Adobe Acrobat now lets you edit files with prompts and create podcast summaries

Adobe has been aggressively adding AI features to all of its products in the past few years. The company is now adding more AI tools to Acrobat, including the ability to create podcast summaries of files, create presentations, and a way for users to edit files using prompts.

The company launched Adobe Spaces last year, a collection of files and notes that can be accessed by multiple users. Now, Adobe allows users to use the information stored in these files and notes to create a presentation using text prompts.

For example, if a user has financial details, product plans, and competitor analysis available in a space, they can create a planned customer presentation that focuses on why their product solves problems better than competitors.

The Acrobat AI Assistant first creates an editable presentation containing the points the group will cover. You can then use the Adobe Express theme library, stock images, or use your own images to create the presentation. Plus, you can easily apply your brand theme or edit individual slides using Express.

Tools like Canva and NotebookLM already offer the ability to turn documents into presentations. Besides, newer startups are also working on letting people use AI to create presentations by clicking on different sources.

Adobe also allows users to create a podcast to summarize a file or space within Acrobat. Notably, tools like Google’s NotebookLM app, Speechify, and ElevenLabs’ Reader also allow users to create personalized podcasts using various notes and documents.

Acrobat also has the ability to allow users to edit files using prompts. The company said that users can take 12 actions, including removing pages, texts, comments, and photos; Find and replace words and phrases; Add electronic signatures and passwords.

Acrobat already has sharing capabilities with Spaces, but now, when you share files with others, the files will contain AI-generated summaries, with quotes that reference a specific location in the file. Contributors can also comment on files, add or remove content.

In addition, users can use the virtual AI Assistant or choose other assistant roles, such as “Analyst,” “Artist,” or “Teacher.” You can also create a custom assistant using the prompt.