Reflow submission layout restorer
Turn chart images from PDFs or screenshots into editable templates for thesis formatting
- Problem
- A week before a defense, an advisor sends a technical roadmap screenshot from a PDF where text can't be edited and boxes can't be moved, and redrawing from scratch takes too long. Students in thesis or defense scenarios need to revise repeatedly, and pasting the image looks blurry when enlarged.
- Solution
- Upload a PDF or screenshot, automatically recognize text, arrows, boxes, and other elements, and rebuild them into editable vector or table structures. Offer one-click school template styles, check font, caption, and unit consistency, and export editable PPTX/SVG.
- Users
- Graduate students revising thesis charts, graduates needing to apply school templates, and junior professionals making technical docs
- MVP
- Upload PDF/screenshot and recognize elements (text, boxes, arrows); convert to editable elements and export SVG/PPTX; a few built-in academic template color schemes; font and caption consistency hints; skip complex illustration reconstruction
- Revenue
- Per-export one-time purchase (e.g. $1.5/image) or subscription; distribute via university channels
- Why now
- Vision models are now good enough for chart element recognition, and academic formatting is high-frequency grunt work nobody wants to do; one person can deliver in a few weeks