actually InftyReader works great and free for personal use! On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Denis Akhiyarov <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have Note 3, which has 3 programs that recognize stylus-hand-written > formulas in real-time: > S Finder + WolframAlpha > S Note > MyScript Calculator (mentioned above) > > Also Windows has Math Input Panel which is highly integrated with Word > equations. > > I tried both FineReader and InftyReader yesterday and was disappointed. > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 5:53 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> [email protected] >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!forum/sympy/topics> >> Google >> Groups >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> >> Topic digest >> View all topics >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!forum/sympy/topics> >> >> - Use camera to read equations >> <#149383d3fc7cd71b_149377d082268147_group_thread_0> - 4 Updates >> >> Use camera to read equations >> <http://groups.google.com/group/sympy/t/f802b07fc21a7d0e?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> >> "Ondřej Čertík" <[email protected]>: Oct 21 12:58PM -0600 >> >> Hi, >> >> This looks really awesome: >> >> http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/21/photomath/ >> >> I wish there was something like that for SymPy, that you snap a >> picture and it gives you Python code for SymPy to represent the >> equation. >> >> Ondrej >> Aaron Meurer <[email protected]>: Oct 21 02:44PM -0500 >> >> I tried it out. The recognition is actually quite good, at least for >> the equations I found in my browser. It says it doesn't work with >> handwritten equations, so the typography of the math may be a factor. >> >> It's pretty limited on the types of expressions it can recognize, and >> even more limited in the kinds of equations it can solve. >> >> Another very impressive app in this area is MyScript calculator (there >> are iOS and Android versions, both free). You draw the expression with >> your finger and it computes it for you. It doesn't do much in the way >> of computer algebra, the mathematical handwriting recognition is quite >> good. >> >> Aaron Meurer >> >> Saurabh Jha <[email protected]>: Oct 22 11:06AM +0530 >> >> This looks good. However I am not sure if this would be really useful in >> Sympy given the amount of effort it will take to implement this thing. >> >> Saurabh >> >> Francesco Bonazzi <[email protected]>: Oct 22 01:13AM -0700 >> >> Apparently there's an open issue to recognize math in tesseract (open >> source OCR software) >> >> https://code.google.com/p/tesseract-ocr/issues/detail?id=270 >> >> Unfortunately, tesseract seems to have limited support for layout >> analysis, >> so it's probably not going to recognize fractions/square roots. >> >> Anyways, such an idea would require to use external software unrelated to >> SymPy (camera handling, OCR, layout analysis and formulae syntax tree >> building). >> >> An OCR engine that working really well, even with very complicated >> formulae, is InftyReader. Unfortunately it's paid software, they sell the >> single license for 800 dollars I think (that's crazy!). >> >> On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 8:58:47 PM UTC+2, Ondřej Čertík wrote: >> Back to top <#149383d3fc7cd71b_149377d082268147_digest_top> >> You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for >> this group. You can change your settings on the group membership page >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!forum/sympy/join> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CALxxJLTWO0mHV1N5ExvESy0V%3DhDHp_6kR9dO7qcb8Mgx3VJzbA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
