Google recently fully launched its experimental AI note-taking App – NotebookLM in the US. According to Google, the App not only offers features such as document summarization, focused organizing, and question answering, but now has several new innovative features.
One of NotebookLM’s newest features is the ability to convert user notes into other types of documents. Once the user selects the notes to include, NotebookLM will automatically suggest a format, such as an outline or study guide. In addition, the user can also specify the format they wish to convert to, such as email, script outline, newsletter, etc.
For example, if the user wants to convert the notes into an email, NotebookLM will automatically generate the subject, recipient, body, and signature of the email, which the user can simply modify and send.
Depending on what the user does in the application, NotebookLM will provide suggested actions. For example, when a user writes a note, it may automatically provide tools to improve the copy or suggest relevant ideas from note sources based on what the user has written. Other new features include saving useful responses from NotebookLM as notes, sharing notes with others, and focusing on selected sources when conversing with them.
Google has also reduced some of the limitations of NotebookLM. Users can now include up to 20 sources in NotebookLM, with up to 200,000 words per source. Google originally introduced NotebookLM (then called “Project Tailwind”) at its I/O conference in May, and opened it up to a small group of beta testers afterward.
Notably, NotebookLM began using Google’s Gemini Pro AI model to help understand documents. This indicates that NotebookLM’s functionality and effectiveness will be further enhanced to provide users with a more efficient and intelligent note-taking experience.