Turn a project notebook's sources into audio and video summaries

Step 1: Decide what the summary needs to coverOneNote

Pick the specific sources or sections in the notebook the summary should draw from — summarizing the whole notebook indiscriminately produces something too long to be useful.

Step 2: Generate the audio or video summaryCopilot

In the notebook's output options, choose audio when the content is mostly discussion and decisions someone could absorb during a commute, and video specifically when the notebook includes charts, screenshots, or diagrams that need to actually be seen to make sense.

Converting a visual-heavy notebook to audio-only tends to strip out exactly the content that mattered.

Step 3: Listen to or watch it before sharingOneNote

Confirm it accurately represents what's in the notebook and doesn't flatten an important nuance into something misleading.

Step 4: Share it alongside, not instead of, the source notebookOneNote

Let people who want the full detail still get to the source — the summary is a faster entry point, not a replacement.

Check the work

• The summary's content matches what's actually in the referenced notebook sources.
• Nothing material was flattened or lost in the audio/video conversion.
• The source notebook remains linked for anyone who wants more detail.

Source: Microsoft Tech Community, "What's New in Notebooks — June 2026"