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I turned my RSS feeds into an e-ink newspaper to stop reading on my phone

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Re: I turned my RSS feeds into an e-ink newspaper to stop reading on my phone

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Post by timurlenk »

mateioo7 wrote: post #59
etra0 wrote: post #39

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Same, I think there's too much friction yet. Maybe at some point it could become a crosspoint feature I hope! EDIT: Just checking on the crosspoint site they say such thing is not planned: https://crosspointreader.com/roadmap (section Out of roadmap: Active connectivity (RSS, news, browsers))

They do support however OPDS libraries and I happily use it for news where each file is a daily epub consisting of the articles I subscribe to

Would you be kind to explain what is your exact workflow?

I'm unable to find a software or service that would to this for me, but it's the exact thing I want.

Re: I turned my RSS feeds into an e-ink newspaper to stop reading on my phone

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Post by pseingatl »

righthand wrote: post #52
TFNA wrote: post #50

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In some countries, authentication to a wide variety of non-bank services and payments is done through bank apps. The bank has done the work to verify who you are, so they conveniently serve as the proof of your identity to everyone else. "Going to the bank"? Banks around here began to close physical branches well over a decade ago now, and visiting one of the remaining branches often requires a multi-hour wait in the…

But my point stands, do you need to do the type of banking that requires constant identification every day to the point where you need it always around it distracts you from what you’d like to be doing? If that’s true then the bank has completely captured you. Or leave your phone in your bag or at home and you shouldn’t have this issue. The “I need my phone for banking” excuse is a vague reason to keep using it. They…

Payment of any bill, any online purchase usually requires 2FA and a phone. No phone? No online bill payment or online purchases. Were it not so...

Re: I turned my RSS feeds into an e-ink newspaper to stop reading on my phone

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Post by neo1 »

Seems like a good place to plug: https://codeberg.org/neo1/mkebook

it's a bash script front end for curl-cffi -> pandoc i.e. impersonate web-browser to download url, then convert to epub. There is also the option to use chromium for the scraper or ebook-convert for the converter. Some config and you have a (rss reader) newsboat -> calibre with a hotkey.

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Post by neo1 »

raddan wrote: post #46
theshrike79 wrote: post #27

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I built a RSS feed hydrator just for this. It grabs the basic feed and adds whatever I need to it. Then it generates a new one that I subscribe to on my feed reader.

Have you made this open source? I really want something like this. Bonus points if it lets me add filters, etc. I want to read my local newspaper, but like half of the stories are about high school sports, of which I have absolutely zero interest.

It's called w3m (or lynx). No seriously. Not kidding. While I'm trying to be snarky, I recently discovered how well it works to do exactly what you are asking. Sites that need javascript, or are paranoid cloudflare prisons won't work, but otherwise it works quite well.

For walls of text (long substack articles) I still prefer epub, and use https://codeberg.org/neo1/mkebook which I wrote, but if you love the terminal: w3m. Filters are done by your rss reader, newsboat has boat loads of options, but any decent one should.

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Post by righthand »

pseingatl wrote: post #72
righthand wrote: post #52

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But my point stands, do you need to do the type of banking that requires constant identification every day to the point where you need it always around it distracts you from what you’d like to be doing? If that’s true then the bank has completely captured you. Or leave your phone in your bag or at home and you shouldn’t have this issue. The “I need my phone for banking” excuse is a vague reason to keep using it. They…

Payment of any bill, any online purchase usually requires 2FA and a phone. No phone? No online bill payment or online purchases. Were it not so...

Great, schedule your bills to be paid or start cancelling services if you simply cannot live a day without having to pay bills online. Sounds like living in excess then complaining about it.

Re: I turned my RSS feeds into an e-ink newspaper to stop reading on my phone

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Post by aryehof »

adhamsalama wrote: post #29

I really like the idea of reading blogs on my Kindle, so I built https://inkfeed.xyz It's a web-based RSS reader optimized for e-ink devices (especially Kindles) that allows you to read blogs online via the Kindle browser, and download the blogs (directly on your Kindle or email it to your Kindle email). I would love to get the feedback of fellow e-ink devices enjoyers!

I really like the UI. That I prefer to keep my Kindle “books only” is the only reason I might not use inkfeed.

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Post by penchant »

I did this for a while when I was learning Spanish! I used Calibre's CLI on my Raspi which generated the epubs from RSS feeds I'd chosen (Spanish-language media like El País, ABC — I speak in the Peninsular variety) and sent it to my Kindle via e-mail. It did this every morning. Can't stress how much this has helped me with the language. Unfortunately, my Rapsi died some months ago and I haven't gotten around to somehow replicate this workflow without it.

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Post by rodolphoarruda »

It's interesting to see in the post that the reading experience in the web page highly contrasts with the one in the eReader.

The website shows 15 words in the first line (10 in mobile). The eReader shows 6 words in the first line. In my own experience, I found that 6 word per line is the optimal number for comfort. (age thing? maybe)

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Post by adhamsalama »

bityard wrote: post #38
adhamsalama wrote: post #30

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I think I might have what you want. I built a web-based RSS reader for the Kindle browser (but it should work on other e-ink devices too). You can read feeds online or download them directly on your device. Please try it and let me know what you think! https://inkfeed.xyz

https://reader.inkfeed.xyz/ seems to be returning "Error loading feed: Fetch failed: 0" for every feed

Can you tell me which feeds you tried and whether or not you're logged in?

Re: I turned my RSS feeds into an e-ink newspaper to stop reading on my phone

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Post by adhamsalama »

aryehof wrote: post #76
adhamsalama wrote: post #29

I really like the idea of reading blogs on my Kindle, so I built https://inkfeed.xyz It's a web-based RSS reader optimized for e-ink devices (especially Kindles) that allows you to read blogs online via the Kindle browser, and download the blogs (directly on your Kindle or email it to your Kindle email). I would love to get the feedback of fellow e-ink devices enjoyers!

I really like the UI. That I prefer to keep my Kindle “books only” is the only reason I might not use inkfeed.

But you can read the blogs online without downloading them, with full control over font settings. Is that not good enough?
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