What does HackerNews think of LaTeX-OCR?

pix2tex: Using a ViT to convert images of equations into LaTeX code.

Language: Python

#33 in Deep learning
#5 in LaTeX
#34 in Machine learning
#164 in Python
The fastest math typesetting library for the web | Apr 2023
This is also a great aid to learing LaTex. I wonder if anyone has ever tried to make an OCR system that generates the appropriate LaTex from an picture of an equation?

Turns out the answer is yes:

https://github.com/lukas-blecher/LaTeX-OCR

Mathpix: Convert Images and PDFs to LaTeX | May 2022
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This is an open source alternative that works quite well https://github.com/lukas-blecher/LaTeX-OCR
Recovering redacted information from pixelated videos | Jan 2022
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Found these 2 for math LaTeX OCR:

https://github.com/lukas-blecher/LaTeX-OCR

https://github.com/harvardnlp/im2markup

Also some LaTeX editors:

LyX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LyX

TeXstudio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeXstudio

GNU TeXmacs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_TeXmacs