PaddleOCR
Free
A popular open-source OCR toolkit from Baidu that handles multilingual text and document parsing.
About Mathpix
Mathpix specializes in the hard cases for OCR: equations, chemical diagrams, tables and handwritten notes. Snap a screenshot of a formula and get clean LaTeX back, or convert a whole scientific PDF to editable text.
It is widely used by students, researchers and publishers, and developers can access it through an API. Output formats include LaTeX, markdown, Word and more.
Mathpix has a free tier with limited use and paid plans for more. It is a favorite wherever technical documents are involved.
Standout features
- Equation to LaTeX
- Table recognition
- Handwriting support
- PDF to Word and markdown
- Screenshot capture app
- API
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