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Ausum - 1-minute news briefs | Product Hunt
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1-minute news briefs
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Ausum turns top journalism into short and engaging audio summaries, so you can stay informed and get smarter in less time.
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Yaniv Gilad
Maker
Hey hunters 👋!
We’re excited for you all to check out our new Ausum app!
Are you: 🥩 Skimming through news stories, trying to find the one fact promised by the headline? ⏭️ Annoyed by the poor reading experience and amount of ads and pop-ups? ⌛️ Don’t have enough time to read and stay informed? If any of the above resonate with you, then Ausum is your answer!
We built Ausum so you can stay informed in a fraction of the time and while on the go. With Ausum, we read the most important stories of the day, summarize, and turn them into audio briefs so you can get up-to-speed whenever, wherever. We call it Ausum because those audio summaries are truly awesome!
What you can do with Ausum:
- Save time staying informed on your favorite topics, such as crypto, tech, world news and more.
- Personalized listening feed. You have an uninterrupted listening experience of stories relevant to you.
- Download stories to listen offline.
- Enjoy a super intuitive experience - install and tap play. No signup required.
We would love for you to check it out and let us know what you think in the comments below. Oh, and here’s a gift for all of you hunters - 3-month of free premium, valid until 03/31/2022 - https://apple.co/3MYXGGb
Yaniv and the Ausum team.
E-commerce specialist
@prodissues Saving time & staying informed can be realy helpfull, Congrats !
Yaniv Gilad
Maker
@fares_aktouf Thanks! we hope you'll find the app helpful and would love to get your feedback.
Assistant to Head of Agency
i have been looking for time to read everything i want or something that allows me to take all my articles and shorten them, so now I actually read them! That i call magic)
Savitha Pal
Maker
That's great @irene_buzzguru! I'm the design lead and always looking for feedback. If you try out the app, please feel free to send feedback via this form: https://bit.ly/3ueKjJw ... You can even join our slack group open to users, and send feedback directly to me or the team: https://bit.ly/3wquSR8 . Thanks!
Passionately fusing tech & business 🦾
Looks practical, congrats on your launch! @prodissues Any Android version coming soon?
Yuval Sapir
Maker
Hi @stefani_kovachevska, Yuval here, I'm the tech lead for Ausum (and an Android user...) We're working on an Android version that will have the same functionality as the iOS version, but we want to get it right so it takes a little longer, but we'll have it out soon. Meanwhile you can download our current version at https://play.google.com/store/ap.... Thanks!
Yaniv Gilad
Maker
@amey_limaye1 Thanks! Give it a try and let us know what you think!
I am the Product Owner @ BRAVO!
Congratulations on your product are becoming the product of the day. I loved the concept of your product. It is the need of the hour as with increasing consumption of audio and video content, people either have stopped reading or read significantly less. And with an app like yours, it will be much easier to stay informed without reading. @Yaniv Gilad @prodissues Do let me know if it is available on Android; I want to try it.
Yaniv Gilad
Maker
Thank @qudsia_ali! This is exactly why we started Ausum - we recognize that people spend more time with audio, while having less attention to consume long texts. Ausum aims to bridge that gap - get key insights from top journalism in a format users prefer.
Yuval Sapir
Maker
Hi @qudsia_ali , Yuval here, I'm the tech lead for Ausum (and an Android user...) We're working on an Android version with the same features as the iOS version but it'll take us a bit longer. Meanwhile you can download the current version from https://play.google.com/store/ap.... Thanks!
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This is a great product. I often skim through news articles, but Ausum would really help me grasp the main points and summarize the news articles for me. I'm curious to learn how you personalize the feed to only give listening experiences relevant to me?
Yuval Sapir
Maker
Hi @kathryn_leslie, Yuval here, I'm the tech lead for Ausum. We take into consideration the channels you choose and your listening history, so if you skipped a lot of tech stories we'll give you fewer of them in the future. On the other hand if you've listened to them till the end we might give you more. In any case we prefer to give you the freshest stories possible.
Savitha Pal
Maker
Hi @kathryn_leslie . Thanks for you comment and great question! Ausum also sounds like it would be a great fit for you! We hope you give it a try. If you do and have any feedback, you're welcome to send comments via this form: https://bit.ly/3ueKjJw , or you can join our slack group open to users (https://bit.ly/3wquSR8.) and message me (design lead) directly there. You can message Yuval there too 🤗. Happy to answer any other questions you may have. Thanks for your interest!
✍️ Writer of Words | 📅 Nook Calendar
Cool idea! I'm a former journalist and always found it baffling that so many publications simply transcribed their full articles, posted them as audio, and expected people to spend 5-15 minutes listening to them. Not everyone writes in a conversational style, so summarizing the top news stories from major publications into one-minute briefs is a major time-saver.
Yaniv Gilad
Maker
@matthew_ritchie We too find that just transcribing an article isn't enough. First it doesn't save time (in fact usually narrated article takes longer to listen to than reading the story...), and second long-form audio article isn't as engaging as, say, a podcast. With Ausum we try to bring the information from the top stories in a format that respects your time, attention and the information from the original story. As a journalist, your feedback on the quality of stories would be very helpful 🙏
✍️ Writer of Words | 📅 Nook Calendar
@prodissues Will do! I'll give them a listen and let you know what I think.
Also, if you're looking for people to do the transcribing/shortening of news stories, if you haven't already done so, you should definitely consider contacting some journalism schools to get some interns. I could see it being beneficial both to your company and young writers who need some real-world experience, as creating briefs like this is very similar to something they'd do in a traditional newsroom w/ stories of the wire, etc.
Yaniv Gilad
Maker
@matthew_ritchie We haven't but that's a great tip. Thank you!
Savitha Pal
Maker
Hey @matthew_ritchie! Great to hear from someone in the industry, and thanks for the tip ! Yes, we truly believe our 1-minute briefs are a game changer. Like Yaniv said the transcription isn't the solution for what we're solving for. If you give the app a try and have feedback, you're welcome to send it via this form: https://bit.ly/3ueKjJw. We also have a community of users for ongoing feedback in this slack group, if you would like to join it: https://bit.ly/3wquSR8. You can message me (design lead) or any member of the team directly there. Hope you give Ausum a try!
✍️ Writer of Words | 📅 Nook Calendar
@savitha_pal For sure! I'd be happy to send some feedback.
not much to tell.
This is what i was looking for. Congratulations for the launch. @YanivGilad
Yaniv Gilad
Maker
Thanks @crankgameryt! Give it a try and I would love to hear your thoughts.
Savitha Pal
Maker
Hi @crankgameryt ! Glad this is something you could find useful! If you download the app and find you have feedback, please feel free to send it via this form: https://bit.ly/3ueKjJw. We also have an open slack channel for ongoing feedback if anything comes to mind as you use the app: https://bit.ly/3wquSR8. You can message me (I'm design lead) directly there. Hope you try out Ausum!
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