5 Notebooklm Uses that You Must Know

As a kid, we have all used notebooks for all our needs. From note-taking to revising, writing down important points, listing down important concepts being taught, and even preparing for tests and examinations. NotebookLM by Google is the generative AI version of our childhood notebook. It is like a digital notebook only that can help you organize your thoughts better by tapping into multiple sources, summarizing them, converting them into podcasts, and mindmaps and infact, helping you generate new ideas too! For everyone suffering from major info overload – NotebookLM can be your cure. In this blog, I’ll share 5 unique NotebookLM uses that you didn’t know before.

Let’s get to NotebookLM uses!

What is NotebookLM ?

NotebookLM is essentially an AI note-taking app that has now transformed into an AI research assistant powered by Gemini 2.0 Flash. It can interact with multiple sources of information at once. These sources can be PDFs, YouTube videos, documents, websites, audio files, websites, and even PPTs. All you have to do is either upload, drag-n-drop, or simply copy-paste the source that you wish to work with and you can then use it however you want to. You can create summaries, understand them in parts, extract some specific insights from them, and get information right from your source thus, ensuring complete trust in the generated content.

Key Features of NotebookLM

Some of the key features of NotebookLM are:

1. It generates instant insights for tasks like: creating a study guide, summaries a document, creating timelines, generating summaries, etc. 
2. It can generate audio podcasts around your topic so you can listen to it as you do your other tasks. 
3. You can also interact with the audio podcast by joining it and getting answers to your queries in the discussion.
4. It allows you to work with over 50 + sources which can be a mix of YouTube videos, audio files, Google Docs, slides, PPTs, and more. It can easily deal with resource-intensive tasks and provide information quickly.
5. It can search for relevant resources which can be videos, research papers, and other PDFs based on the resources that you upload on NotebookLM. 

5 NotebookLM Uses you Must Know

Now that we have covered all the features of NotebookLM in the last section., let’s explore 5 cool tasks we can do with NotebookLM.

1. Prepare for an Interview

NitebookLM generates a podcast consisting of two people discussing the topic based on their selected sources. Now using NotebookLM’s “interactive mode” you can also join that discussion and ask questions that you want answers for and also gain insights from the LLM experts through the conversation. This can be very helpful for preparing for an interview, an important meeting, or even a viva. 

Suppose you want to prepare for the interview for the role of “Senior Data Scientist”, you can submit your resume, the requirements for the role, and books or documents that you want to revise. The audio podcast will consist of a meaningful conversation focusing on key points where you will be able to join the conversation of experts and ask the questions that you want to prepare for and hear their answers.

Also Read: How to Prepare for a Job Interview with ChatGPT?

Add all your meeting notes, transcriptions, and PPTs, and ask NotebookLM to extract meaningful insights and action items and share them with the attendees set up deadlines. This can be a useful hack to stay on top of all the discussion points and streamline the entire workflow. 

Suppose you had a quarterly meeting where key points regarding the roles and responsibilities of each team and team members were discussed. Rather than racking your brain regarding the points that were discussed, you can use NotebookLM to extract those key points and then list down detailed actions.

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3. Get your Research Done

NotebookLM has a new “discover” feature that can help you find resources relevant to your added sources. For this, all you have to do is click on “discover” feature. Then you can describe the topic that you want to explore or just click on “I’m feeling curious”. This can be a quick way to research any topic that you are working on and then extract key information from them. 

For example you want to supplement your research or maybe you need a point from where you can start your research then you can use NotebookLM without any additional prompts or unnecessary copy-pasting. Infact you would also be able to summarize the content, add notes, and make it into a study guide too. 

Also Read: OpenAI vs Google: Who Does Deep Research Better?

4. Structure your Content

Information overload can be taxing. Sometimes all we have are resources and yet nowhere to start from. In NotebookLM you can add those resources and simply generate a mindmap for it. The mindmap will break down your content and structure it in a way that is simple to digest every aspect of your content. 

For example, if you wish to understand a concept, just add the link to the blog or upload a PDF of the book or the link to any video, and within seconds, NotebookLM will create a structure for your content.

5. Compare and Compile Information

You can make your shopping, learning, or even investment decisions using NotebookLM. Just add the resources that you wish to compare and it will break down the details of all your choices and present the information in key points helping you to process the information easily. 

For example, you wish to invest your money in buying real estate. You can add brochures regarding all possible choices in NotebookLM and let it break down the complex jargon into key points. Such points will help you track the nuances and simplify the decision-making process for you. 

These are only a few of the many possible tasks that you can do with NotebookLM. It can help you create content from content like converting YouTube videos into LinkedIn or Twitter posts and vice versa. It can analyze customer feedback, generate content from researched material, etc. 

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Conclusion

NotebookLM uses are limitless, but these were the best ones according to me. You can say, it is like a one-stop tool. It can help you manage your content in a way that it appears less formidable. Unlike other Chatbots that struggle with excessive information, this RAG-based tool makes it super simple to manage multiple sources. It is quick and efficient with handling all the queries and the cherry on top is its audio overview feature. You can not only hear your information in a way that is more relevant but also get to be part of that discussion around a given topic. It can read through images, process video, and audio files, and deliver a solid end-to-end guide for your content. 

How are you using NotebookLM? Let me know in the comment section below.