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Handwriting recognition

Mathpix is an industry leader in handwriting recognition from images, with the best solution on the market for advanced math OCR and other scientific materials.

  • Handwritten math (including advanced math)
  • Handwritten Hindi & all Latin alphabet languages
  • Handwritten chemical diagrams

The best handwriting recognition for math and science

Mathpix has the most accurate image-based handwriting recognition for STEM with a long tail of functionality.

Simple handwritten math

Simple math

Advanced handwritten math

Advanced math

Handwritten text

Handwritten text

Chemical diagram

Chemical diagrams

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Convert API

Mathpix provides handwriting recognition for the biggest Edtech companies in the world because of our uniquely reliable support for mixed text and math handwriting. Our image processing APIs are easy to implement and work on all platforms.

API request

{
  "src": "https://mathpix.com/examples/limit.jpg",
  "formats": ["text", "data", "html"],
  "data_options": {
    "include_asciimath": true,
    "include_latex": true
  }
}
Example equation

API response

{
  "confidence": 0.998,
  "data": [
    {"type": "asciimath", "value": "lim_(x rarr3)((x^(2)+9)/(x-3))"},
    {"type": "latex", "value": "\\lim_{x \\rightarrow 3}\\left(\\frac{x^{2}+9}{x-3}\\right)"}
  ]
}
Rendered equation

Our partners choose Mathpix over AWS Textract, Google Vision API, and Azure Computer Vision for processing images of handwriting.