Auto Smiley – Computer vision smile generator

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Auto Smiley – Computer vision smiley generator from Theo Watson on Vimeo.

Auto Smiley is a computer vision application that runs in the background while you work. The software analyzes your face while you are working and if it detects a smile it sends the the ascii smiley face letters “: )” as keyboard presses to the front most application. Auto Smiley has many uses from just straight up convenience to enforcing honesty in your online communication :)

UPDATE: Windows PC Version!! Courtesy of Joey!
Grab it here.

UPDATE: for non US/UK users try this version – should work on all keyboards! AutoSmiley.app.unikeyboard.zip

Download the mac app here ( for US / UK / NL keyboards ):
AutoSmiley-001-Mac.zip

Download the mac app for QWERTZ keyboards ( thanks Peter! ):
AutoSmiley-QWERTZ.zip

The project uses openFrameworks and MPT for the smile detection – you can grab the source code here: AutoSmiley-OF-0061.zip

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    1. Aram Bartholl says:
      March 22, 2010 at 4:12 pm

      haha … this is soooooo good.
      i can haz ROFL detection?!? ..
      :-)

    2. Becky says:
      March 22, 2010 at 4:16 pm

      Made my Monday. Thanks! =]

    3. Auto Smiley at Aram Bartholl – Blog says:
      March 22, 2010 at 4:38 pm

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    4. Auto Smiley – Computer vision smile generator « adafruit industries blog says:
      March 22, 2010 at 6:46 pm

      […] Auto Smiley – Computer vision smile generator @ F.A.T. via . Auto Smiley is a computer vision application that runs in the background while you work. The software analyzes your face while you are working and if it detects a smile it sends the the ascii smiley face letters “: )” as keyboard presses to the front most application. Auto Smiley has many uses from just straight up convenience to enforcing honesty in your online communication Filed under: art — by adafruit, posted March 22, 2010 at 6:43 pm Comments (0) […]

    5. tom says:
      March 22, 2010 at 7:04 pm

      THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER

    6. powderly says:
      March 22, 2010 at 8:25 pm

      :) auto :p

    7. Silent Rocco says:
      March 22, 2010 at 9:10 pm

      Ö=
      That’s what my app is creating! Why? Ö=

    8. Rone says:
      March 22, 2010 at 9:43 pm

      So using this idea it would be possible to create a happy computer system, one that will only allow input if you are smiling?
      I would love to see a room of people using them. it would be epic

    9. bennett4$enate says:
      March 22, 2010 at 9:57 pm

      its ironic that Theo would write this plugin as he is too hard to ever smile, outside of this one test shot

    10. Auto-Smiley | Jukke says:
      March 23, 2010 at 4:36 am

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    11. Martin Lindelöf says:
      March 23, 2010 at 6:24 am

      @Silent Rocco because you as me has a Swedish Keyboard. as Theo explains in the video it simulates pressing the keys, space : ) enter, on a swedish Kb that becomes Ö=

    12. SIlent Rocco says:
      March 23, 2010 at 6:44 am

      @Martin
      I live in Germany. So, it’s the same with all European people :)
      We need a special app! :) Thanks for the explanation.

    13. pieter says:
      March 23, 2010 at 6:48 am

      nice one :)
      I had to change some values in testApp.cpp so it would work with my QWERTZ keyboard.
      : is (CGKeyCode)47
      ) is (CGKeyCode)25

    14. Auto Smiley - curiosity killed hec says:
      March 23, 2010 at 8:41 am

      […] Auto Smiley is the last project from FAT by Theo Watson. It is funny application made in openFrameworks that is running in background and detects via opencv everytime you smile and writes a smiley emoticon. […]

    15. Vic says:
      March 23, 2010 at 9:04 am

      Really nice, I´ve been smiling all day!

    16. Clever Software Automatically Detects If You’re Smiling, Then Sends Smiley Emotion To Front-Most App | TechXav says:
      March 23, 2010 at 11:02 am

      […] like to enforce honesty or prove your sincerity in your online communication, then you should give Auto Smiley a try! Here’s how this ingenious software application works: it automatically detects if […]

    17. Le Blog A Math » Insérez vos “smiley” en souriant à votre webcam says:
      March 23, 2010 at 11:50 am

      […] Theo Watson vient de lancer une application très intéressante. Lorsque vous avez ce petit logiciel qui tourne sur votre ordinateur, celui-ci “regarde” l’expression de votre visage par l’intermédiaire de votre caméra numérique, lorsque vous souriez, le logiciel le détecte, et au lieu d’avoir à taper sur le clavier les touches : – ) le logiciel s’en charge. Vous avez donc des bonhommes sourires ou tristes lorsque votre expression faciale change. […]

    18. Morning Links:Happy Free Ben & Jerry’s Cone Day!… | Funny Videos says:
      March 23, 2010 at 12:22 pm

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    19. Rufoâ„¢ · Diseño, Creatividad, Tecnología, New Media, Processing » Blog Archive » Auto Smiley · Generador de Smileys automáticos says:
      March 23, 2010 at 12:31 pm

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    20. 笑脸快门？不，是笑脸触发的表情符号 | TechXav 中国 says:
      March 23, 2010 at 12:58 pm

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    22. jamie dubs says:
      March 23, 2010 at 1:17 pm

      This is the shit!!

      anyone compiled a windoze version for the mass populace? Should send this to Lifehacker + BB etc

    23. SIlent Rocco says:
      March 23, 2010 at 1:42 pm

      @pieter
      Were do I find “testApp”?

    24. Auto Smiley | contain.r blog says:
      March 23, 2010 at 2:30 pm

      […] A super funny new project made by our friend Theodore Watson using Open Frameworks. Ban fake smiling now and download the application here. […]

    25. simon says:
      March 23, 2010 at 5:32 pm

      I’d love to use this great stuff but I can’t because I’m french. How can I configure Autosmiley with my franche AZERTY keyboard…

      For the moment ” :) ” is replaced by ” M0 ”

      Help !

      But I insist : it’s really a great job !

    26. Auto Smiley : Une appli qui insère des smileys quand vous souriez devant votre caméra. | Semageek says:
      March 23, 2010 at 6:02 pm

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    27. Ian says:
      March 23, 2010 at 6:59 pm

      this looks like great fun! well done :)

    28. osl » Blog Archive » Insert smiley emoticons hands-free with Auto Smiley says:
      March 23, 2010 at 7:36 pm

      […] insert “:)” into whatever program is currently running? Theo Watson did, and called it Auto Smiley! He released it as open source! We can’t possibly have enough smiley icons embedded into […]

    29. someone says:
      March 23, 2010 at 10:58 pm

      Dude, are you Morgan Grimes from the tv show Chuck?

    30. bitartist says:
      March 23, 2010 at 11:20 pm

      It is really cool and fun! Thanks for sharing!

    31. Liam says:
      March 24, 2010 at 1:23 am

      What about another one that instead of sending each smile, it detects the smile, tallys up the number of smiles or perhaps frequency during a period and if there are say 3 smiles a minute it updates a twitter account that says “Theo is happy” and if there were 5 smiles a minute it sends “Theo is really happy!” etc. This could also be used to update your “mood” icon on MySpace etc. or it would be really cool if Skype added such a ‘current mood’ tracker. So many potential uses

    32. Auto Smiley: Computer Vision Smiley Generator at SuperForest says:
      March 24, 2010 at 1:24 am

      […] Haha! Love! And imagine all of those awkward chatting moments that could’ve been spared! Auto Smiley is open source (swoon!) and you can download it here. […]

    33. pieter says:
      March 24, 2010 at 5:26 am

      @silent rocco
      in the source code

    34. Alex says:
      March 24, 2010 at 5:47 am

      It doesn’t run for me. Don´t open the isight:(
      I have snow leopard with quicktime 10.
      Can´t install quicktime 7.

      Any ideas??

    35. big but 5 says:
      March 24, 2010 at 7:23 am

      if only it could detect other emoticons it would be so much better its also a bit to sensitive and to easy to set it of by ascendent :)
      like that a speech recognition would also be useful keep up the good work! :)
      :)
      :)
      :)

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      March 24, 2010 at 9:01 am

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    38. Auto Smiley converts real smiles into :) | Doobybrain.com says:
      March 24, 2010 at 10:39 am

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    39. Auto Smiley generates smiley on your computer « Murder Manual says:
      March 24, 2010 at 12:41 pm

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    40. Auto Smiley « Ponto Eletrônico says:
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    41. Theo Watson says:
      March 24, 2010 at 1:06 pm

      Sorry but you DO NEED to install QT 7 if you are using 10.6 / Snow Leopard!

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    44. Alex says:
      March 24, 2010 at 1:19 pm

      then how i make it work??

      It opens but stay black and the isight don´t start.

      excuse my poor english:S

    45. Tech News Post 09 « Jenni Rempel's Blog says:
      March 24, 2010 at 1:38 pm

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    46. Lukas says:
      March 24, 2010 at 2:22 pm

      Will there be a Windows Version? GOTTA have this…. :(

    47. AutoSmiley ajoute des smileys à votre discussion lorsque vous souriez | Veragounet says:
      March 24, 2010 at 3:41 pm

      […] Développé par Theo Watson, AutoSmiley est un projet permettant d’ajouter automatiquement des smileys à votre texte lorsque vous souriez devant votre webcam (oui derrière cela ne marchera pas). Bon cela ne va certainement pas révolutionner le monde technologique, mais j’ai trouvé le projet assez rigolo et bien réalisé :-) Et puis si vous désirez télécharger les fichiers pour faire la même chose que ce garçon, ça se passe par ici. […]

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