Google's Notebooklm tool continues its evolution and does so by demolishing one of the great barriers of digital knowledge: language. Since this week, its popular audio summaries, a functionality which converts documents into spoken summaries similar to podcastsare available in more than 50 languages, including Spanish.
Launched at the end of last year, this function quickly gained popularity by allowing users to listen to key ideas from their sources In conversational format, Ideal for students, journalists, content professionals and any person who wants to absorb information in a hearing. What generates notebooklm is An audio in podcast format, realistic, between two characters from AI discussing the theme of the text and interacting as if it were a radio program.
This is how multilingual audio summaries work
Thanks to the native support of GeminiGoogle's model, the tool now can automatically generate oral summaries in the user's favorite languagewith a new “output language” option in notebooklm settings. This configuration can be changed at any time, which allows a completely personalized and adaptable experience.
The objective is clear: to make knowledge more accessible to all, regardless of the original language of the documents. For example, a teacher who prepares a class on biodiversity You could upload a documentary in Portuguese, an English report and an academic article in Spanish, and your students could listen to the summary in the language they choose.
A tool to create multilingual and educational content
This function has clear applications for the educational world and digital content:
Educators can create accessible study materials for students from different languages. Content creators can turn their documentation into audio clips for different audiences. Students can review information in an auditory way, in their preferred language, while performing other activities. In addition, it allows users to explore sources in other languages without losing understanding, generating a greater connection with global information.
Much more than audio
Actually, Notebooklm does more things than generating shocking audios: it is a free web assistant promoted by AI, presented in July 2023 and globally deployed in June 2024, which has been oriented towards automatic learning, search, research and writing from documents and texts uploaded to the tool.
From the application website you can Load documents in different formats (PDF, text documents, Google Docs, Google Slides or audio files), Web articles, YouTube public urls or copy and paste a text directly in the tool. This will analyze the text automatically and provide you with different useful functions.
Among the main features of Notebooklm we have:
Automatic and precise summaries From a document or a very long article and even an ebook of up to 500,000 words of extension.
Study guides with the key points of information and organizing everything more effectively.
Timeline Interactive that allow to visualize better historical events by organizing information chronologically.
Frequent comments, comments and questions based on the information of your documents.
Conversational chat To interact with the tool and perform searches or questions that help find the necessary information more quickly.
The function is now available in Notebook.google for any account configured in one of the compatible languages.
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