[BlindMath] Help with Mathpix?

Bert Van Landeghem b.vanlandeghem at sheffield.ac.uk
Fri Feb 10 01:05:30 UTC 2023


Yes, this works!

On Fri, 10 Feb 2023 at 00:55, Lucas Nadolskis via BlindMath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> My apologies.
> Let us try this one:
>
> https://www.tug.org/texlive/
>
> https://www.tug.org/texlive/Kind regards.
>
> Lucas.
>
>
> > On Feb 9, 2023, at 7:49 PM, Bert Van Landeghem via BlindMath <
> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Lucas,
> >
> > The link you sent us seems to be broken.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bert
> >
> > On Fri, 10 Feb 2023 at 00:43, Lucas Nadolskis via BlindMath <
> > blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello Amanda.
> >> Personally overleaf never worked for me.
> >> However, tools such as TexShop:
> >>
> >> https://www.tug.org/texlive/Are very good for LaTeX.
> >>
> >> This website also provides resources for getting start with tex, in case
> >> you are not a proficient user.
> >>
> >>
> >> Kind regards.
> >>
> >> Lucas Nadolskis.
> >>
> >>> On Feb 8, 2023, at 5:26 PM, Amanda Lacy via BlindMath <
> >> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> When I open anything in Overleaf, I find a bunch of %s and other
> symbols
> >> and have to arrow down many times before I find any meaningful text.
> >>>
> >>> How do you use the Mathpix tool? On my Mac, I open it, and it says,
> >> "button button button." How do you use Mathpix with either MacOS or iOS
> to
> >> convert a PDF containing math to any other format?
> >>>> On Feb 7, 2023, at 12:09 AM, Theodor Loots via BlindMath <
> >> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> This Message Is From an External Sender
> >>>> This message came from outside your organization.
> >>>> Dear All,
> >>>>
> >>>> Without. InftyReader I wouldn't have been able to finish most of my
> >> studies, or produce many of the papers I have written.  I have used it
> from
> >> the early days, and it has improved a lot over the years.  However, I
> find
> >> the MathPix tool refreshing, and the fact that I can use it as a digital
> >> library of the articles I read, both on my Mac as well as on my iPhone,
> >> makes it very handy.  The recent inclusion of collaboration with others
> >> provides a competitor to tools like Overleaf, which to this point I have
> >> found to be quite inaccessible.
> >>>>
> >>>> Hope this helps!
> >>>>
> >>>> Best,
> >>>> t
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2023/02/06, 18:37, "BlindMath on behalf of Bert Van Landeghem via
> >> BlindMath" <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org <mailto:
> >> blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> <mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> on
> >> behalf of blindmath at nfbnet.org <mailto:blindmath at nfbnet.org> <mailto:
> >> blindmath at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> How do these tools compare to InftyReader, which has been around for
> >> almost
> >>>> 2 decades now?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> Bert
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mon, 6 Feb 2023 at 16:18, VIGHNESH PATHAK via BlindMath <
> >>>> blindmath at nfbnet.org <mailto:blindmath at nfbnet.org> <mailto:
> >> blindmath at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hello Amanda,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Along with MathPix, you may also checkout
> >>>>>
> >>>>> portal.istemai.com <http://portal.istemai.com/>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I haven’t tried it with scanned documents, but the results with
> >>>>> inaccessible PDFs are quite good.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Best regards,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Vighnesh
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> *From: *Amanda Lacy via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org <mailto:
> >> blindmath at nfbnet.org> <mailto:blindmath at nfbnet.org>>
> >>>>> *Sent: *06 February 2023 08:31
> >>>>> *To: *blindmath at nfbnet.org <mailto:blindmath at nfbnet.org> <mailto:
> >> blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> >>>>> *Cc: *Amanda Lacy <aklacy at tamu.edu <mailto:aklacy at tamu.edu> <mailto:
> >> aklacy at tamu.edu>>
> >>>>> *Subject: *[BlindMath] Help with Mathpix?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'm trying to convert a PDF containing math into a readable form,
> using
> >>>>> the Mathpix Snip program. The online Snip page lets me upload files,
> >> but I
> >>>>> am unable to then convert them and download the converted versions.
> The
> >>>>> MacOS software contains several unlabeled buttons, and no options
> that
> >> I
> >>>>> can find for converting PDFs. Its purpose appears to be to take snips
> >> which
> >>>>> are equations selected visually with a mouse. Does anyone on this
> list
> >> use
> >>>>> this software independently to read textbooks, scientific papers
> etc.,
> >> and
> >>>>> can you tell me how you use it?? Thanks.
> >>>>>
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