In development, not yet released
Math, wherever you type.
Meowton is a fast, trustworthy way to write mathematical notation in the application you are already working in, and to hand it over in the best form that application can keep.
x = \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a}
What we are building
Mathematics is written in far more places than it is typeset: lecture notes, lab reports, email, a chat window, a form on a learning platform, a slide, a message to a colleague. Each of those places accepts a different kind of notation, and most people who write mathematics carry a private collection of workarounds for each one.
We are building one composer that goes with you. Type an expression once, in the notation you already know (LaTeX, ASCII math, or plain English), watch it typeset as you go, and place it in the current application as an editable equation, as a picture with the source attached, or as text, whichever that application can actually keep.
The composer also takes a photograph of printed mathematics, a handwritten expression, or a spoken one. Each reading is a proposal until you have seen it typeset and confirmed it.
What we want to achieve
Confirmed, never guessed
Nothing enters your document that you have not seen typeset. A reading that is not good enough is refused rather than inserted.
Private by construction
Composing, previewing, converting, and history stay on your device. Recognition runs on your device too. There is no analytics and no telemetry, and the two network exceptions are written down rather than hidden.
Accessible from the first release
Every screen works with a keyboard and with a screen reader, and every expression has a spoken reading.
Three languages, everywhere
Everything you read or hear ships in English, Simplified Chinese, and French, on every surface.
Lovable, or not shipped
The first release is a minimum lovable product, not a minimum viable one. A feature that is not good enough is improved or left out; it does not ship with a label explaining why.
Measured before promised
Every way of reading mathematics into the composer is measured on a fixed test set before anyone is asked to rely on it. When we ask you to trust a reading, we will tell you how often it is right.
Where it will live
One engine, the same behaviour, ten places to type:
- A Mac application
- A Windows application
- A web app you can install, which works with the network off
- An add-on for Chrome and Edge
- A VS Code extension
- A Microsoft Word add-in
- An iPhone and iPad app
- An Android app
- A keyboard for iOS
- A keyboard for Android
Nothing is released yet. This is what is being built, not what you can download today.
For departments and campuses
Meowton is being built to meet what a university asks of software it hands to every student: accessible by design, on-device by default, and documented for the people who review it. If you buy or review software for a department, an accessibility office, or a whole campus, say so on the form and we will write to you first.
Join the waitlist
Leave your email and we will write when there is something to try. We write rarely, and every message carries a link to leave.