Wooonster/hocr_mcp_server
by Various
🐍 🏠 – A fastAPI-based FastMCP server with a Vue frontend that sends uploaded images to VLM via the MCP to quickly extract handwritten mathematical formulas as clean LaTeX code.
MCP
Wooonster/hocr_mcp_server
Added 1 June 2026
Overview
A FastAPI server with a Vue frontend that accepts image uploads. It sends each image to a vision language model through the MCP protocol to extract handwritten mathematical formulas. The output is clean LaTeX code.
Best for
Best for
Researchers and students needing to digitize handwritten math into LaTeX
Use cases
- Extracting LaTeX from handwritten math notes
- Converting photos of blackboard equations to digital format
- Automating digitization of math homework into LaTeX
Notes
A FastAPI server with a Vue frontend that accepts image uploads. It sends each image to a vision language model through the MCP protocol to extract handwritten mathematical formulas. The output is clean LaTeX code.
2 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2025-08-17.
Use cases
- Extracting LaTeX from handwritten math notes
- Converting photos of blackboard equations to digital format
- Automating digitization of math homework into LaTeX
Pros
- Provides a web interface for easy image upload
- Outputs clean LaTeX code from handwritten formulas
- Leverages the MCP protocol for flexibility with vision models
Cons
- Low adoption with only 2 GitHub stars
- Limited to handwritten mathematical formula extraction
- Requires a compatible vision language model and MCP setup
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Pros
- Provides a web interface for easy image upload
- Outputs clean LaTeX code from handwritten formulas
- Leverages the MCP protocol for flexibility with vision models
Cons
- Low adoption with only 2 GitHub stars
- Limited to handwritten mathematical formula extraction
- Requires a compatible vision language model and MCP setup