Google’s NotebookLM adds audio and YouTube support, create study guides

Raiza Martin, Product Manager at Google, blogged in part…. “you can now add public YouTube URLs and audio files directly into your notebook, alongside PDFs, Google Docs, Slides, websites and more. In our early testing, people are using these new source types in interesting ways: Analyzing videos and lectures: When you upload YouTube videos to NotebookLM, it summarizes key concepts and allows for in-depth exploration through inline citations linked directly to the video’s transcript. It’s great for comparing perspectives across multiple sources on a specific issue…You can streamline team projects by adding audio recordings and having NotebookLM search across the transcribed conversations to locate specific information…Creating study guides: You can transform class recordings, handwritten notes and lecture slides into comprehensive study guides with a single click. These automatically generated guides consolidate all of the key information for convenient access. Audio Overview file on NotebookLM with a button to copy a share link…we’re making it possible to share that Audio Overview directly. When you tap “share,” it generates a public link that you can easily share with others.” https://blog.google/technology/ai/notebooklm-audio-video-sources/