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Omnivore Is Joining ElevenLabs

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Re: Omnivore Is Joining ElevenLabs

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Post by xz18r »

thylacine222 wrote: post #8
qw3rty01 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It already has a self-hosting option: https://github.com/omnivore-app/omnivore/tree/main/self-host... It's just not documented well.

It's not a great self-hosting option, tbh, depends on a lot of Google services and the support for it in the apps can be finicky.

The license allows forking, become a hero!

Re: Omnivore Is Joining ElevenLabs

#13

Post by 0x6c6f6c »

thylacine222 wrote: post #10

this really sucks, it's by far the best reader app out there. Hoping that people will be able to figure out a straightforward way to do self-hosting, because I would be willing to use the app as it is right now forever.

Except on Android, where you couldn't even tag saved articles.

I noticed development had stopped weeks ago. Sort of figured something like this was going to happen. Unfortunate, but I'll be happy on Wallabag again. I'd been just waiting for a push to do migrate back.

Re: Omnivore Is Joining ElevenLabs

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Post by dod9er »

lxgr wrote: post #7

tl;dr: They got acqui-hired and are shutting the app and service down. Ugh, it was so good! Self-hosting it seems quite complicated, though. I really hope somebody will step up and offer a hosted version of it.

Yes, just as it is right now I would love a cheap alternative. No need for fancy speech or AI features from my Side. Do one thing and do it good...

Re: Omnivore Is Joining ElevenLabs

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Post by thylacine222 »

0x6c6f6c wrote: post #13
thylacine222 wrote: post #10

this really sucks, it's by far the best reader app out there. Hoping that people will be able to figure out a straightforward way to do self-hosting, because I would be willing to use the app as it is right now forever.

Except on Android, where you couldn't even tag saved articles. I noticed development had stopped weeks ago. Sort of figured something like this was going to happen. Unfortunate, but I'll be happy on Wallabag again. I'd been just waiting for a push to do migrate back.

I seem to be able to tag articles, do you not have an "Edit Labels" option in the article menu? Regardless, they definitely were lagging on Android development, but it was still finished enough to use it. There's even a version that supports pagination: https://github.com/tent4kel/omnivore/releases/

Re: Omnivore Is Joining ElevenLabs

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Post by paulmorabito »

Carbon1603 wrote: post #12

So, where to go next?

I'd love an easier self hosted option too.

In the meantime, if you are in the Apple world then Goodlinks is a privacy friendly option for saving articles to read later.

I haven't found a decent alternative that can add articles via email like Omnivore. My workaround is to get the RSS link from Substack and add these to my RSS reader that I self host (FreshRSS).

Re: Omnivore Is Joining ElevenLabs

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Post by jamil7 »

I built and ran a read it later app in the iOS app store for a few years as a side project. I found it pretty difficult to monetise and the support burden got to me. I eventually just pulled it from the store as I was getting emails and reviews and felt I couldn’t really give it the attention it needed. I saw quite a few competitors coming and going over the years, either through acquisitions or developers just losing interest. It seems like a difficult thing to make work sustainably.

Re: Omnivore Is Joining ElevenLabs

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Post by bberenberg »

For what it’s worth I’ve contacted them to see if they would be open to handing over the hosted version. The current answer is no, based in part on wanting to delete user data. I suggested I could take it without data and users could reimport their data post handover. If you’d like to see this happen send them an email and voice your support.
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