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How to add LateX / Math in the Windows 10 Ink API?

From the highlights of Microsoft Build 2016, I saw Microsoft pushing its new ink API.

  • What are the new add-ons?
  • Can ink
    • Understand and digitize handwriting?
    • Understand math / equations and digitize it (e.g. latex)?
  • Are there any other APIs that can do this for UWP or Unity?
  • How can I create it myself?

Denim link refers to user recognition. Is this what I'm looking for? I feel that it should be possible to add characters to the search dictionary.

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-Support handwriting and digitize it?

Yes, that is the whole point of the API.

This is mainly OCR 2.0

- Consider math / equations and digitize it (e.g. latex)?

Nope. Or, at least, not yet because, of course, it will be a logical extension of the API.

Are there any other APIs that can do this for UWP or Unity?

Not that I heard.

Finally, I don’t think the Jeans link is what you are looking for. This is not just a matter of adding a new symbol, but also its convenient presentation.

For example, how would you display \ frac {\, \ frac {a} {b} \,} {\ frac {c} {d}}?

There is no correct way to position a / b above the fraction line and c / d below it. Even if you can use a superscript and an index, there is no way for the standard police to align them vertically.

The good news is: Ink is an API, which means you can create a wrapper that, for example, automates the creation of latex pdf. So yes, you could create the functionality you are looking for a bit in C # (since it looks like in a Microsoft environment)

Take a look at this topic: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/53914/compile-tex-inside-microsoft-c-net

Good luck

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Yes, for the first point, you can convert ink strokes to text using handwriting recognition.

Recognize ink strokes

For mathematics and equations, no default recognizer has been detected at this time.

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