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Google NotebookLM is a notebook-style AI product for chatting with your sources and generating study artifacts inside Google’s product. Study Guide Maker is a focused generator: upload a PDF, PPTX, Word file or paste notes and get a structured study guide with page or slide citations, a glossary, practice questions and flashcards you can export to PDF, Word or CSV.
Also generate a fill-in-the-blank worksheet + answer key (separate page in Word/PDF). No extra AI call.
Teacher mode unlocks on Student Plus / Pro (and Starter / Exam / Semester packs).
No sign-up · 2 free guides a day · Files are read in your browser, never stored
Printable, cited guides from your materials; browser-side parsing for supported uploads; public pricing on /pricing; flashcard CSV export.
NotebookLM is commonly used for source-grounded chat and notebook workflows inside Google’s ecosystem. Feature sets change; check Google’s product pages for current capabilities.
We do not invent NotebookLM plan prices or unpublished limits. Prefer Google’s official documentation for those details.
Upload a PDF, PowerPoint, Word or text file — or paste your notes.
Study Guide Maker builds an outline, key concepts, glossary, practice questions, and flashcards, and tags every point with the page it came from.
Quiz yourself right on the page, flip through flashcards, or export to PDF, Word and CSV.
A sample guide built from a short biology handout. Page tags show where each point came from.
Biology
Cellular respiration is how cells turn the chemical energy in glucose into ATP. It happens in three stages — glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and the electron transport chain — and releases carbon dioxide and water as by-products.
Sample output for illustration.
Study Guide Maker is built for that workflow: outline, page-cited key concepts, glossary, quiz and export. NotebookLM may help in other study workflows — compare against your needs.
No. See Google’s official NotebookLM materials for current access and pricing.
Yes. 2 guides a day without an account, or 10 a month after signing in with Google.