[Athen] MathPix versus Equatio

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Of course, Russell. Glad to help.
Wink

Wink Harner
Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production
The Foreign Type

Portland OR
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On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 10:56 AM Russell Solowoniuk <solowoniukr at macewan.ca>
wrote:


> Hi Wink,

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> Thanks so much for this additional information. This really helps

> distinguish the differences between MathPix and Equatio, and will help us a

> lot.

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> Best regards,

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> 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.

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> 1. Students can hear math read aloud in text to speech format;

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> 2. Students can use dictation software built into the system to dictate

> math;

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> 3. Students can use a digital pen or a tablet and input handwritten math &

> EquatIO will convert it to digital format;

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> 4. Instructors can use EquatIO  to create accessible math materials

> including quizzes, tests, handouts & homework.

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> 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.

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> 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!

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

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> Wink Harner

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> On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 4:53 PM Sean Loraas <sloraas at austincc.edu> wrote:

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> Russell,

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> 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.

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> Not sure how useful students would find it. Maybe there are others here

> that have some experience with that use case. Hope that helps.

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> Sean Loraas

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>  Accessibility Technician

>  Alt. Text & Media

>    Austin Community College

>    Eastview Campus

>     Office: 2140

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