PDF OCR

Convert PDFs to Mathpix Markdown, Microsoft Word or LaTeX:

Install

curl -sf https://gobinaries.com/montanaflynn/gocr/cmd/gocr | sh

Usage

Sign up for an OCR API key at https://accounts.mathpix.com then run gocr:

Interactive

gocr
? What is your mathpix api key? ********************
? Which file should be used as an input? example.pdf
? Where would you like to save it? example.mmd
? Do you agree to the cost of $1.20 for 12 pages? Yes
✓ Saved example.mmd

Non-interactive

export MATHPIX_OCR_API_KEY=...
gocr --agree example.pdf example.docx
✓ Saved example.docx

CLI configuration, arguments and flags:

• You can set input and output paths as arguments gocr input.pdf output.docx
• You can set the API key with an environment variable MATHPIX_OCR_API_KEY
• You can set the API key with the flag gocr --api-key ...
• You can skip the cost agreement with the flag gocr --agree
• You can view all flags and arguments with gocr --help