[BlindMath] Tools for math OCR

[Alastair Irving]

Hi

I use InftyReader

http://www.inftyreader.org/

which is an OCR package that can read mathematical documents and output 
LaTeX or MathML.  It makes quite a few mistakes but its generally quite 
good and I've been able to read papers which would otherwise have been 
inaccessible.  The newer versions may be even better but I haven't 
upgraded for quite a few years.

HTH

Alastair

On 04/05/2021 04:14, Rastislav Kish via BlindMath wrote:

> Hello again,
>
> a simple situation. You have a textbook containing mathematical
> equations as a scanned PDF document.
>
> The PDF has no text layer, and you don't have anyone to read the book
> for you.
>
> What do you do?
>
>
> I would like to ask:
>
> * What tools do you use to deal with mathematical notation in graphical
> documents/images/etc?
>
> * How accurate are your tools? Are you able to get everything from the
> book, or just the important information, or less?
>
> * What equipment do you use to deal with equations in pictures on the
> Internet? Are you able to reasonably read websites that don't use mathML?
>
>
> I had done some research myself, but nothing of what I've found has
> quite convinced me with either usability or accuracy. But it's possible,
> that I was using the tools in a wrong way or I simply overlooked
> something, so I wonder, what are the community experiences with this issue.
>
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
>
> Best regards
>
>
> Rastislav
>
>
>
>
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