Wiredfire Jun 23, 2023

Why aren’t more people talking about @omnivore as a read it later service?

It’s free, open source, works more reliably than Pocket or Instapaper, zero limitations like Matter - all entirely free even if you use their server. Self-hosting totally an option too.

It’s frankly brilliant.

https://omnivore.app

Omnivore

Omnivore is the free, open source, read-it-later app for serious readers.

Omnivore
Show threadsuzietchiJun 24, 2023
@wiredfire @omnivore their text to speech feature is just too good. Blows the competition away.
Show threadWiredfire Jun 24, 2023
@omnivore @Suzie97 Matter's text to speach I'd say is fractionally better, a little more natural sounding, but there's very little in it. Certainly nothing that's realistically going to sway someone.
Show threadsuzietchiJun 24, 2023
@wiredfire @omnivore I did use matter’s text to speech before it was locked on a paywall. sounded pretty unnatural to me. Not sure if they’ve improved it now. But the ultra realistic voice option in omnivore is just fantastic.
Show threadWiredfire Jun 24, 2023
@Suzie97 @omnivore considering it’s entirely without charge as well is brilliant. I’m not sure how Matter and others can hope to compete with FOSS when this is the quality we’re getting.
Show threadsuzietchi
@wiredfire @omnivore Makes sense. Matter still has its social media features which due to being Twitter exclusive I've never tried. Not sure if that the team actually treats it as something that adds value or just a gimmick.
Jun 24, 2023 at 6:50pmWeb
Show threadWiredfire Jun 24, 2023
@Suzie97 @omnivore problem is linking your service to some centralised platform puts you at their mercy, as a great many have recently found with Twitter and Reddit!