Show HN: Snacker News; a hands-free HN. The more you eat, the more you learn

#1

Post by getToTheChopin » Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 5:46 PM UTC

I made a hands-free HN reader using speech and face recognition

Speak to navigate the feed; eat doritos to scroll an article

This works in real-time in the browser using a regular laptop webcam

All speech / face recognition is done locally (none of your data is stored)

Tech stack: HN API, mediapipe face landmarks, web speech API

Thanks for checking out my silly web app and I would appreciate any feedback!

Re: Show HN: Snacker News; a hands-free HN. The more you eat, the more you learn

#2

Post by nimzoLarsen » Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 5:54 PM UTC

this is chaotic genius. Let’s keep the web weird

#3

Post by getToTheChopin » Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 5:59 PM UTC

nimzoLarsen wrote: post #2

this is chaotic genius. Let’s keep the web weird

thank you. I thought of this on a roadtrip and was very keen to start building it when I got home.

#4

Post by getToTheChopin » Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 6:06 PM UTC

here's the demo video on youtube as well: https://youtu.be/XBn5F72aIbg