Artificial Intelligence (AI) has turned imagination into everyday reality. In today’s generation, AI is not just a tool; it’s a companion from which we learn, study, and work. Hence, founders are deeply researching what is in demand for users.
And hence, here is a wonderful tool to bring revolution in your life in just one click, NotebookLM
Audio overview
So basically Audio overview is prepared to make your source summarised via deep dive mode. This communication is provided by AI hosts.
Is this exciting? So now let’s see how to use Audio Overview:
- To create or delete your Audio Overview, you have to edit and access your Notebook ● To change the playback speed, select More More icon and then Change playback speed.
- To send feedback, tap Thumbs up or Thumbs down.
NotebookLM
NotebookLM is a smart, reliable research assistant, crafted to help you explore ideas, stay organised, and think deeper.
With NotebookLM, you can:
- Bring all your materials together – Upload PDFs, websites, YouTube videos, audio files, Google Docs, or Slides, etc
- Experience advanced understanding. Powered by Gemini’s intelligence, NotebookLM will help you to interact through text, visuals, graphs, or even audio, with many languages.
- Chat with your notebook – Ask questions and get accurate, checked and corrected answers directly in your uploaded sources, ensuring clarity and trust.
And do you know?
NotebookLM is being provided to our new users above 13 years of age, which will help our new users learn through interaction.
Now do you want to access with your account,… Easy!
- You must be signed in via a Google Account.
- A personal Google Account, which you manage at work or school.
And by this, you will get your new account.
Now, are you afraid of privacy?
Don’t worry, NotebookLM is designed to respect your safety. This website is neither reviewed by human reviewers nor used to train AI; there is only you and your words.
AI hosts a discussion
- Al host acts like a knowledgeable teacher.
- It summarises your materials (like PDFs, Docs, or web pages) and then starts a conversation about the important points.
- You can join the discussion, asking questions, clarifying concepts, or diving deeper into specific topics.
The Al provides references directly from your uploaded sources, so everything stays accurate according to your preferences.
Here are some ways to operate your AI hosts:
And to customise your preferred audio, here are some options:
>Deep Dive
Two AI hosts deliver concepts from your source provided.
>The Brief
This provides you with key concepts in under 2 minutes.
>The Critique
This option gives a constructive evaluation of your source like an essay.
>The Debate
Here, two AI hosts compare their perspectives.
Summary and Transcript
Before we know about this feature, let’s understand the difference between Summary and Transcript
| Summary | Transcript |
| Gives key points from text, audio or video | And this is used to convert spoken language to written or text |
Summary
Now let’s deep dive into the Summary,
This will help you grasp the main ideas from your context, hence no need to read or watch everything.
- It is used to customise large texts, videos, or audio files into key points.
- It highlights important facts or themes, helping you focus on important factors.
- Helps compare multiple sources by providing clear insights.
- And most importantly, it saves time for reviewing notes before exams or meetings. This can be customised by following the examples
you can ask, “Summarise this for a beginner” or “Give me a one-paragraph summary.”
Transcript
Next is the transcript. It is a written version of spoken content, like a YouTube video, podcast, or audio file you upload.
- Converts speech into text, which makes spoken content searchable and editable.
- Makes it easy to find quotes, references, or summarise spoken materials.
- Helps create summaries or study notes from audio/video automatically.
- Supports multiple languages, and you are enabled to provide your preferred language transcription for sources in different languages.
- It enables highlighting key points for faster revision.
- Can be used to generate presentations, essays, or discussion points from lectures or interviews.
This can be customised by following the examples
You can ask “Summarise the speaker’s view on ethical AI” and it gives a clear answer based on that transcript.
Multimodal sources
In NotebookLM, this means you can upload any kind of content, and the AI can analyse, connect, and summarise it all together, giving you a complete understanding.
● This can support multiple formats PDFs, Google Docs, Slides, YouTube videos, audio files, images, websites and many more
- Understands different types of data, goes through the text, understands graphs or charts, watches video content, and listens to audio.
- It makes learning interactive; you can ask questions about a video and related images, all in one discussion.
- It is flexible to generate visualising knowledge using mind maps, charts, or diagrams, taking insights from multiple sources.
Hence, NotebookLM is an AI-powered research assistant designed to help you refine and organise your ideas
FAQs
Does NotebookLM cost money?
No, it offers a free version that can be used by anyone with a Google Account.
Is NotebookLM for free?
Yes, the basic version is free, but there’s a paid ‘Plus’ version with more features.
Is NotebookLM good for studying?
Yes, it is designed to help you upload sources (PDFs, websites, slides), summarize them, and create study guides.
What is the meaning of LM in notebook?
“LM” stands for Language Model, meaning the tool uses a large language model to process your documents.