[Athen] [EXT] Handwriting to OCR text

[foreigntype at gmail.com via athen-list]

Hi all,

MathPix has two options: snip option or full PDF option.

Snip option is good for selecting a block of math text and converting it to
HTML, LaTeX, or math markup and creating page-by-page accessible alt text.
The PDF version can do large volume PDF conversions, but excludes
handwriting and anything in the margins. Any/all of the material excluded
from the scan must be reinserted manually (typed).

Here’s more info from MathPix:
https://mathpix.com/blog/pdf-processing-new-pricing

It does have a cap on the number of pages per month you can scan.

Is it a good tool? Yes indeed! One we should have in our alt text
toolboxes. Will it do what you need? I’d test it out for myself, but my
inclination is to say that it won’t be the “easy button” you’re hoping for.

Wink

Wink Harner
Assistive Technology Consulting and Training
Alternative Text Production
Portland OR.

foreigntype at gmail.com


On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 7:03 AM ELIZABETH KILLINGER via athen-list <
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> Scan it with Mathpix. Great for words, equations, and even scanning text

> in other languages.

>

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> On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM Norwich, Lorraine via athen-list <

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>> Good Morning,

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>> Can anyone share a way you have taken a PDF with handwritten notes and

>> converted it into OCR’d text.

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>> Thanks in advance

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>> Lorraine

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