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Google announced on Wednesday that it AI note-taking and research app,

Notebook LM, is adding a new audio overview feature.

Audio overview is going to give users another way to digest and comprehend the information in the documents they

have uploaded to the app, such as course readings or legal briefs or synopsies of Night Writer

episodes.

Since it's launched, the notebook LMs used text to summarize and explain source materials,

but now it's going to do so out loud using audio.

The features geared toward people who grasp the materials better by listening

to explanations as opposed to reading them. AI generated virtual hosts will use conversational

speech patterns to give you a summary of the materials you've shared.

The hosts will share facts or compelling topics from the source material and do things like

use metaphors to explain complicated concepts.

Google says that listening to these discussions will help users find new connections

between their documents or get inspiration for their drafts.

Now audio conversations are still in beta,

and there may be some inaccuracies in the conversations Google says.

So maybe hold off on using this

for your monthly Night Rider club meetings.

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