VisualScribe
Built at Meta Global AI Developer Hackathon · Oct 26, 2026 · Remote

Students, engineers, and researchers frequently study from visually dense materials, such as lecture slides, textbook scans, system schematics, and whiteboard photos. Existing AI study tools rely on standard text-only OCR that destroys this visual context: directional flowcharts are scrambled into disjointed words, complex mathematical formulas break into mangled ASCII symbols, and the critical spatial relationships that make technical concepts understandable are lost. VisualScribe solves this by acting as an automated multimodal study assistant that treats technical documents as structured visual systems rather than flat text. Powered by Meta SAM 3.1, it automatically segments diagrams, figures, and equation blocks from documents while stripping out margins and noise. Meta Muse Wonder then inspects each isolated visual asset—deconstructing directional flows, component hierarchies, and variable relationships into clean LaTeX derivations and conceptual breakdowns. Finally, powered by Meta Muse Spark running over high-throughput inference, VisualScribe synthesizes these insights into comprehensive master cheatsheets and interactive active-recall quizzes with instant scoring and explanations. It also features a built-in typesetting engine that compiles publication-grade A4 PDFs with true mathematical typography, transforming passive technical visuals into actionable, exam-ready mastery in seconds.