Podcasts might be a good way to study advanced topics, however not the whole lot you are studying has been mentioned in an episode. AI audio maker ElevenLabs is fixing that with a brand new characteristic that reshapes paperwork you add into an audio present with digital hosts discussing the subject material. The newGenFM characteristic is a part of the ElevenLabs Reader App and can flip any mixture of PDFs, articles, and digital books into your individual private podcast episodes.
The brand new characteristic shares many similarities with Google NotebookLM, which makes use of Google Gemini AI fashions to show paperwork into podcast-style reveals the place artificial personalities talk about no matter you’ve got uploaded to one another. As with Google’s characteristic, GenFM analyzes the knowledge you add and produces an artificial podcast with two AI co-hosts discussing the fabric. GenFM even makes an attempt to match the voices to the subject beneath dialogue.
When you’re an auditory learner or want to soak up data whereas doing different issues, GenFM is prone to attraction to you. That stated, whereas GenFM restricts itself to the paperwork you add, you may doubtless nonetheless wish to be cautious of any unintended hallucinations or misunderstood knowledge. You possibly can see and listen to some examples within the demo video beneath.
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Although GenFM and Google NotebookLM are pursuing the identical sort of product, ElevenLabs’ AI-generated podcast efforts are a step past Google’s. NotebookLM is presently restricted to the online and might solely make reveals in English. In distinction, GenFM’s AI hosts can converse in 32 languages. Nonetheless, each instruments cater to extra numerous methods of studying and life.
The potential demand from college students alone will doubtless justify the work behind GenFM. And, not like another methods AI composition instruments are utilized in academia, this does not elevate moral questions on dishonest or plagiarism. Additionally they improve accessibility to these with impaired imaginative and prescient who do not wish to hear an extended doc learn out once they might hear a podcast about it. Additionally they democratize entry to data, enabling people with visible impairments or studying difficulties to have interaction with content material extra simply.