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What's new in v1.1.9.2

The performance modes actually do something now. On a lot of machines Default, Lite and GPU Mode were quietly running the same engine, so switching between them changed nothing. Each mode is now genuinely different, and each one measurably changes frame rate and tracking smoothness. GPU Mode also no longer sticks at 22 fps when a maximised window is mistaken for a fullscreen game.

“Boost Performance” gains speed without the dark picture. Boost buys frame rate with a shorter camera shutter; it now lifts the camera’s own gain to pay for the light, so you get the speed without the gloom.

Fixed a dark live view that could persist forever. Touchless could leave a webcam latched into manual exposure, and nothing it did afterwards would brighten it. It now detects and un-sticks that on startup, in every mode. If you ever see it again, use Settings → Camera → Reset camera exposure.

Instant clips now work on AMD and Intel PCs with a single monitor. The screen-capture frames were being handed to an encoder that couldn’t read them, so the clip cache produced nothing and eventually switched itself off. NVIDIA machines were unaffected, which is why this took a while to surface. A six-second freeze when a clip started is gone too.

Fewer freezes. Fixed stalls with Spotify open, without Spotify open, and during clip-cache recovery. A new freeze detector records a diagnostic line instead of leaving you guessing, and a Safe Mode launcher now sits next to the app for the rare machine that won’t start normally.

Touchless no longer asks whether to save a debug file when you close it. It just closes.

Installing is more reliable. “Failed to extract” is fixed — the real cause was a leftover helper process from a previous run holding a file open. The installer now checks you have enough free space before starting, reports the actual reason if extraction fails, and tells you what the “Installing…” step is doing instead of showing a progress bar it couldn’t honestly fill.

The mouse control box is adjustable, so you can match it to your reach and monitor layout.

Highlights from v1.1.9.1

Touchless opens again. v1.1.9 could fail at launch with a DLL load failed error. That build shipped Windows system libraries that shadowed the real ones; 1.1.9.1 stopped bundling them and removes them from existing installs.

Closing the update prompt with X brings it back. X (or Esc) re-prompts next launch; Later silences that version until a newer one ships. A green ! sits on Updates in Settings until you install.

Highlights from v1.1.9

The update popup works again. In 1.1.7–1.1.8.1 the in-app update prompt was hidden or crashed on open. Opening Touchless now shows the new version, What's new, and Download Update. A tray balloon is the backup if the popup is behind another window.

Custom motion gestures and pose sequences fire live. Record circles, swipes, and snaps, or an ordered chain of held poses (for example 3 → 2 → 1). They work in GPU, Lite, and Low FPS modes — not only in the sandbox. Fast circles and long paths recall more reliably, and a short hand entering the frame is less likely to false-fire a wave. After you record a motion gesture, you can open a diagram of the takes.

GPU-mode tracking recovers the hand more cleanly after it leaves and re-enters the frame.

Highlights from v1.1.8.1

Camera + Spotify + installer polish. Better hand tracking in dim rooms without changing what you see, a fully redesigned Spotify setup and reconnect flow, and an installer that no longer gets flagged by antivirus.

Cameras now track your hands better in dim rooms. Touchless enhances the frame it feeds MediaPipe behind the scenes so tracking stays reliable when your webcam sees a dark scene. Your live preview stays untouched — you see the same picture your camera captures.

“Boost Performance” preview no longer looks dark. When Boost mode shortens the camera shutter for higher FPS, the preview automatically compensates so the picture looks natural. Toggling Boost on or off should look almost identical on screen — you just gain FPS.

One Spotify entry point: Set up / Reconnect. The old separate “Connect Spotify” button is gone. Settings → General → Spotify → Set up / reconnect Spotify opens a single wizard with two paths: full first-time setup (Spotify Developer app + Client ID walkthrough), or a fast Reconnect for users who’re already set up and just need to re-authorize after Spotify expired the token. The wizard is now resizable via the corner grip.

Friendly Spotify pill when things go wrong. If a gesture can’t reach Spotify, a small top-right message quietly appears — “Set up or reconnect Spotify to control your music with Touchless — click here” — that opens the wizard on click. Dismiss with the X, or check “Don’t show me again this session” to silence it for the run.

Installer is signed end-to-end. Every internal binary (whisper.cpp, llama.cpp, ffmpeg) is now code-signed via Azure Trusted Signing so Norton and Windows Defender heuristics stop flagging install as suspicious.

Installer no longer looks stuck at 6047/6047. The post-extract phase now shows honest sub-messages (“Finalizing installation…”, “Waiting for antivirus…”, “Almost done…”) so you know antivirus is scanning the new files, not that the installer froze.

For full release history, see the in-app Settings → Updates tab or the GitHub releases page.

Highlights from v1.1.7

Recording quality — pick your tier. Settings → General → Clip Presets has a Low / Normal / High tier picker. High goes near-lossless at 60 fps for editable footage; Low compresses hard for smaller files. Clip duration now includes 30 seconds; filenames pick up the actual duration (Touchless_Clip_30s_1.mp4).

Left-hand TWO is the instant-clip gesture. Hold the “two” pose (index + middle up) for half a second to save an instant clip — same as saying “clip that” out loud.

Smoother tracking on generic USB webcams. On GPU Mode with a Realtek / Sonix / Chicony / generic UVC webcam, Touchless hints the driver into short-exposure mode before ffmpeg claims the camera. Result: sharper frames, less motion blur.

Drawing feels right. Drift dead-zone keeps the pen still when your hand is still. Drawing-mode swipes fire from the same “one” pose you already draw with.

Refreshed dialog chrome across 18 popups. Spotify setup, Discord setup, phone connect, tutorial, custom-gesture recorder — all now use the Touchless indigo title bar on both Win 10 and Win 11.

Highlights from v1.1.0 (still current)

New

• System tray icon with live status — green ring when running, orange when paused, grey when off. Right-click for Pause / Settings / Quit.
• Windows Jump List — right-click Touchless in the taskbar to Pause / open Settings / Quit without bringing the window forward.
• Autostart with Windows — new toggle in General settings.
• Smarter Settings search — General and About tabs are now indexed.
• Dynamic gestures (early preview) — record motion-based custom gestures with the new recorder + clip picker. Accuracy is still being tuned.
• Polished Custom-gesture creator — title bar matches the main window indigo; new Static/Dynamic split control.

Fixes & polish

• Camera no longer glitchy on first launch — fixed mostly-black / corrupt-pixel first frames in the tutorial, app start, and the custom-gesture recorder.
• ~50% lower dictation latency without losing accuracy.
• Cleaner dictation — beam search + VAD filtering + hallucination thresholds cut spurious words.
• Smarter grammar correction — triggers when you stop typing, aborts on resume, does a final pass at the end.
• Smooth live view during fullscreen games — new lite paint mode + process-priority boost stop the camera from stuttering.
• Spotify reauth toast — gentle prompt when your token expires instead of silent failure.
• Tutorial Spotify step now auto-completes when music actually plays.
• Consistent spacing on settings panel scroll bars; single green scroll bar on Control Guide.
• Connect Phone is reachable when no webcam or mic is detected (dropdowns stay enabled).

Known issues

• Dynamic gesture accuracy is mediocre — over-firing and missed-fires both happen. Re-record after each update; saved templates aren't forward-compatible across tuning changes yet.

System requirements

• Operating system: Windows 10 or Windows 11 (64-bit).
• Webcam: any USB or built-in camera at 720p/30fps or higher. Faster cameras reduce motion blur on gestures.
• Microphone: required for voice commands and dictation. A headset or external mic works best; laptop/webcam mics are fine.
• GPU (recommended): NVIDIA (CUDA 12.x) or any Vulkan-capable AMD/Intel GPU for fast voice transcription and grammar correction. CPU-only mode works but is slower.
• RAM: 8 GB minimum, 16 GB recommended (voice and grammar models load together).
• Disk space: about 6 GB free after install (includes whisper models and optional Qwen 3B grammar model).
• First run: Windows may prompt to allow camera and microphone access — accept both.

How to install

• Click Download for Windows to download the installer.
• Open Touchless_Installer.exe after the download finishes.
• Follow the setup prompts to install Touchless.
• Launch Touchless from the desktop shortcut or Start menu after installation.

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