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This is really awesome OP! Thank you for sharing :) One note I should make: it was not entirely clear (to me) upon a cursory view of the website, that the purp
by sinab 9y ago
This is really awesome OP! Thank you for sharing :)
One note I should make: it was not entirely clear (to me) upon a cursory view of the website, that the purpose of mathpix was to convert handwritten text into LaTeX. For some reason (maybe my coffee hasn't kicked in yet) I thought this was strictly intended to take screenshots of equations on an existing pdf document or a website etc and that will be converted to LaTeX.
My thought at that point was "I wonder if they could do this for handwritten text" and then I looked at the docs and facepalmed..
- cup-of-tea 9y ago"Screenshot" is a very odd word to use in this context.
- KevanM 9y agoScreen grab?
- cup-of-tea 9y agoPhotograph or picture, surely?
- codemusings 9y agoYou should reread OPs paragraph. Also if you go straight to the website it shows you the desktop app first which is using screenshots from whatever to turn it into Latex.
- 282883392 9y agoHow? "Screenshot" is used correctly by the OP. For reference: screenshot (verb) an image of the data displayed on the screen of a computer or mobile device.
- mkl 9y agoTheir usage does not match that definition. When recognising writing, they are recognising an image of the page, not an image of what was on the screen at some other point. Also, your definition describes a noun but claims it's a verb.
- 282883392 9y agoThe promotional material shows the application interpreting a screenshot of an equation, not handwriting. I also meant noun, not verb. Thanks.
- roesel 9y agoI see absolutely nothing wrong with the usage here.