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Convert hand-written math formulas to LaTeX on-device

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Local OCR▲5
Building an offline Math-to-LaTeXOCR forAndroidvia llama.cpp
Dec 2025 · offlineocr.com
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I wrote a free Mac app to OCR any text on screen▲321
2021 · github.com
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Latex.to – LaTeX to image converter running in the browser▲85
I've made a website to easily share a LaTeX math formula. - The image is created in the browser (i.e. the LaTeX is not send to a server for rendering) - Native share dialog (share via WhatsApp etc.) - Extra keyboard buttons for symbols like "$" or "\" on mobile - Share via png or unicode Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fGuTns5Nt9Q Please let me know any feedback on how to improve the website.
2024 · latex.to
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OCR Buddy: local browser OCR for code, formulas (LaTeX) and tables▲9
Faithful, 100% local OCR Chrome extension | code, prose, formulas (LaTeX) & tables. No server, nothing leaves your device, no hallucinated text. PP-OCRv5 on ONNX Runtime Web. - Fanfulla/OCR-buddy
Jul 2026 · github.com
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Math2Tex – Convert handwritten math and complex notes to LaTeX text▲79
Hi HN, I’m the creator of Math2Tex. I was a PhD student, I spend a huge amount of my time working with LaTeX, especially when dealing with lecture notes, academic papers, and homework. I built *Math2Tex*, a lightweight tool that converts handwritten or printed academic content — especially math formulas — into LaTeX or text The Problem: I've always found it incredibly tedious to manually type out mathematical formulas, especially complex, multi-line equations from my handwritten notes or from a textbook. It's slow, boring, and I always make syntax errors. I tried some existing tools, but…
Sep 2025
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Invoice OCR▲111
OCR Software & API for realtime data extraction from Invoice
2023
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Find It▲141
Search physical documents using your phone's camera 🔎
2018
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OCR Wiz▲119
Accurately extract text from images (including handwriting)
2024
9OP
OCR pipeline for ML training (tables, diagrams, math, multilingual)▲170
Hi HN, I’ve been working on an OCR pipeline specifically optimized for machine learning dataset preparation. It’s designed to process complex academic materials — including math formulas, tables, figures, and multilingual text — and output clean, structured formats like JSON and Markdown. Some features: • Multi-stage OCR combining DocLayout-YOLO, Google Vision, MathPix, and Gemini Pro Vision • Extracts and understands diagrams, tables, LaTeX-style math, and multilingual text (Japanese/Korean/English) • Highly tuned for ML training pipelines, including dataset generation and…
2025 · github.com
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OCR Text Detection Tool▲92
Fast and efficient text recognition from any image and PDF
2019
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Cheese! OCR▲73
Select any screen area, get text instantly
Apr 2026 · kaedeeeeeeeeee.github.io
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Koncile▲154
Capture all information in your documents
2025
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LaTeX Cards▲65
Learn anywhere at anytime.
2022
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Kaizen OCR▲31
Fully offline OCR with 100+ languages support. Full Privacy
2025
15OS
Open-Source LaTeX OCR, Alternative to Mathpix/SimpleTex▲5
Nov 2025 · texocr.netlify.app
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Local-first fast CPU image to text for screenshots, PDFs, webpages▲19
Jun 2026 · github.com
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space ocr▲95
OCR that checks its own answers, as an app or an API
Aug 2026 · space-ocr.com
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My Free OCR Website – want feedback▲15
2022 · myfreeocr.com
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OCR.chat▲12
OCR that reads your documents — then lets you chat with them
Jun 2026 · ocr.chat
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OCRMD▲14
Convert images & pdfs to editable Markdown & LaTeX
2025
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AI MathScanner: Exact Layout OCR▲2
1:1 layout math scanner. Export to native Word OMML & LaTeX.
May 2026 · play.google.com
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Deep OCR▲11
Completely free ocr tool, online, no login, unlimited usage
Oct 2025
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SnapXam AI-Powered math tutor▲7
SnapXam's new Math OCR API
Oct 2025
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DeepSeek OCR▲7
Free online ocr tool | vision-language model text extraction
Oct 2025

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