[BlindMath] mathpix cli

[Rich Caloggero]

curious to know what your objection to markdown code is in general. I 
**do not** want to start a flame war over this; just a curiocity.


I've not studied MathPix Markdown, but I think the original markdown (as 
a quick way of writing HTML) is hugely helpful at least to me.  It's not 
only much easier to type, but because it's so compact, it's easy to edit 
and proofread via screen reader!



On 7/11/2023 5:33 AM, Jonathan Godfrey wrote:
> Is the mmd extension not also used for mermaid code? <sigh>
>
> Seems unfortunate these people used yet another mark down/up variant.
>
> I'm sure they won't be the last.
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Rastislav Kish via BlindMath
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2023 9:29 PM
> To: blindmath at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Rastislav Kish <rastislav.kish at protonmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindMath] mathpix cli
>
> Hi,
>
> the way Mathpix' PDF endpoint works is it converts the uploaded file to .mmd format i.e. the mathpix markdown, and renders it afterwards to docx, html, etc.
>
> There seem unfortunately to be no options to control the conversion now, unlike the text endpoint, which can even produce asciimath.
>
>
> But you should try to contact the support in this regard, as it's
> certainly an accessibility issue.
>
> I think the text endpoint does support converting into MathML, so they
> should already have the tech stack, it should be just a matter of
> implementation.
>
>
> Best regards
>
>
> Rastislav
>
>
> Dňa 10. 7. 2023 o 23:01 Rich Caloggero via BlindMath napísal(a):
>> Using mathpix CLI, when I submit a pdf and attempt to convert it to
>> html, I get backa file which has no MathML in it; it appears to use SVG
>> images. It also seems to use mathjax, but there are no script elements
>> which load mathjax.
>>
>>
>> I tried adding one by hand, but didn't seem to do anything.
>>
>>
>> Looking at the CLI options, there doesn't seem to be any options to
>> choose output format.
>>
>>
>> When a colleague used the desktop app to convert, the output did seem to
>> contain mathML, and it was indeed readable via NVDA+mathcat.
>>
>>
>> What am I missing?
>>
>>
>> Interestingly, I can use the webapp to upload and convert a pdf to HTML,
>> and if I use the "generate speech" option in the settings, then it does
>> seem to produce something which is sort of readable, but it is not
>> mathML; it is a bunch of math blocks containing various output flavors,
>> but all of them hidden except for svg. The svg container has
>> aria-label="words representing the math expression as MathSpeak".
>>
>>
>> What am I missing? Am I supposed to hand code mathjax configuration? Why
>> doesn't the CLI allow me to choose this at conversion time?
>>
>>
>> I must be missing something obvious!
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Rich Caloggero
>> Accessibility Specialist
>> Disability and Access Services
>> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>>
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Rich Caloggero
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