As an engineering student, I hated that handwriting was the only viable way to do fast or impromptu scientific writing. It would be the only way to take quick notes in class or in a lab, write an assignment, or create a presentation. Here's a few things I witnessed in academia:
* Unsuitable editors: Students attempt to resort to text editors unoptimized for science, such as Notion or Word, to take notes and write assignments.
* Slow or expensive software: Students, teachers, and researchers using high-friction and high-cost tools for writing
* Messy class notes: Professors upload pictures of hastily handwritten class notes as supplementary material
The list could go on. I believe that the ability to quickly document scientific ideas with a keyboard would be a huge QOL improvement for anyone learning or doing science.
I recently launched the ability to export Stempad documents to LaTex. I tested it by rewriting part of a paper I found online (Metabolic scaling in small life forms by Marc E. Ritchie & Christopher P. Kempes) and exporting it. You can try the editor and export yourself using the post url. The export button is on the top right of the page. In case you want to see the result directly, this was it: https://www.overleaf.com/read/zjccqbjdyhtc#6e146c
Feedback is really appreciated! If anyone thinks they might find Stempad useful, let me know and I'd love to get in touch.