all your favorite pages by swiping, 100% hands-free!
• Bonus "Hands-free Favorites" feature: a "drop hand" gesture which you can assign to any browsing action you like! (iPhone only)
• Get similar gesture features on your iPhone/iPad to those found on some other latest brands of phones, right now!
• Integrated help and feedback tips to show you how the gestures work right away.
• Bookmark your favorite sites quickly and easily.
• Turn off the on-screen help, for advanced users.
• "Time spent waiting for load" meter. See how much of your life you are wasting while waiting for webpages to load!
• Prompt support from the developer, accessible from within the app. If you want a feature added or have some problems, the developer is happy to help.
This app uses the front-facing camera and computer vision algorithms to detect hand motion over the device camera. It works reliably under normal lighting conditions, from distances of 20cm up to 1 metre.
Latest reviews of Hands-free Browser app for iPhone and iPad
This thing doesnt work at all. Maybe if you purchased all of the ADD-ONS theyd try to make it an actual app or even give you the instructions. Two sentences telling me to just wave my hand at the camera is ridiculous. Did I mention, you have to type in the darned URL (it doesnt take voice commands) with your hands first? And press the enter button? Maybe this is for mannequin hands, puppets or Barbies? This is one of the saddest attempts at calling something an app. And Ive downloaded a lot of them. The difference is they worked. This app probably just wants to spy on you. If that is what the dev wants? Try and make an APP so people might ignorantly let you have access to their cameras to watch them. Not bothering to check grammar because this is likely the only review it gets before its waved out of the App Store.
This app is amazing! I have no idea , why its not popular! It works like magic! Great idea and realization! Good luck to you! My twitter: VenjaGeskin1
The browser has potential but was no where near ready for prime time.
I give you some credit for trying. Needs a lot of improvement. It does not respond as I thought it would. Very slow for my taste, keep saying slow down. Lots of bug issues. And for that I give it one⭐️.
This app works great, exactly as it should. It takes a bit of practice to get used to the gestures requred (dont try to "scroll" the page, just wave your hand like in the app icon), but once you get the hang of it, its awesome. I would like to see support for reading files in iBooks, and maybe eventually some kind of navigation (think Xbox Kinect), but I understand that that might be a nightmare to program. As it is, a solid app, and a welcome addition. Now I can read online articles while doing dishes and other things with my hands dirty.