The AI NotebookLM, owned by Google and based on the Gemini language model, is a tool designed for academic study. AI has the ability to make summaries, concept maps, glossaries, indexes and frequently asked questions from the texts you have on your computer.
Additionally, you can also create a podcast of the PDF (and .txt) documents to facilitate study sessions. What it does is generate two voices that debate about the information found in the file so that you better understand the topic. The AI podcast will share data, impressions and conclusions from the PDF in question.
Therefore, if you have to prepare for an evaluation or there is a specific subject that you cannot understand, the podcast generated by NotebookLM could be of great help and in this article we will explain how to use it.
This is how you can create a podcast of PDF documents with NotebookLM
Before starting, you should know that NotebookLM, for the moment, It only works with PDF files in English and its service is free. Taking the above into account, the procedure is as follows:
– Enter the computer browser, go to the NotebookLM website (https://notebooklm.google/) and click on the “Try NotebookLM” button.
– The work menu will open, here press the circular icon located in the upper right corner and log in to your Google account.
– Once your Google account is registered, press the “Create” button and then click on “Choose a file” to upload the PDF document to generate the podcast (remember that it must be in English).
– When loading the PDF document in NotebookLM, the work menu will open, there you will see the help section for creating indexes, guides, schedules, etc., the summary of the document, the “Suggested questions” box and the “Conversation” section in-depth analysis”, there click on “Generate” to produce the PDF podcast.
– Depending on the length of the PDF information, the generation of the podcast will take from a few seconds to several minutes.
– When the creation is finished, just press the play button to listen to the podcast. Note that the result is really precise, you will obtain a conversion with questions and answers between two people that will help you resolve doubts, receive a better explanation of the topic and understand the main idea of the article.
