[Athen] MathPix versus Equatio

[Russell Solowoniuk]

Hi Wink,

Thanks so much for this additional information. This really helps distinguish the differences between MathPix and Equatio, and will help us a lot.

Best regards,

Russell

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Adding onto what Sean just presented about math pix, which is in fact one of the best remediation OCR tools there is right now, EquatIO is not intended (by TextHelp) for production labs for alt text conversion. This tool is really designed for both teachers & students to use to create accessible math.

1. Students can hear math read aloud in text to speech format;
2. Students can use dictation software built into the system to dictate math;
3. Students can use a digital pen or a tablet and input handwritten math & EquatIO will convert it to digital format;
4. Instructors can use EquatIO  to create accessible math materials including quizzes, tests, handouts & homework.

EquatIO is available at no cost to teachers and is available in the chrome toolbar. For the students with math disabilities or who have reading disabilities, this is a tool with tremendous benefits.

Personally? I would love for TextHelp to develop & offer a stand alone version of EquatIO for alt-text production only. Many of us know the benefits and ease of use and would campaign our colleges for a single license purchase for alt-text production labs!

I hope these few tips add to your knowledge. Perhaps others can add more?

Wink Harner


On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 4:53 PM Sean Loraas <sloraas at austincc.edu<mailto:sloraas at austincc.edu>> wrote:
Russell,
I use MathPix for remediation, and it is one of the best tools in my toolbox for converting math and technical contract to braille and screen reader accessible HTML/MathML. It is spooky accurate when snipping equations from anywhere and the clipboard style snip OCR window has options for pasting into MS Word as Equation Editor, Math type, as well as conversion to LaTeX, and other formats. They constantly improve by the features, which now can handle tables, text, chemistry diagrams and any math you encounter. There is a web app, MathPix Note, that converts full PDF files to proper mathml or LaTeX for export to Word, HTML, or PDF...MP Note a fantastic markdown editor for their user friendly MathPix Markdown syntax with basic LaTeX style editing. The dual Markdown and output panes in the editor make for a steep learning curve. All for about $100 per year for 2 licenses. The company has been proactive about meeting with us to get our input on issues and features we'd like to see. Couldn't recommend them more highly.  I had the opposite experience with EquatIO, with no licensing options for accessible document specialists, they would only allow licensed use for remediation if we bought an over $8000/year district license. We only wanted 1 or 2 licenses, which they don't support.


Not sure how useful students would find it. Maybe there are others here that have some experience with that use case. Hope that helps.
Sean Loraas

 Accessibility Technician
 Alt. Text & Media
   Austin Community College
   Eastview Campus
    Office: 2140


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