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# Break Coach

**A calm reminder to stand up, look away, and reset your posture.**

Break Coach runs a simple cycle: focus for a set time, then show a short,
unmissable break overlay. It is designed for long desktop sessions, studying,
coding, editing, or gaming.

## What it does

- Reminds you every **5–120 minutes**.
- Shows a centered **TIME TO RESET** overlay for 10–180 seconds.
- Rotates short instructions: stand up, look 20 feet away, drop your shoulders,
  or take a walk.
- Plays a soft chime when the break begins.
- Keeps a small countdown HUD in the corner.
- Supports pause/resume and a five-minute snooze.
- No account, no network, no screen reading.

## Quick start

1. Install and start **Break Coach**.
2. The countdown HUD appears in the top-left corner.
3. Work until the break overlay appears.
4. Stand up or look away until the countdown ends.
5. Press **Ctrl+Alt+B** to pause or resume at any time.

## Controls

| Key | Action |
| --- | --- |
| **Ctrl+Alt+B** | Pause or resume the reminder. |
| **Ctrl+Alt+Shift+B** | Snooze for five minutes. |

Both hotkeys can be changed in **Rebind → Options → Break Coach**.

## Settings

- **Remind every** — 5 to 120 minutes.
- **Break length** — 10 to 180 seconds.
- **Play a chime** — turn the break sound on or off.
- **Show countdown** — show or hide the corner HUD.
- **Countdown position** — top-left, top-right, bottom-left, or bottom-right.
- **Pause/resume key**
- **Snooze key**

## How it works

The timer is local to the running script. Pausing stores the remaining time;
resuming continues from there. Snoozing schedules the next break five minutes
from now. The timer resets when the script restarts.

The break overlay is drawn by Rebind and is click-through: it does not take
focus or block the app underneath.

## Limits

- It cannot detect whether you actually stood up.
- It does not monitor your posture or camera.
- It does not pause automatically when your computer sleeps.
- The timer resets on script reload.
- Rebind overlays need borderless/windowed mode in fullscreen games.
- Exclusive-fullscreen games hide the overlay.

## Privacy

Break Coach does not capture the screen, read the clipboard, use the network,
run external programs, or collect data. Rebind's overlay engine may ask for
overlay-related permissions during installation.

## Requirements

- Rebind 3.9.0 or newer
- A desktop where Rebind overlays are supported

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**Break Coach v1.0.0** — a small rhythm for long sessions.