Mathpix Snipping Tool

The Mathpix Snipping Tool is a desktop application that captures content from the screen and runs OCR to extract mathematical expressions, chemical formulas, tables, and handwritten text. With a single keyboard shortcut it copies the recognized material to the clipboard in formats such as LaTeX, Markdown, or Microsoft Word, allowing users to paste editable, machine‑readable content directly into documents or code.

It is aimed at researchers, educators, and students who work with scientific and technical material and need a quick way to digitize equations, diagrams, and data from PDFs, images, or handwritten notes. The tool supports macOS, Windows, and Linux, and integrates with the broader Mathpix ecosystem, which includes APIs for bulk conversion and other document‑processing services.

What distinguishes the Snipping Tool is its focus on STEM‑specific OCR, handling complex notation and multilingual text, and its ability to produce output ready for LaTeX, Markdown, and other common authoring formats without requiring separate conversion steps.