I learnt about this possibility from Joe Dale on LinkedIn and Facebook and immediately wanted to use it with this recording made 10 years ago by Vicki, one of my Intermediate students.
She was an excellent B1 student, as I think you will agree when you listen to her in the video, so I suggested to Gemini that it could make a StoryBook based on the transcript of her recording and I suggested it could be at B2 as that might help her be exposed to some new comprehensible input. I discovered later that Gemini was very happy to explain any new vocabulary the student asked about.
I have used five different tools in the past to create podcasts based on this same recording, some of which I have made videos of. I also made a video of me being interviewed by ChatGPT voice about the story following a suggestion from Daniel Martin. I'll add links to these at the end.
The idea behind all of these ideas is for students to use their own content, spoken or written, to generate new content at a slightly higher level. This works very well with B1 students, who can probably handle texts on familiar content at B2, but it may not be so useful for lower levels as the sophistication of the language and the speed of the audio will probably be beyond them.
Here is Gemini's StoryBook based on what Vicki said when retelling the story of the Spanish Couple on the Titanic:
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