# Fast-Tracking Hand Gesture Recognition AI Applications with Pretrained Models from NGC

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**Created:** [April 12, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/fast-tracking-hand-gesture-recognition-ai-applications-with-pretrained-models-from-ngc/174924 "2021-04-12T17:00:17Z")\
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Originally published at: [https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/fast-tracking-hand-gesture-recognition-ai-applications-with-pretrained-models-from-ngc/](https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/fast-tracking-hand-gesture-recognition-ai-applications-with-pretrained-models-from-ngc/)  
   
One of the main challenges and goals when creating an AI application is producing a robust model that is performant with high accuracy. Building such a deep learning model is time consuming. It can take weeks or months of retraining, fine-tuning, and optimizing until the model satisfies the necessary requirements. For many developers, building a…