The v6m workflow produced compilations passing PDF/UA-2 and ISO 32005 validation in 16 of 17 successive transcription tests across 16 videos¶
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q2 i? Across 17 successive transcription tests of 16 different videos, the v6m preamble and system instructions compiled without error and passed PDFix PDF/UA-2 and ISO 32005 validation in 16 of 17 tests; one video required a second transcription attempt. → Looney 2026
Evidence¶
Looney 2026¶
Looney, C. W., & Duston, C. L. (2026). Using Gemini and LuaLaTeX to transcribe physics videos into PDF/UA-2 and ISO 32005 math-accessible PDFs. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.20733 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2608.20733
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Developmental testing of the v6m system instructions and LuaLaTeX preamble across 16 lightboard, whiteboard, and screencast physics videos: "compiled without error and passed the PDFix PDFUA-2-ISO32005 validation test in 16 out of 17 successive transcription tests". No effect size is reported.
"The v6m preamble and system instructions produced high-quality transcriptions that compiled without error and passed the PDFix PDFUA-2-ISO32005 validation test in 16 out of 17 successive transcription tests involving 16 different test videos."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Abandoning preamble coding macros in favor of amsmath, unicode-math, and siunitx enabled successive error-free transcriptions — related
- Successful transcriptions of videos using Dirac notation, eigenstate derivations, and vector calculus indicate generalized capability beyond introductory physics — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- The v6m subscript framework robustly transcribed a wide range of board-written subscript configurations, with stacked-subscript unstacking less reliable — related
- Gemini frequently corrects board-written math errors with correction logs, but still shows case-consistency and notation-substitution failures — related
- Across 28 project contexts, human-in-the-loop and independent peer review identified no conceptual or mathematical hallucinations, and Python visualization scripts executed without compilation errors on the zero-shot attempt. — related
- All AI-generated outputs in the project underwent mandatory human-in-the-loop review, positioning AI as augmentative rather than substitutive — related
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The v6m workflow produced compilations passing PDF/UA-2 and ISO 32005 validation in 16 of 17 successive transcription tests across 16 videos |
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The v6m workflow produced compilations passing PDF/UA-2 and ISO 32005 validation in 16 of 17 successive transcription tests across 16 videos |
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