Gemini Introduces Storybook Feature to Create Illustrated Books with Read-Aloud Narration
On Tuesday, Google gave its Gemini chatbot a new quality-of-life feature. Using language prompts, supplied photographs, or documents, the AI chatbot can now create personalized illustrated storybooks. Users can also tell Gemini to use particular names for characters, locales, or even plot points, as well as choose the style of the storybook’s artwork. The tool was created for young children who like to read bedtime stories by the IT giant based in Mountain View. All users worldwide can access it through the internet and mobile applications.
Gemini Can Use Uploaded Photos to Create Storybooks
Google described the new functionality, which is being made available to all Gemini users—including those on the free tier—in a blog post. Users can create storybooks right within the chatbot’s interface by starting a prompt with “Create/Generate a storybook…” and then entering the story’s topic and the readers’ ages. Users can also specify the name of a certain character, a location, and the style of the artwork.
Pixel art, comics, claymation, crochet, and coloring books are just a few of the art forms that Storybook in Gemini encourages. Each story can be up to ten pages long and can be generated in forty-five different languages. Every page will feature a relevant piece of art on the left and text on the right.
If users would rather hear the story than read it, the function also includes audio narration. In contrast to the voice that sounds real in Gemini Live, this voice is robotic.
When Gadgets 360 employees tested the feature, the chatbot produced a storybook with 10 pages of narrative and a title page and artwork in a matter of minutes. Additionally, it was able to follow every detail in the prompt, including the genre, place, use of a certain item, etc. Additionally, we saw no hallucinations or discrepancies in the AI-generated pictures.
According to Google, users can also upload their own images to build a story in which they appear in place of randomly selected characters. In a similar vein, users can upload documents containing their written stories and utilize AI to create an illustrated book. The tech company claims that the tool may be used to teach young pupils hard concepts from their syllabus in addition to reading bedtime stories to them.
