Google Notebook LM
Ask questions across PDFs, sites, and videos in one notebook
About
Upload PDFs, links, images, and YouTube videos, then ask questions — it drafts summaries, outlines, and study guides from your selected sources. Researchers, students, and teams use it to synthesize up to 50 sources per notebook and keep work organized in one place. A podcast mode can turn your materials into an audio brief, and a Plus tier adds Gemini-powered capabilities.
Editor's Take
Worth trying if you collect articles, videos, and PDFs for classes or projects and want a single place to synthesize them into outlines, summaries, and short audio briefs.
Key Features
- Add PDFs, images, websites, and YouTube links → ask questions and get summaries grounded in those sources
- Combine up to 50 sources in one notebook → synthesize themes, key points, and outlines across them
- Handpick and curate trusted resources → constrain answers to your selected materials only
- Tap Podcast → generate an audio conversation that explains your sources in minutes
- Use the Plus version → access Gemini-integrated features for enhanced analysis
Use Cases
- A grad student preparing a literature review by uploading 20 papers and a lecture video to draft a related-work summary
- A product manager collecting specs, PDFs, and competitor pages to brief the team before a planning meeting
- A teacher turning weekly readings into a short audio recap for students
Try It Like This
- 1 Summarize a 20‑page PDF for class
Sign up and create a new notebook → upload the PDF and wait for it to be parsed → ask for a one‑page summary and a bullet list of key findings to get a study‑ready overview.
- 2 Build a related‑work section from papers
Create a notebook and add 10–20 research PDFs and one lecture video → ask Notebook LM to synthesize themes and propose an outline for a related‑work section → copy the generated outline into your document editor and refine citations from the source list.
- 3 Prepare a meeting brief from specs and web pages
Start a notebook and paste product specs, competitor pages, and slides → ask for a 5‑minute executive brief and three suggested talking points → hand the brief to your team before the meeting.
- 4 Turn readings into an audio recap for students
Add weekly readings (PDFs and web links) into one notebook → tap Podcast mode to generate an audio conversation summarizing the materials → share the audio file with students as a short recap.
- 5 Verify answers only from trusted sources
Upload the select articles and web pages you trust into a notebook → ask a question and request answers constrained to notebook sources only → review the returned passages and source citations to confirm grounding.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Accepts diverse sources (PDFs, images, websites, YouTube) for question answering and grounded summaries.
- Can combine up to 50 sources in a single notebook to synthesize themes, outlines, and key points across materials.
- Podcast mode can convert selected materials into a short audio brief, speeding up review and sharing.
Cons
- No explicit Korean language support information found, so non‑English workflows may have limited or unknown support.
Getting Started
- 1 Go to notebooklm.google.com and sign in with your Google Account
- 2 Create a new notebook and add sources (PDFs, websites, images, or YouTube links)
- 3 Ask a question like “Summarize the key arguments” and see a structured summary within minutes
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FAQ
What platforms is Google Notebook LM available on?
Available on Web.
Does Google Notebook LM support Korean?
Korean is not currently supported.