Choose an audio or video format

PromptsGuide

Start with one format.

Use Audio Deep Dive for a spoken explanation, or Video Explainer for a visual model. Then check your understanding with one question in chat. You do not need to generate every format.

Pick by purpose

Your goal	Starting choice	Prompt
Understand a concept by listening	Audio Deep Dive	Audio Overview prompt
Understand structure, flow or relationships visually	Video Explainer	Video Overview prompt
Get a short orientation or refresh	Audio Brief or Video Short	Name one topic in a short focus instruction
Critique a draft or argument	Audio Critique	Name the claim and the evidence to evaluate
Compare genuinely competing positions	Audio Debate	Ask for each position's evidence and limits

These are workflow suggestions, not measured learning guarantees. Choose the format that helps you work with this material. ADHD does not imply one preferred learning medium.

A small study session

1. Select the relevant sources and one learning question.
2. Generate one explanation in your chosen format.
3. Close it and explain the core idea in your own words, or ask the study prompt to quiz you.
4. Check your answer against the sources. Generate a second format only if it solves a specific gap.

Settings and limits

Set the output language in the tool. Paste the audio or video prompt into that format's customization field. Configure chat separately. The checked documentation does not establish that chat custom instructions automatically control Studio output.

What Google's help pages say

Google's audio help lists Deep Dive, Brief, Critique and Debate, plus length controls marked English-only. It also marks interactive mode English-only. Use the controls available in your account, because language support and availability can change. See Google's Audio Overview help.

Video help lists Cinematic, Explainer and Short. Cinematic is restricted to adults and English. Style selection is described for adult users and excludes Cinematic and Short. This supports a practical preference for Explainer when you want to choose a diagram style. It does not establish that Cinematic changes style on every generation. See Google's Video Overview help.

The sources checked on September 28 do not establish a universal character limit for the customization box. Check the actual field. A shorter prompt may be easier to steer. Staying under 5,000 characters does not prove that the tool accepts or follows the prompt.

Next step: Open the Audio Overview prompt.