Ways to display Latex / Tex / Mathematical Notation in Glide

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Hello friends,

I’m building a student helper app that uses OCR to scan math questions and solves them using GPT.

The OCR automation outputs a Latex styled string to represent the formula

EX:
\int\left(x^{5}-6 x+3\right) d x=

I’m able to pass off the initial question to a third party service that would render the formula as an image i can use.

The problem I run into, however, is when GPT starts using formulas in its own answer. GPT also uses Tex / LaTex (specifically, this service: https://www.katex.org/) formatting, and so its response contains a mix of normal english, and these Tex strings.

EX:

Sure! Using the power rule of integration, we can integrate each term separately:

\begin{align*}
\int\left(x^{5}-6 x+3\right) dx &= \int x^5 dx - \int 6x dx + \int 3 dx \\
&= \frac{x^6}{6} - 3x + 3C,
\end{align*}

where $C$ is the constant of integration.

Any ideas on how this problem should be approached? What can I do to properly output this text on glide?

This one is really bothersome fellas, and I’d appreciate any input you can provide on the matter :slight_smile:

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Small bump to this - maybe the legends @Darren_Murphy or @ThinhDinh can advise :slight_smile:

Happy to provide more screenshots / images as needed.

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Could you not instruct Chat-GPT to provide a response in plain English?

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Thanks for the follow-up Darren! I could, but GPT wouldn’t necessarily honor the request all the time.

Furthermore, formulas are super-useful to have in terms of a user experience. The app would lose a lot of its utility if we remove such notation from the solution steps.

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Okay, then I’m not clear on what you are trying to get? :man_shrugging:

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Basically I’m trying to output GPT answers with Tex formatting within Glide. Here’s an example of Tex output in Glide compared to how it looks from within GPT itself.

Glide

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GPT

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My question: Is there no way for me to be able to output formulas the same way GPT does in its native chat interface?

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I see. So basically you want the output rendered in the same way as Katex would present it, yes?

It might be possible to load Katex and do it with a JavaScript column, or alternatively you could probably set up your own hosted instance and embed that in a webview.

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Correct! As far as I’m aware, JS columns would not be able to import js libraries but it seems that I’m mistaken.

Maybe I should give that a shot, and if all else fails - an embedded web view may be a path forward assuming I can steal a kind developer from the team to set up a hosted instance.

Let me give both of these a shot and report back on my findings :saluting_face:

Much appreciated sir :raised_hands:

P.S. I’ve used multiple guides of yours in the past. Specifically, the working day calculator + CSV file output guides were eye-openers; so thanks for all the help you’ve already provided :slight_smile:

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The below thread may provide some inspiration:

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Can you tell me how you get Glide to display the formula in Latex form at the top? (just above the “Tutor” part).

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I think it’s an image…

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Did you ever get this working?

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Try using notalk;justgo at the end of the prompt

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