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

by getToTheChopinon 7/24/2025, 5:46 PMwith 3 comments

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

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

Live demo (please use Desktop Chrome): https://funwithcomputervision.com/snacker-news/

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!

by getToTheChopinon 7/24/2025, 6:06 PM

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

by nimzoLarsenon 7/24/2025, 5:54 PM

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