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Turn PDFs into podcast-style audio overviews | Adobe Acrobat

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Ever stare down a 40-page report and wish you could just... listen to it instead? Now you can. With Generate Podcast in Acrobat, you can turn any document into an audio overview.

How it works

Open the file you want to convert in Acrobat.
Click the headphones icon in the top toolbar and choose "Podcast" as your listening style (or select "Generate Podcast" from the All tools menu).
Choose your style: Highlights for a quick summary or Deep dive for a more detailed audio overview.
Hit play. Adjust the speed, or use play, pause, and skip to listen your way.

Heads up: Generate podcast comes with Acrobat Studio and the AI Assistant add-on. If you don’t spot the headphones icon yet, that’s your cue to unlock it.

Your podcast follows you across devices too — start on desktop, pick it back up on web or mobile without missing a beat.

Why it's worth trying

Catch up faster. Turn dense reports, metrics, and updates into something you can listen to on your commute, at the gym, or between meetings.
Learn your way. Conversational, natural-sounding voices make it easier to absorb information whether you're an auditory learner, a remote teammate catching up async, or brand new to a project and need the fast version.
Control the depth. Highlights get you the gist; Deep dive gives you the full picture when you need more than a summary.

It's a small shift, but it adds up to real time saved, especially on the docs you keep meaning to get to.

What feature are you most excited to try? Generate a podcast from one of your own docs in Acrobat and let us know — highlights or deep dive? 👇

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warm_nicenesse20a

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Love this idea for long reading. Which languages does it support right now? It would be really useful for documents in Urdu or Arabic, or for creating the audio in a different language from the PDF itself, for example an English summary of an Urdu document.

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BaniVerma

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Community Manager

Hi @warm_nicenesse20a,

Thanks for your interest! That's a great use case, especially for multilingual documents.
Adobe Acrobat's Generate Podcast feature currently supports 13 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, and Dutch.

Urdu and Arabic are not currently included in the list of supported languages. Regarding your suggestion to generate audio in a different language from the source PDF, such as an English audio summary of an Urdu document, this workflow is not currently supported.
We appreciate you sharing this feedback! Support for additional languages and cross-language audio summaries would be valuable for making document content more accessible to a wider audience. We will share this with the relevant teams.

You can find the current language requirements here:
https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/desktop/use-acrobat-ai/get-started-with-generative-ai/ai-tech-requirements.html

Regards,
^BV

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Bubbly_Laughterd893

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Really, love the idea of getting a quick overview with Highlights and then going deeper with Deep Dive when I need it. Long reports can be a slog otherwise. One thing I’m curious about is scanned PDFs. A lot of old documents are just images, so it would be great to know if this works on them. And offline listening would be perfect for flights or commutes.

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BaniVerma

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Community Manager

Hi @Bubbly_Laughterd893! It's great to hear that you like the flexibility of Highlights and Deep Dive, especially for getting through longer reports.

For scanned PDFs, we'd recommend using Acrobat's OCR feature first to recognize the text in your document before generating a podcast.

As for offline listening, downloading the generated audio isn't available currently. It's a really useful suggestion, especially for flights and commutes! We appreciate you bringing it up and will share this with the relevant teams.

You can learn more about Generate Podcast here:
https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/desktop/use-acrobat-ai/podcasts/create.html

Thanks,

^BV

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Exuberant_experience948c

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This is a great feature! Turning long PDFs into podcast-style audio overviews is a smart way to save time and make information easier to understand. I especially like the Highlights and Deep Dive options, as they offer flexibility for different learning needs. Thanks for sharing this useful update!

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BaniVerma

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Community Manager

Hi @Exuberant_experience948c,

So glad to hear you're excited about Generate Podcast!

You've highlighted one of the key benefits of the feature. Highlights helps you quickly catch up on the main points, while Deep Dive gives you a more detailed overview when you want to explore the content further.

It's lovely to hear that you find both options useful for different learning needs. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and we hope you enjoy using the feature!

You can explore more about Generate Podcast here:
https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/desktop/use-acrobat-ai/podcasts/about-podcasts.html

Thanks,

^BV

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stunning_Light9126

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The Highlights and Deep Dive options seem especially useful for long reports where you may want a quick overview first and more detail later. I’m also curious about scanned PDFs, since a lot of older documents don’t have selectable text. If Acrobat can handle those reliably, that would make the feature much more useful. Offline listening would be another nice addition for people who want to review documents while traveling without a connection.

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BaniVerma

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Hi @stunning_Light9126,

You bring up some really good points here! We understand how helpful these options would be, particularly when working with older scanned documents.

Acrobat offers OCR to recognize text in scanned PDFs, so we'd suggest making the text searchable first before trying to generate a podcast.

Offline audio downloads aren't available at the moment, but we can certainly see the value in being able to listen to your documents without an internet connection. Thanks for suggesting this! We'll share your feedback with the relevant teams.

Here's more about Generate Podcast:
https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/desktop/use-acrobat-ai/podcasts/create.html

Thanks,

^BV

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ambitious_reliabilitycc8f

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This looks really useful, especially for long reports I usually put off reading. The Highlights vs Deep dive option is a nice touch.

A couple of questions: does it work with scanned PDFs, or only documents with selectable text? And can the audio be downloaded to listen offline, for example on a flight?

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BaniVerma

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Community Manager

Hi @ambitious_reliabilitycc8f,

Happy to hear that Highlights and Deep Dive caught your attention!

For scanned PDFs, Acrobat's OCR feature can help recognize text from scanned pages. We'd recommend making the text searchable first before trying to generate a podcast.

As for downloading the audio to listen to during a flight, this feature isn't available currently. We've seen similar requests from other community members, so it's helpful to know that offline listening is something users would value. We'll share this feedback with the relevant teams.

You can learn more about Generate Podcast here:
https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/desktop/use-acrobat-ai/podcasts/create.html

Thanks,

^BV

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athletic_kindness1ff1

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This looks like a really useful feature for anyone dealing with long PDFs. I like the choice between Highlights and Deep Dive since you can quickly get the main points or spend more time understanding the details. Being able to listen while commuting or multitasking could definitely make working through lengthy documents easier.

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BaniVerma

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Community Manager

Hi @athletic_kindness1ff1,

It's lovely to hear that you find this feature useful!

Having the choice between Highlights and Deep Dive makes it easier to decide how much detail you want from a document. Whether you're catching up on the main points or looking for a more detailed overview, you can choose what works best for you.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! We hope Generate Podcast makes working through those lengthy PDFs a little more convenient.

You can learn more about the feature here:
https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/desktop/use-acrobat-ai/podcasts/about-podcasts.html

Thanks,

^BV

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jordjdavid_warmtha76a

Participating Frequently

This actually sounds useful for long reports. Being able to listen to a quick overview instead of reading the whole PDF would save a lot of time, especially when you’re just trying to get the main points.

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BaniVerma

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Community Manager

Hi @jordjdavid_warmtha76a,

Absolutely! Going through a long report can take quite a bit of time, especially when you're mainly looking for the key takeaways.

That's where Highlights can be particularly helpful, giving you a quick audio overview of the main points without having to read through the entire document.

We're happy to hear that this is something you'd find useful. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and we hope you enjoy trying it out!

Here's more about Generate Podcast:
https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/desktop/use-acrobat-ai/podcasts/about-podcasts.html

Thanks,

^BV

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Lavish_ninjaa80f

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This is a really useful feature for anyone who works with long PDF documents.
I especially like the choice between Highlights and Deep Dive, depending on how much detail you need.
Being able to listen while commuting or multitasking makes Acrobat much more convenient.

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BaniVerma

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Community Manager

Hi @Lavish_ninjaa80f,

So nice to see your enthusiasm for Generate Podcast!

The flexibility to switch between a quick Highlights overview and a more detailed Deep Dive can be especially handy when you're working with longer documents. And being able to listen while doing other things makes it easier to fit document reviews into a busy day.

We really appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback. Hope you enjoy exploring the feature!

You can find more details here:
https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/desktop/use-acrobat-ai/podcasts/about-podcasts.html

Regards,

^BV

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JR Boulay

Community Expert

I cannot find something named “Podcast” or “Generate Podcast” in Acrobat Pro 26.00221931 for Windows. And neither does the search tool.
What did I miss?

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JR Boulay

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BaniVerma

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Community Manager

Hi @JR Boulay,

Thanks for sharing the screenshot, and apologies for the delayed response!

We can see the headphones icon in the top toolbar, right next to the Search icon. We've highlighted it in the attached screenshot to make it easier to locate.

Could you please click that icon and let us know what happens? If Generate Podcast still doesn't appear, please share a screenshot of the options you see so we can look into this further.

You can also refer to this guide for more information:
https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/desktop/use-acrobat-ai/podcasts/create.html

Thanks,

^BV

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