Image to LaTeX

Take a screenshot of any equation, table, or text and instantly get LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text. One keyboard shortcut away.

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Available on macOS, Windows, and Linux

Capture

Select any region of your screen with a customizable global keyboard shortcut. Works with any application.

Paste straight into Overleaf or Word

Results are instantly copied to your clipboard. Paste LaTeX into Overleaf, MathML into Word, or plain text anywhere.

Every snip saved and searchable

All your snips are saved and searchable in the cloud. Access your history from any device.

How It Works

How a screenshot becomes a document

Create a New Snip

Press your keyboard shortcut to activate the screen capture overlay.

Take a Screenshot

Drag to select the region containing the equation, table, or text.

Convert Instantly

Mathpix OCR processes the image and returns LaTeX, Markdown, or other formats.

Paste the Result

The result is copied to your clipboard. Paste it into your document or editor.

Tools

What comes with the desktop app

Snip Editor

Edit and refine OCR results with a built-in editor that supports math preview.

Snip Search

Search through all your past snips by content, including math notation.

Recognizes 32 printed languages

Recognize text in 32 printed languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic and Devanagari scripts.

Write on a tablet and see it recognized

Write on a tablet or touchscreen and get real-time recognition of math and text.

Use Cases

What Can You Convert?

Math to LaTeX

Screenshot any printed or handwritten equation and get clean LaTeX code.

Math to MS Word

Copy equations from images directly into Microsoft Word with proper formatting.

Chemistry to SMILES

Convert chemical structure diagrams to SMILES notation for computational chemistry.