Adobe Acrobat AI features now convert PDFs into podcasts and presentations with prompt-based editing

Adobe Acrobat now lets you edit files using prompts, generate podcast summaries

Adobe has been aggressively adding AI features to all its products in the last few years. The company is now adding more AI tools to Acrobat, including the ability to generate podcast summaries of files, create presentations, and a way for users to edit files using prompts. The company launched Adobe Spaces last year, which is a collection of files and notes that multiple users can access. Now, Adobe is allowing users to use the information stored in these files and notes to create a presentation using text prompts. For instance, if a user has financial details, product plans, and competitor analysis available in a Space, they can build a pitch deck for clients that focuses on why their product can solve problems better than rivals. Acrobat's AI assistant first generates an editable presentation with points that the deck would cover. You can then use Adobe Express's theme library, stock photos, or use your own images to build the presentation. Plus, you can easily apply your brand's theme or edit individual slides using Express. Tools like Canva and NotebookLM already offer the ability to convert documents into presentations. Besides, newer startups are also working on letting people use AI to create presentations by tapping different sources. Adobe is also letting users create a podcast to summarize a file or a Space within Acrobat. Notably, tools like Google's NotebookLM, Speechify, and ElevenLabs' Reader app also let users create personalized podcasts using various notes and documents. Acrobat is also getting the ability to let users edit files using prompts. The company said that users can take 12 actions, including removing pages, text, comments, and images; finding and replacing words and phrases; and adding e-signatures and passwords. Acrobat already had sharing capabilities with Spaces, but now, when you share files with others, the files will house AI-generated summaries, with citations pointing to an exact location in the file. Contributors can also comment on files, or add or remove content. Plus, users can use the default AI assistant or pick other assistant roles, like "analyst," "entertainer," or "instructor." You can also create a custom assistant using a prompt.

Adobe Acrobat can now turn your PDFs into presentations and podcasts

* Adobe's AI can now generate presentations from your files. * You can ask the AI to devise a podcast based on your PDFs and files. * An AI-powered editor lets you modify a PDF through natural language. Adobe has unveiled a couple of ways to jazz up your static PDF documents. On Wednesday, the company unveiled two new AI-powered skills for Acrobat. One will transform your PDFs into slide show presentations, while the other will cook up interesting and entertaining podcasts for your listening pleasure. Create a presentation First up is the ability to generate a presentation. Here, you're able to ask the AI in Acrobat to devise an outline based on the content of the PDF. From there, the AI assistant will ask if you want it to create a full presentation complete with finished slides. You can pick the length and tone for the presentation. Acrobat then calls on Adobe Express to offer an array of designs for you to choose. Pick the one you like, and a draft of your presentation appears. Need to tweak your new presentation? You can do that without leaving Acrobat. Using the built-in tools and the AI in Express, you're able to replace images, change fonts, rewrite text, and even add videos. From there, you can invite other people to review the presentation and suggest any further changes. Plus, you can skip past Acrobat and create your presentation directly in Express. As one example suggested by Adobe, maybe you run a business and are looking to catch a new client. Add your financial statements, product sheets, web pages, and more into Acrobat PDF Spaces. Adobe's AI assistant will analyze all the material to generate the presentation. The AI can even tout your business by including information about the client's biggest challenges and how your company can help. Create a podcast Next up is the podcast skill. Instead of having to pour through a lengthy PDF, why not ask Acrobat to cook up a podcast for you? Here, you can include a single PDF or add a collection of documents, transcripts, reports, and other files into PDF Spaces. Ask the AI to summarize all the information into a podcast, and you can then listen to the AI-generated hosts discuss the topic anywhere and anytime. Though Adobe designed the podcast feature for professional and business use, you can also tap into it for personal stuff. As a few examples from Adobe, you could add PDFs about gardening or world events or any other subject that interests you. Then fire up the podcast when you're at home, in the car, or at the gym. But wait, there's more. AI-powered editor Also new in Acrobat is an AI-powered editor. Instead of manually modifying a PDF, you can now ask the AI to do it for you. Need to remove pages, change text, swap out images, or add signatures? You can do all that and more using natural-language prompts. If you get stuck, a Help Panel will serve up instructions and troubleshooting support through a simple chat. Collaborate in PDF Spaces PDF Spaces lets you collect a series of PDFs and other files all in one place. Now you're able to work on your collection with other people. Using the new collaboration tools, you can invite others to add files, include notes, or leave comments. Acrobat Studio Finally, you can access Acrobat Pro, AI Assistant, and Adobe Express Premium all under one roof through Acrobat Studio. Introduced last August with a price tag of $24.99 per month, Studio lets you work and interact with your PDFs, documents, and other files and invite others to collaborate on them with you.

Adobe Acrobat uses AI to turn your PDFs into podcasts

Adobe has added new generative AI features to Acrobat that aim to help you quickly edit PDFs and summarize them in audio and visual formats. These updates include chat-based editing and the ability to generate personalized podcasts and presentations based on your docs, which are now available in Acrobat Studio -- the AI-infused document workspace app that's distinct from Adobe's basic PDF reader. The new Generate Podcast feature provides a podcast-style audio summarization of whatever documents you feed it, including notes, meeting transcriptions, lengthy reports, and educational guides. While Adobe does have its own audio AI model, Generate Podcast currently leverages a Microsoft GPT model for transcription and a Google voice model. Adobe says this may change in the future as it continues to test technologies. Google's NotebookLM research tool has a similar Audio Overviews feature, though Adobe Acrobat is likely more familiar to anyone who's worked with PDF documents. For a more visual summarization, Acrobat Studio users can ask the built-in AI assistant to generate a pitch deck that focuses on specific insights in source documents. The Generate Presentation feature taps into Adobe Express tools to provide a selection of presentation designs. You can select these to automate the entire process, or edit any part of the resulting presentation you're not happy with. Acrobat's AI assistant now also supports editing PDF documents with chat prompts, following a similar update to Express last year. Acrobat Studio users can add signatures, remove pages, text, comments, and images, replace words and phrases, and more by describing the changes they want to make.

Adobe's NotebookLM competitor just got a massive upgrade

The last company I expected to take on Google's AI research assistant, NotebookLM, was Adobe. But back in August 2025, the company did exactly that when it announced Acrobat Studio and introduced a feature called PDF Spaces. The tool uses AI agents to turn uploaded documents into conversational knowledge hubs, letting you interact with your files, pull insights, and jump straight to cited sources. At the time, PDF Spaces already felt uncannily close to what NotebookLM does best. Now, Adobe is taking things a step further with a major upgrade that makes the comparison even harder to ignore. I ditched NotebookLM for its Adobe competitor for a week, and the results were... interesting Die-hard NotebookLM fans, Adobe may have just nailed one feature you already love. Posts 4 By Mahnoor Faisal You can now generate podcasts within Acrobat Today, as announced via a post on Adobe's blog, the company added a bunch of new AI features to Acrobat. The most exciting one is, ironically, the feature that made NotebookLM go viral in the first place: podcasts. You can now add content to a PDF Space and then ask the AI assistant to turn all the information into an engaging podcast-style summary using its Generate Podcast feature. Within the podcast, two hosts discuss your sources in an engaging manner, making complex documents easier to digest. You can pause, skip, or replay sections, and the AI ensures that all information stays grounded in your uploaded files. It's a fun, hands-free way to absorb content, whether you're studying, reviewing work documents, or just exploring new topics. Acrobat now also lets you generate full-fledged presentations from documents added to your PDF Spaces with its Generate Presentation feature! Once your content is uploaded to a PDF Space, the AI assistant can generate an outline according to your instructions and then create a full presentation deck based on your requirements, such as length and tone of voice. This feature is powered by Adobe Express under the hood, and you can use all its editing tools right within Acrobat to fine-tune slides, add visuals, and customize formatting without needing to switch between apps. Chat-based AI and collaboration features arrive in Acrobat Another super useful feature Acrobat is getting today is chat-based AI. This lets you manipulate PDFs using prompts in natural language. For instance, you can do tasks like deleting pages or text, finding and replacing words, adding e-signatures and passwords, and more. Instead of needing to do these tasks manually, you can simply type a natural-language prompt, and the AI assistant handles it for you instantly. It makes working with PDFs faster and more intuitive, whether you're editing a contract, updating a report, or securing sensitive documents. Finally, PDF Spaces are also getting new collaboration features. You can now invite others to join your PDF Spaces and add files, leave notes, and even complete tasks like fine-tuning the presentation deck or reviewing content. This makes it easier than ever to work on projects as a team, all within the same AI-powered workspace. Subscribe for Hands-On Guides to Acrobat's AI Tools Get the newsletter for clear, usable breakdowns of Acrobat's AI features: podcast generation, chat-based PDF edits, PDF Spaces, and presentation automation. Practical walkthroughs and tips focused on using these AI-powered PDF tools. Subscribe By subscribing, you agree to receive newsletter and marketing emails, and accept Valnet's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe anytime. All the features we've outlined above are now available in Acrobat Studio! As someone who absolutely loves NotebookLM, this upgrade brings it closer than ever to offering the same kind of seamless, interactive experience with the added benefit of being fully integrated into Acrobat.

Adobe Acrobat can now generate presentations and audio podcasts from your documents

Back in August, Adobe debuted Acrobat Studio. The new service saw Adobe bring the humble PDF into the 21st century with support for a handful of new genAI features, including PDF Spaces, a hub where you can upload up to 100 documents and have AI summarize them. Now the company is enhancing the capabilities of those hubs with the introduction of four new genAI features inside of Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat Studio and Adobe Express. The next time you add documents and files to a PDF Space, you can prompt Adobe's built-in AI assistant to generate a presentation from those materials. The software will first create an outline. From there, you can select from a handful of "professional" designs to build the presentation around, and then make tweaks. Adobe says the majority of changes, including copy edits and image swaps, can be made without the need to generate entirely new slides. Once you're happy with the results, you can share the presentation with your co-workers for further editing. Adobe has also made it easier to collaborate inside of PDF Spaces. With this latest update, you can invite others to add files and leave notes. On the subject of editing, you can now carry out a dozen different tweaks using natural-language prompts. That includes adding text, comments, images and e-signatures. If you're old-fashioned like me, Adobe has also reworked the Help section to offer step-by-step instructions on how to complete most tasks. Last but not least, Adobe is borrowing a page from NotebookLM by adding a feature that allows users to generate podcasts from a PDF Space. This works much like it does in Google's app. Acrobat will default to centering the generated podcast around two hosts having a conversation about the material you want summarized. Adobe says Acrobat's AI features have been highly popular, in part because users are finding those tools are saving them time. As you might expect, the company reports students have had a particularly strong response to its efforts to add AI inside of Acrobat, seeing as the app can generate summaries of course material while providing citations for fact checking.

Adobe Acrobat can now generate podcasts from your PDFs

Adobe has announced multiple AI-based features that are rolling out to Acrobat and Express, including the ability to create audio podcasts from files. Here are the details. Over the past few weeks, Adobe has been rolling out multiple AI-related updates, including Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express integrations with ChatGPT, as well as GPT-Image 1.5 support in Firefly. Today, the company announced a few new AI-powered features coming to Acrobat and Express: Generate presentation With the new 'Generate presentation' feature, users can now ask the AI to create a full-blown presentation based on the contents of a single document or multiple documents. Here's Adobe: Let's say you're a small business owner who needs to land a new client. Bring your information -- financial reports, product sheets, competitive intel and web pages -- into PDF Spaces, an AI-powered knowledge hub within Acrobat that allows you to uncover actionable insights from files and links and collaborate easily with others. Ask AI Assistant to analyze the information and make a pitch deck that includes the client's top pain points, and how your company can help. According to the company, the AI Assistant will start by generating an outline before creating the full presentation using user-defined tone, length, and design preferences. Under the hood, Adobe says that Acrobat and Express work together to create the presentation. Once the draft is done, users can further tweak the content, swap out images, change fonts, "and even animate your final slide to really make the ending pop," before sharing it with the team. Prompt-based PDF edits This is the most straightforward feature from today's announcement. Users can now type in their prompts for tasks like removing pages, tweaking text, inserting comments, or editing images, and Acrobat's built-in AI Assistant will handle the heavy work. In essence, as tricky as some people may find PDF editing, the prompt-based interface should reduce that friction, enabling tasks like adding e-signatures, setting passwords, and performing other advanced actions. Adobe says that alongside this feature, a new Help Panel will offer "clear, step-by-step instructions and troubleshooting support via chat." Generate podcast This is potentially the most useful feature in today's releases. It lets users pull documents into PDF Space and ask Adobe's AI Assistant to turn that content into a podcast-style summary, making it easy to listen on the go. While it may not always fully replace actually reading these lengthy documents, this is a practical way to get oriented on a topic, especially when the material is dense or longer than the user can comfortably absorb in the moment. Here's Adobe on a few extra practical uses for the feature: The Generate podcast feature in Acrobat can help you keep up and learn in your personal life, too. For example, turn educational guides into hand-free audio lessons about gardening. Keep up with local and world events with a daily news podcast designed just for you. Consolidate school newsletters, event calendars, and permission slips into a quick weekly audio update, to help keep your family organized while you're on the go. Collaboration on PDF Spaces Adobe is also adding the ability for multiple users to collaborate on the same project within PDF Spaces. This means teams can work from a shared set of documents, add files, leave notes, and comment in one centralized workspace. To learn more about today's announcements, follow this link.

Ever thought 'I like my PDF editor but it needs more AI'? Adobe has you covered with a string of new updates launching for Acrobat

Adobe launches new AI tools for editing PDFs and generating content * Adobe launches new AI tools for Acrobat users * Features include PDF editing using natural language * Turn digital documents into presentations and audio versions There are some big changes coming to Adobe Acrobat today - and yes, there's a lot of AI involved here. Acrobat has long topped my guide to the best PDF editors. Its clean, intuitive to use, and has a feature-set that I'd consider pretty vast. But it seems Adobe isn't content to just leave it there. Already in recent months, we've seen the introduction of a premium business tier, Acrobat Studio, and PDF Spaces - an AI-powered workspace. Now, the company has launched a series of new tools for the software. What's new in Acrobat? There are four big changes for the digital document software in this latest update, based on Adobe's three key pillars of faster AI insights, tailored sharing, and content creation through Adobe Express. Here's what users can expect. * New ways to edit PDFs using AI chat * Generate Podcast lets you turn PDFs into audio overviews * Generate Presentation transforms documents into decks * Improve collaboration via PDF Spaces Let's start with PDF editing - with the AI companion, you can now make changes to documents using natural language. Want to remove pages, or rotate them? Rewrite passages, generate summaries of entire documents? That's all available via the AI chat box. If you're not sure where to start, the system will also serve up ideas for other changes to make or actions to take. To me, Generate Podcast is the most interesting update. Don't be fooled by the 'podcast' moniker. This is a lot like the read aloud function already found in Acrobat, where you can create an audio overview of documents, transcripts, and notes. Adobe is also promising the output can be tailored "for how you learn so you retain more information." Generate Presentation is another AI tool (of course), and does exactly what you'd expect: it turns documents into decks for presenting information to colleagues. Powered by Adobe Express, which has received a lot of love over the past year, users can create decks based on over five-hundred thousand templates, and generate custom imagery to make them more eye-catching. Finally, the company wants to improve collaboration within PDF Spaces. Not the most exciting update, but a welcome one, with new options for inviting collaborators to add files, leave notes, and make comments. From the demo videos Adobe showed me, they all look helpful in speeding up workflows, and pretty easy to use - as I'd expect from an AI-infused Acrobat. But I'll be interested see more results, and learn how (or even if) professionals are making use of these tools.

Adobe Acrobat now lets you edit PDFs by chatting with its AI Assistant

Alongside new AI-powered features that turn PDFs into podcasts and presentations, Adobe's latest Acrobat update introduces a handy conversational editing tool. Similar to the document editing capabilities Anthropic added to its Claude chatbot last year, Acrobat's AI Assistant now lets users perform essential PDF tasks using natural-language prompts. Adobe says that the chat-based AI in Acrobat now offers a smarter and faster way to edit PDFs. Users can remove pages, text, comments, and images, add e-signatures and passwords, and handle other tasks simply by chatting with the AI. Instead of digging through menus or remembering where specific tools live, users can simply type what they want done and let the AI handle the edit. Recommended Videos The feature is designed to address one of the most common complaints about PDFs. While the format remains widely used for contracts, reports, and official documents, editing PDFs has always felt unintuitive, especially for casual users. By letting users make edits with natural-language prompts, Adobe has significantly lowered the barrier to making quick edits. PDF editing made simple With this feature, users can simply tell the AI Assistant to delete a specific page, remove comments, add password protection, or insert an e-signature with a short prompt instead of following multiple confusing steps, making routine PDF edits faster and more intuitive. In addition to new AI tools in Acrobat, Adobe has rolled out similar capabilities in Premiere. The company recently introduced an Object Mask tool that uses on-device AI to help users generate a mask simply by hovering over and clicking a subject.

You can now turn PDFs into podcasts and slides with Adobe's new AI feature

Adobe Acrobat now has a new set of AI-powered features that can transform documents into presentations and even audio podcasts, making it easier to consume and repurpose information. These tools build on Acrobat's existing AI Assistant, which was already capable of answering questions about documents, but now goes further by reshaping content into new formats. For users handling reports, research papers, or long PDFs, a new AI capability called 'Generate' can turn dense text into content that's easier to scan, share, or listen to. Turning documents into podcasts and presentations One of the most eye-catching additions is the ability to convert documents into audio podcasts, a feature we first saw on Google's NotebookLM. Acrobat's AI can summarise a document, structure it into a script, and generate spoken audio, allowing users to listen instead of read. It can help you catch up on material while commuting or multitasking, rather than sitting through pages of text. Recommended Videos Acrobat can also generate presentations from documents, automatically pulling out key points and organizing them into slides. Instead of manually copying content into PowerPoint or Google Slides, users can let the AI handle the first draft, then edit or refine it as needed. Adobe is also expanding how users edit PDFs using natural language. With AI Assist, people can ask Acrobat to rewrite sections, summarize content, or make edits through simple prompts rather than manual tools. The update also improves how Acrobat understands document structure, making it easier to extract insights from complex files like contracts or technical reports. With AI now deeply embedded, Acrobat is shifting from a passive document viewer into an active tool for creating, learning, and sharing information in more flexible ways. Adobe's AI push isn't limited to Acrobat, as new Premiere AI tools designed to streamline video editing workflows and the ability to use Adobe's photo and PDF editing features directly inside ChatGPT are helping users work faster and more intuitively.

Adobe Acrobat adds conversational AI to edit PDFs with text prompts

Adobe has integrated new artificial intelligence (AI) features into Acrobat, enabling users to generate podcast summaries from files, create presentations, and edit documents via text prompts. The company has extended the functionality of Adobe Spaces, its collaborative collection of files and notes, to allow users to generate presentations from stored information using text prompts. For example, financial data, product plans, and competitor analyses within a Space can be used to construct a client pitch deck focused on problem-solving differentiation. Acrobat's AI assistant produces an editable presentation outline which users can then customize with themes from Adobe Express, stock photos, personal images, branding, or by editing individual slides. Acrobat now also facilitates the creation of podcasts to summarize files or entire Spaces. Additionally, new editing capabilities allow users to modify files using prompts. Users can perform 12 distinct actions, including removing pages, text, comments, and images, as well as finding and replacing words and phrases, and adding e-signatures and passwords. Sharing functionalities within Spaces have been enhanced; shared files now include AI-generated summaries with citations linking to specific document locations. Contributors can comment on, add to, or remove content from these files. Users can select from a default AI assistant or choose specialized roles such as "analyst," "entertainer," or "instructor," with the option to create custom assistants via prompts.

Adobe Acrobat's AI Chatbot Will Now Let You Edit PDF With Text Prompts

PDF Space in Acrobat can now turn files into an AI audio podcast Adobe Acrobat is getting new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, owing to a deeper integration with Adobe Express, the company's cloud-based content creation platform. One of the biggest highlights is the improvement to the AI chatbot in Acrobat, which can now edit PDFs based on natural language prompts. Additionally, the content creation platform's capabilities also allow Acrobat to generate presentations and audio podcasts using information from documents. The collaboration mode in PDF Space has also been improved. Adobe said that all of these features will also be available in Acrobat Studio. Adobe Acrobat Gets New AI Features In a blog post, the software giant announced and detailed the new capabilities that are now rolling out to Acrobat users globally. The Generate Presentation feature uses AI to analyse the content of one or more PDFs and automatically build an editable slide deck that reflects the key information. Users can tailor the presentation's tone and length, and refine slide layouts, images and text using tools from Adobe Express once the initial draft is created. Another notable addition is Generate Podcast, which uses AI to turn text-heavy documents, reports, meeting transcripts or collections of related files into an audio summary. This audio output is personalised and can be adjusted in format and focus, making it easier for users to absorb detailed information by listening, whether during a commute or away from a screen. Interestingly, the feature appears to be similar to Google's audio overviews available in Gemini and NotebookLM. The update also expands AI Assistant chat capabilities inside Acrobat Studio. Users can now interact with their PDFs using natural language prompts to perform editing tasks, such as removing pages, modifying text or images, adding digital signatures, applying passwords, and more, without manually performing these actions. The chat interface also offers guided help and troubleshooting for users who are unsure about how to execute specific PDF tasks. Acrobat Studio also provides improved collaboration features within PDF Spaces, the platform's shared workspace environment. Teams can invite others to contribute files, leave notes or discuss project content in a central space where documents, links and web pages are organised together. The AI assistant embedded in PDF Spaces can answer questions about the content, surface insights, and synthesise information from multiple sources, helping groups align more quickly on decisions and next steps.

Adobe brings AI-powered presentations, podcasts and chat-based PDF editing to Acrobat

Chat-based PDF editing and collaboration tools aim to help users work faster across business, education, and personal use. Adobe has announced a new set of AI features for Acrobat, expanding PDFs from static documents to interactive, multi-format content tools. The company on Wednesday announced that the users can now create presentations, generate podcast-style audio summaries and enable PDF editing through chat-based AI. Among the announcements, first is the content generation. Adobe announced that Acrobat users will now be able to turn existing documents into presentation decks using conversational prompts, with access to a large library of profession templates and AI generated visuals backed by the Adobe Express. With this, the company believes that it will be able to help professionals move faster from raw information to polished, shareable content. The company has also announced the generate podcast style audio overviews from documents, notes and transcripts. These audio summaries can be customised based on how a user prefers to consume information, making it easier to review content on the go. Additionally, there is a new chat-based editing to PDFs. Using the new tool, the users will be able to ask Acrobat to edit or modify documents by simply describing the change, reducing the need for manual edits and complex workflows. Lastly, Collaboration has been improved through updated PDF Spaces, which let teams work together in a shared environment by adding files, leaving notes and collecting feedback in one place. The company, in its release also stated that usage of AI features in Acrobat has grown by over four times year-on-year and with these updates, the brand aims to improve how the users create, share and consume information all across work, education and everyday tasks.