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Textual-to-Visual Iterative Self-Verification for Slide Generation

arXiv 2502.15412 ↗First posted 21 Feb 2025cs.CLcited by 4

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Abstract (arXiv)

Generating presentation slides is a time-consuming task that urgently requires automation. Due to their limited flexibility and lack of automated refinement mechanisms, existing autonomous LLM-based agents face constraints in real-world applicability. We decompose the task of generating missing presentation slides into two key components: content generation and layout generation, aligning with the typical process of creating academic slides. First, we introduce a content generation approach that enhances coherence and relevance by incorporating context from surrounding slides and leveraging section retrieval strategies. For layout generation, we propose a textual-to-visual self-verification process using a LLM-based Reviewer + Refiner workflow, transforming complex textual layouts into intuitive visual formats. This modality transformation simplifies the task, enabling accurate and human-like review and refinement. Experiments show that our approach significantly outperforms baseline methods in terms of alignment, logical flow, visual appeal, and readability.

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  1. 2025SlideBot: A Multi-Agent Framework for Generating Informative, Reliable, Multi-Modal Presentations
  2. 2025SlideCoder: Layout-aware RAG-enhanced Hierarchical Slide Generation from Design
  3. 2025PPTBench: Towards Holistic Evaluation of Large Language Models for PowerPoint Layout and Design Understanding
  4. 2025WebGen-V Bench: Structured Representation for Enhancing Visual Design in LLM-based Web Generation and Evaluation
  5. 2026Learning to Present: Inverse Specification Rewards for Agentic Slide Generation
  6. 2026EditPPT: Faithful Long-Deck Slide Editing via Structured Tool-Using Multi-Agent with Dual-Modal Validators
  7. 2025PreGenie: An Agentic Framework for High-quality Visual Presentation Generation
  8. 2026Seeing is Improving: Visual Feedback for Iterative Text Layout Refinement