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Resurfaced independently across 3 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
5
submitters
5
observed span
2018–2022
peak thread · 98 comments
456 pts
latest 20+ return · 2022-05-25
52 pts

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2007–2026

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Immediately made me think of a question on the state of handwriting to LaTeX from a few years ago, and all the massive challenges involved: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1443/what-is-the-sta... Under API... you're already doing handwriting? This is uh, nontrivial work to say the least. Really impressive. The endorsements are a nice touch. :) Made me really curious how far the system goes, what cases break it. Oh... nevermind. You have a PDF of examples here: https://docs.mathpix.com It's honing in on…

Oh god. An app like that, with a full pdf to LaTeX file converter, would be a godsend for the blind community. We usually sturggle a lot with mathematics in PDF documents, as it's usually not accessible for screen readers at all. TeX isn't the most pleasant thing to listen to, but it's at least plain asci text that any screen reader can process.

I used to use them two years ago when they offered 200 snip for educational accounts. I then subscribed for personal plan for 5$ when I was writing my MS thesis. It was useful and make me write quicker ( Still needed manual edits for most of the time). I then cancel my subscription when they put a limit on personal paid plan. Then they raised the prices of the (now limited) plan two times in the last couple of…

NmAmDa·52-point thread·

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Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
805

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Total comments
165

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Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2018-03-06Show HN: Convert high res screenshots into paste-able Latexnicodjimenez10
2018-03-07Show HN: Convert screenshots of equations to LaTeXFirst breakout · Best threadslbenfica45698
2019-11-10Mathpix Snip – Extract LaTeX from PDFs or Handwritten Notes in SecondsAnon8430
2019-12-24LaTeX, Instantly: Extract LaTeX from PDFs or Handwritten NotesDyslexicAtheist29351
2022-05-25Mathpix: Convert Images and PDFs to LaTeXLatest 20+ point returnamai5216