ScribbleTex

ScribbleTex is a web application that leverages machine learning to convert handwritten text to LaTeX code. This application utilizes a React frontend with a Flask backend, integrating a machine learning model hosted on Google Cloud for handwriting recognition.

Features

• Handwriting to LaTeX Conversion: Convert handwritten text into LaTeX code.
• User-Friendly Interface: Simple and intuitive interface for smooth user experience.
• React Frontend: Interactive frontend built using React for dynamic user interactions.
• Flask Backend: Robust backend using Flask for handling requests and interfacing with the ML model.
• Google Cloud Hosted ML Model: Utilizes a machine learning model hosted on Google Cloud for accurate text recognition.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/NamkhangNLe/ScribbleTex.git

2. Install dependencies for both frontend and backend:

   # Frontend (React)
   cd ScribbleTex/scribbleTex
   npm install
   
   # Backend (Flask)
   cd ../backend
   pip install flask
   pip install flask_cors
   pip install pillow

Usage

1. Start the backend server:

   # From the 'backend' directory
   python server.py

2. Launch the frontend:

   # From the 'ScribbleTex/scribbleTex' directory
   npm start

3. Access the application via the provided URL (typically: http://localhost:3000) in your web browser.

Configuration

To configure the application to use your own Google Cloud-hosted ML model:

1. Replace the existing model with your own trained model.
2. Update the necessary credentials and endpoints in the backend Flask application.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you'd like to contribute to ScribbleTex, please follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b feature/YourFeature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -m 'Add some feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin feature/YourFeature
5. Open a pull request.