Google Docs will now allow you to generate an audio model of your paperwork utilizing AI. In a publish announcing the rollout, Google says you possibly can customise Gemini’s AI audio output with totally different voices and playback speeds.
This characteristic isn’t only for a doc’s creator, as Google says readers can entry a shared doc’s AI-generated audio by deciding on the Device dropdown menu and deciding on Audio > Take heed to this tab. Authors may add a customizable audio button immediately in a doc by selecting Insert > Audio, which readers can click on to start out listening.
Google introduced plans to allow you to turn your documents into AI podcasts in April, however this characteristic appears quite a bit handier for those who simply wish to take heed to what you’ve written. You may solely generate audio variations of paperwork in English and on desktop gadgets for now.
Google is rolling out audio in Docs to Workspace customers with enterprise, enterprise, or training plans, in addition to customers who’ve AI Professional and Extremely subscriptions.