Google Gemini: Instant Summaries for Books and Long Contracts
Are you familiar with the feeling of wanting to start a new book in a beloved series, only to discover you have completely forgotten the previous plot? Re-reading hundreds of pages can be daunting. Google Gemini offers a solution, providing accurate and detailed summaries of thick books and complex documents, saving you hours of effort.
Are you familiar with the feeling of wanting to start a new book in a beloved series, only to discover that you have completely forgotten what happened in the previous part? The thought of re-reading hundreds of pages just to remember the plot might make you give up on the pleasure. That is exactly why we tested Google Gemini. It turns out that with the help of Google's artificial intelligence (AI) tool, you can get an accurate and detailed summary of thick books, saving yourself long hours of searching the web or tedious reading from the beginning.
How does it work in practice?
In an experiment conducted with the book "Words of Radiance," which includes more than 1,000 pages, it turned out that a simple query to Gemini yielded only a basic summary from the web. To get the truly important details, the solution was simple: uploading the book file in a DRM-free version directly from Google Drive. This action allowed Gemini to provide an in-depth summary that included spoilers, explanations of complex magic systems, relationships between characters, and the motives behind their actions.
This capability is especially useful even if you stopped reading in the middle of the book and want to return to it. All you need to do is ask Gemini to summarize the plot up to a certain chapter and explicitly instruct it not to reveal spoilers for the rest. However, it is important to remember that the technology is not perfect. Gemini may sometimes confuse different titles in the same series or provide inaccurate information, especially when it comes to new or less known books.
Not just for books: how to summarize contracts
If Gemini is capable of easily dealing with a complex fantasy book of a thousand pages, think about what it can do for your daily documents. A 200-page document will be child's play for it. You can use the tool to summarize long reports, lease agreements, or legal contracts. In a practical experiment, uploading a lease agreement to Gemini and asking it to locate problematic clauses yielded a detailed list of points that required clarification with the landlord before signing.
