feature made its debut in Google Docs this past August, and it is now arriving in Google Drive as a whole, streamlining the process of summarizing PDFs stored in your cloud.
Google revealed the new feature in a blog entry for Workspace. This update is merely a segment of the ongoing modifications that the company is implementing with Gemini. To utilize this feature, users simply need to open a PDF and locate the Audio Overview button at the top of the document. Clicking this button will prompt a confirmation to create an Audio Overview, and once accepted, Gemini will begin processing.
Similar to NotebookLM, this will produce a spoken summary of the content, which can be played back directly on your device. Naturally, the time required to generate the overview may vary depending on the size of the PDF. Initially, the feature supports only English language PDFs, but like all Gemini capabilities, it is expected to expand in the future.
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The motivation behind Google promoting Audio Overviews vigorously across all its applications — even embedding them directly into Chrome — stems from the ease they provide users, particularly when processing intricate information. Google highlights three key aspects of how Audio Overviews can assist users, stating that it enhances
