Yaniv Gilad

Ausum - 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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Himanshu Sharma
This is what i was looking for. Congratulations for the launch. @YanivGilad
Yaniv Gilad
Thanks @crankgameryt! Give it a try and I would love to hear your thoughts.
Savitha Pal
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!
Denys Hriaznov
Sounds cool!
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Victor S
Very interesting. Promo link doesnt work though. I use Volv now and like this short form of news consumption. While scrolling I see that some of the news show a few hours ago then some yesterday and then some again few hours so how is it organized?
Yaniv Gilad
@nilsej Any chance you try the promo link again (https://apple.co/3MYXGGb) - weird, but it seems to be a glitch in the AppStore... As for content - we constantly updating content across all categories, but some with higher frequency than others. These days for example our content team focused more on World News than other categories. You can get the latest from top publishers by selecting their channels (CNN for example.) This is a premium feature, but you'll have it once redeeming the promo.
Sam DeBrule
looks great! what was your original inspiration for building Ausum, @prodissues? What are the biggest differences between early versions vs. what you're launching today?
Savitha Pal
Hi @samdebrule! I'm the design lead on the product. Thanks for your question!. I can answer for all of us at Ausum. Our original inspiration came from our understanding that we live in a world with an overabundance of information, and it's often difficult to sift through it all to find the most relevant, interesting and credible content..And in the process, it's time taken out of the day.. We wanted to build something that not only surfaces that great content, but also provides people the access to consume it, now with the busy lives we lead. We were told before from our users that they loved our content, but we were creating more work for them by giving them content they loved, wanting to read it all. So now we've provided those users a way to actually consume it, saving them hours. We feel we've really honed in on the idea of saving time while staying informed. The biggest difference between the early version and this one is that we simplified a lot and we focused on "Refinement", not only in the content , but also in the experience, in the features, in our processs, and even in our closeness to the main need. We hope you'll find that in the app!
Vic
UI on the Android version is so different from what's shown in screenshots here. Not seeing options to save / share or read the full story. Plus the app is bugging out on switching. For example, I listened to some stories, paused the playback, switched some other app for some time, switched back to Ausum. Now nothing plays. I have to force stop the app and launch again to make it work. Can we please have an option to blacklist some sources? For example, I don't want to get stories from XYZ because I already am subscribed to them in my rss reader.
Yuval Sapir
Hi @vicky_buddie, Yuval here from Ausum. We're still working on the Android version and we'll catch up to all the features we have on iOS soon. Thanks for the idea for blocking certain sources, we'll add it to our ideas list!
David Kim
This is great. Do you guys have any plans on developing for iOS Widget?
Savitha Pal
Hi @davidckim320, thanks for the question! We have thought about it, and might be something for the near future.
Marshall Kirkpatrick
The "environment" section quickly gets to stories that are a week old.
Raquel Winiarsky
@marshallk Hey! Really appreciate the feedback - I'll pay more attention to curating more stories covering environment. It's great to know what topics you'd like to tune into so we could deliver more to you. As of right now, we curate the best/most important stories, so this week other topics/events could have taken the forefront. But, I'll definitely make sure the environment and any other topics you'd like get some love and attention.
Marshall Kirkpatrick
@raquel_winiarsky1 thanks, that's very kind of you! Congrats on the beautiful app launch!
Raquel Winiarsky
@marshallk of course (there are some stories waiting for you in Environment...) We're all for giving our users what they want, if you have any other suggestions - I'm all ears!
Saba Zewdie B.
Definitely an Ausum product 😎
Savitha Pal
@saba_b Thank you! 🙏
nickson durai
@prodissues Great idea! Congratulations on the launch👍
Yaniv Gilad
Alessandro Oliveri
So cool! 👏👏👏
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