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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You can try Infty Reader which does OCR of Math notation and says it can output in MathML:
<a href="http://www.sciaccess.net/en/InftyReader/">http://www.sciaccess.net/en/InftyReader/</a>
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Make sure you read all the caveats at the end of the page – it is buggy and not a straightforward process. We did use Infty Reader to scan some Physics textbooks into Latex but made sure we had Physics students doing the proofing and editing on the other end.
Good luck!<br>
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Kathy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Kathleen Cahill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Assistive Technology Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">MIT ATIC (Assistive Tech. Info. Center)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">77 Mass. Ave. 7-143<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Cambridge MA 02139<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">(617) 253-5111<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">kcahill@mit.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">* Features<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Here are some features of InftyReader Ver. 2.8 :<o:p></o:p></p>
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It uses the OCR engines of Toshiba Corporation, "ExpressReaderPro", and of MediaDrive Corporation, "WinReader", simultaneously to improve the recognition results of characters in ordinary text areas. (As for the characters and math symbols in formulae, it uses
Infty's OCR).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
It can recognize tables including math expressions in the cells (in case the ruled lines are not broken),
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It can convert PDF files into LaTeX or XHTML(MathML) including mathematical expressions,
<b><i>except for</i></b> PDF including color images or gray images. (<i>Note that</i> InftyReader can process
<b>only black and white binary</b> images) <br>
It recognizes the page images of PDF files refering to the text information imbedded in PDF.
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<b>Attention</b>: The original PDF <i>should be</i> of <b>high resolution</b> equivalent to 600dpi scanned images. Someimes PDF files existing on the WEB are of low resolution of the level 200dpi images, in order to reduce those file sizes. In such cases, the
recognition results will be of very low quality of the level <i>almost useless</i>!<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">* Caution ---- Important!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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Source documents have to be clearly printed.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
It should be scanned in "binary" image, in 600dpi (or 400dpi). <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
InftyReader erases small noises, segments page images into picture areas, table areas and text areas automatically, and then recognizes text/table areas including mathematical expressions.<br>
However, to get better recognition results, users are <<recommended>> to erase noises and pictures before the recognition.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
In scanning, it is important to adjust the binarization threshold of the scanner so that the number of the touched or broken characters is less than 1% of the total number of the characters in each scanned page image.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">* Operating Environment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">InftyReader runs on Windows 7, Vista, XP, on a PC equipped with 500MB free memory or more.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Note that it does not run on Windows 98, Me, nor 2000. .<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Justin Hicks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 30, 2013 4:36 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> athen-list@u.washington.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] MathML Scanning and Conversion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anybody know of any services that can scan a math equation heavy book into MathML? Thanks.<br clear="all">
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<p class="MsoNormal">-- <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990000">Justin Hicks</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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