This article has been machine-translated into English. Therefore, there may be nuances or errors in the content. The Danish version is always up-to-date and accurate. Read the original Danish article here.

We have ourselves for some time used Google’s NotebookLM, which can generate two-person podcasts based on the content of a text – though until now only in English. Google has now extended the functionality so you can get the conversation in Danish – as well as in a total of 50 new languages, which you can see at the bottom.

Many schools have blocked access to Google NotebookLM, so students often use their personal accounts to gain access.

We used our latest newsletter as the starting point, and you can listen to an example below.

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This week’s news: AI in Education – Partnership or Threat
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Before you start uploading texts, it is still important to be mindful of copyright.

Chatbots and copyright: New guidance for the education sector
RettighedsAlliancen (the Rights Alliance) publishes new guidance for the education sector on the lawful use of chatbots. The unlawful uploading of textbooks to ChatGPT is a growing problem that the guide aims to help solve.

How to choose a language:

Go to Settings > Output language > Set language in the top right-hand corner of NotebookLM. By default, the language is set to the one your Google account uses.

Available languages in NotebookLM

AfrikaansAlbanianArabic
ArmenianAzerbaijaniBasque
BengaliBulgarianBurmese (Myanmar)
CatalanCebuanoChinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)CroatianCzech
DanishDutchEnglish
EstonianFilipinoFinnish
French (Canada)French (European)Galician
GeorgianGermanGreek
GujaratiHaitian CreoleHebrew
HindiHungarianIcelandic
IndonesianItalianJapanese
JavaneseKannadaKonkani
KoreanLatinLatvian
LithuanianMacedonianMaithili
MalayMalayalamMarathi
NepaliNorwegian (Bokmål)Norwegian (Nynorsk)
OriyaPashtoPersian
PolishPortuguese (Brazil)Portuguese (Portugal)
PunjabiRomanianRussian
Serbian (Cyrillic)SindhiSinhala
SlovakSlovenianSpanish (European)
Spanish (Latin America)Spanish (Mexico)Swahili
SwedishTamilTelugu
ThaiTurkishUkrainian
UrduVietnamese

Sources

NotebookLM Audio Overviews coming to 50+ languages
Google is now bringing NotebookLM’s Audio Overviews to over 50 languages. This is made possible by Gemini…
NotebookLM Audio Overviews are now available in over 50 languages
Learn more about NotebookLM’s Audio Overviews feature and its expansion to more than 50 languages.

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Per Størup Lauridsen
MSc in IT | Co-founder of Viden.AI | Head of IT and Communications at TietgenSkolen