Google introduced on Wednesday that its AI note-taking and analysis app, NotebookLM, is including a brand new “audio conversations” characteristic. Audio conversations will give customers one other solution to digest and comprehend the knowledge within the paperwork they’ve uploaded to the app, equivalent to course readings or authorized briefs.
Since its launch, the NotebookLM has used textual content to summarize and clarify supply supplies, however now, it may possibly achieve this out loud utilizing audio. The characteristic is geared towards individuals who grasp supplies higher by listening to explanations versus studying them.
AI-generated digital hosts will use conversational speech patterns to present you a abstract of the supplies you’ve shared. The hosts will share details or compelling subjects from the supply materials and do issues like use metaphors to clarify sophisticated ideas. Google says that listening to those discussions will assist customers discover new connections between their paperwork or get inspiration for his or her drafts.
To get began with audio conversations, you want to open an current pocket book, navigate to the Notebook information, and click on on the “generate” button on the right-hand aspect. It can take as much as 5 minutes for an audio dialog to generate, and for now, you’ll be able to solely generate conversations in English.
You even have the choice to obtain the dialog and hearken to it on the go to get a fast understanding of your supply supplies.
Audio conversations are nonetheless in beta and there could also be some inaccuracies within the conversations, Google says.
The firm first demoed NotebookLM underneath the identify Project Tailwind again in June 2023 at Google I/O earlier than making it accessible to everybody above the age of 18 within the U.S. final December. The app is now accessible in over 200 international locations in additional than 108 languages.
