# NotebookLM

> AI research assistant and notebook grounded in your uploaded documents.

NotebookLM (also branded as Gemini Notebook) is an AI-powered note-taking and research assistant built on Google's Gemini models. It grounds its answers exclusively in the sources you upload, such as PDFs, docs, and notes, complete with citations. It can also generate conversational audio overviews that explain complex topics like a podcast.

Website: https://notebooklm.google.com/

## What it is for

- Summarize long research papers and technical whitepapers into digestible notes
- Generate a conversational podcast-style audio overview from complex PDFs
- Query specific details across multiple uploaded documents with source citations
- Turn study notes or textbooks into study guides, mind maps, and overviews

## Features

- Grounds responses strictly in uploaded source documents
- Audio Overview feature creates two-host conversational discussions of your materials
- Direct citations back to specific passages in your source files
- Automatic generation of study guides, FAQs, and briefing documents
- Document upload support for PDFs, Google Docs, and text files

## Pricing

Free to use with a Google account

## Details

- Type: Web app
- Category: [AI](https://xiry.app/topics/ai.md)
- Open source: no
- Platforms: Web
- For: Researchers, students, writers, and knowledge workers dealing with heavy reading loads
- Alternative to: Notion AI, Mem.ai
- Tags: research, summarization, notes, audio, gemini, documents

## Why it was saved

- [@aitoolhub.co, 15 April 2025](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIe7QoQCong/): Allows users to upload lengthy PDFs or guides and generate a two-host conversational audio podcast summary to easily digest complex documents.
- [@theaisurfer, 25 September 2024](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAUiUUoy0tj/): Allows you to upload multiple documents, ask questions grounded strictly in your sources, auto-generate study guides/summaries, and convert source material into conversational two-host audio podcasts (Audio Overview).

## Compare

- [Alternatives to Notion](https://xiry.app/alternatives/notion.md)

## Related

- [Gemini Notebook](https://xiry.app/resources/gemini-notebook): AI research assistant grounded strictly in your uploaded notes and documents. (Web app, Freemium)
- [Disco](https://xiry.app/resources/disco): Experimental browser generating interactive apps and tools from open tabs (Desktop app, Free)
- [Synthesizing Multiple YouTube Videos with Google NotebookLM](https://xiry.app/resources/synthesizing-multiple-youtube-videos-with-google-notebooklm): Compare and query multiple YouTube transcripts simultaneously using Google NotebookLM (Tip, Free)
- [ElevenLabs](https://xiry.app/resources/elevenlabs): AI voice generator, voice cloning, and conversational agent platform (Web app, Freemium)
- [Google Opal](https://xiry.app/resources/google-opal): No-code visual canvas for building AI mini-apps from plain English prompts (Web app, Free)
- [Adobe Podcast](https://xiry.app/resources/adobe-podcast): Web-based AI audio recording, editing, and speech enhancement tool (Web app, Freemium)

Updated 3 October 2026. Page: https://xiry.app/resources/notebooklm

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