An audio-first intelligence platform that curates quality news, research, and analysis from premium sources, transforming articles into a personalized listenable stream with text-to-speech and voice cloning.
ReadFeed is an audio-first intelligence platform that transforms overwhelming global news, research, and analysis into a personalized, listenable stream. Rather than doom-scrolling, users consume curated insights via audio while commuting, exercising, or cooking—turning dead time into deep understanding.
Core insight: quality matters more than quantity. Most news apps flood users with clickbait. ReadFeed curates primary sources (Harvard Business Review, McKinsey, Pew, Brookings) and reads them aloud at customizable speeds, saving users 30+ hours per year.
Content Architecture: 1. Continuous Insight Feeds (RSS) - Daily articles from 9 platform-curated premium sources (HBR, McKinsey, Brookings, CFR, Pew, Psychology Today, Science, The Conversation, Gartner) with topic filtering, source preferences, and deduplication 2. Research Search - Query-driven discovery across PubMed (NCBI API), arXiv (preprints), and LLM-powered web research with 8-15 results per query 3. Reference Archive - Historical context via Wayback Machine and institutional reports (future expansion to Google Scholar)
User Experience: - Three audio narrator options: system voices (free Web Speech API), personal voice cloning (ElevenLabs), premium voices (OpenAI TTS) - Three playback modes: Brief (1-2 min), Standard (3-5 min), Detailed (5-8 min) - Smart playback features: continuous autoplay, duplicate detection, sleep timer, speed control (0.75x-2x) - Topic-based feed curation with keyword/exclusion filtering - Collections: topic-based, source-based, interest-based groupings - Research bookmarks with folders, tags, priority levels, and status tracking - AI-supported topic discovery from bookshelf photo scans - Comprehensive analytics: listening history, reading time saved, topic engagement
Monetization: Stripe Live (accepting real payments) - Free: 3 topics, 5 sources, system voices - Pro Monthly: $9.99 — unlimited topics/sources, all narrator voices, research search, advanced analytics - Pro Yearly: $79.99 — same benefits with annual discount
Topic-based feed curation with keyword/exclusion filtering
9 premium insight sources seeded (HBR, McKinsey, Brookings, CFR, Pew, Science, Psychology Today, The Conversation, Gartner)
Source library with quality grading (A/B/C) and preference controls
Duplicate detection and feed deduplication across sources
Collections: topic-based, source-based, and interest-based bundles
Three audio narrator options: system voices, personal voice cloning, premium OpenAI voices
Three playback modes: Brief (1-2 min), Standard (3-5 min), Detailed (5-8 min)
Smart playback controls: continuous autoplay, duplicate skip, sleep timer, speed control (0.75x-2x)
Research Search: simultaneous queries across PubMed, arXiv, and LLM web research
Bookmarks with nested folders, tags, priority levels (low/medium/high/critical), and status tracking
Voice cloning UI with 3-5 sample phrase recording (powered by ElevenLabs)
Listening history and comprehensive stats dashboard
AI-supported topic discovery from bookshelf photo scans
Snap-to-Feed quick capture for new sources
RSS feed validation and source suggestion
Weekly digest automation
Admin source management dashboard
Stripe subscription management (Pro Monthly $9.99, Pro Yearly $79.99)
Personal listening analytics: reading time saved, articles per topic, favorite sources
Like/Dislike feedback loop for content relevance optimization
Executives and professionals (stay informed on strategy, markets, policy); researchers and academics (deep discovery across PubMed, arXiv, institutional reports); lifelong learners (audio-optimized systematic knowledge building); policy and news enthusiasts (high-signal sources with no partisan noise).
Solves real problem: information overload among knowledge workers. Core value: audio-first + quality curation + smart deduplication. Success depends on maintaining premium source relationships, voice cloning launch quality, and research search comprehensiveness. Growth opportunities: collaborative feeds, social rankings, third-party integrations (Obsidian, RSS readers), video sourcing.
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