Adobe Acrobat uses AI to turn your PDFs into podcasts

January 21, 2026 Jess Weatherbed

Generate Podcasts will let you listen to a summary of any documents you don’t have time to read.

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 …

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