The OCR Math Formula Editor converts handwritten equations, formulas, and notes into editable digital text. For math and science educators who routinely work from handwritten material, it cuts the manual transcription step out of lesson and quiz preparation.
Two ways to put a formula in
| Input | When to use it |
|---|---|
| Upload an image | A photo of a whiteboard, a scan of worksheet notes, a camera shot of a formula sheet |
| Draw directly | Write the formula on the canvas in the editor with a mouse, trackpad, or pen |
Either way, TutorFlow's recognition reads the notation and returns editable text and formulas. Edit anything it misread in the editor, then copy the result into a lesson, a quiz, or your own notes, or download it.
The output handles standard mathematical notation: fractions, exponents, subscripts, Greek letters, integrals, and most common STEM symbols.
Credits
Each scan costs 1 credit from your organization's AI Credit balance. Editing the result and copying it out is free, so scan once and fix small misreads by hand rather than scanning again.
Where this saves time
Math and science teachers often start with handwritten material: working through derivations by hand, annotating textbook problems, or building formula sheets on paper. The path from that material to an online course used to mean retyping everything or working in a LaTeX editor.
OCR shortens that path to an upload or a drawing and a review pass. The most common uses are:
- Lesson preparation. Digitizing formula derivations and worked examples for lecture content.
- Quiz and exam building. Converting handwritten problem sets into test questions.
- Content reuse. Turning teacher notes and whiteboard photos into reusable course assets.
- Worksheet conversion. Bringing printed or handwritten worksheets into digital lesson format.
Review after conversion
Recognition quality follows the input. Clean, well-lit handwriting on a plain background converts reliably; faint pencil, photos taken at an angle, and equations crowded with annotations lose accuracy. Before inserting the output into published content, check:
- symbols that look alike (a multiplication sign versus a variable, a subscript versus a superscript)
- fractions and nested expressions
- handwritten shorthand that is not standard notation
A 30-second review pass is much faster than retyping from scratch, and catches the single dropped symbol that changes what an equation says.