[siquick]

There is actually an interrupt mode in NotebookLM now.

Overall I've found it the best AI product Google have. Only complaint I have about it is the hyper positive US corporate accents get pretty annoying pretty quickly.

The realtime voice in ChatGPT is excellent, the newer model is a big step up too.

[fumeux_fume]

I wonder how much of the annoying aspects of the podcasters can be controlled by the custom user instructions. I hate sitting through the patter of how "we're not political, just reporting the views of the sources."

[idbnstra]

"We have some REALLY interesting sources that we're discussing today"

[toddmorey]

Yeah I think the podcasts were just a clever hack until AI is fast enough to support realtime. It’s practically there now, so a fake podcast is a funny relic and hard to sit through.

[theshrike79]

The new ChatGPT voice has a MASSIVE vocal fry, like to ridiculous levels.

It did tone it down when I asked though, but a crazy default.

[d4rkp4ttern]

Too much friction in notebookLM - several minutes to make a podcast, and they disappear after a while, and the interrupt feature is super-janky.

[AbstractH24]

> Too much friction in notebookLM

This was my main problem with it. Loved it otherwise, but the lack of an API or other automation so I could dump stuff in it and have a podcast ready to download and listen to on my subway ride made me turn away.