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Newsvoice 2.0 - Crowdsourced news to change the world.

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Newsvoice crowdsources the latest news stories. You will always see different sources and perspectives from independent, international, and mainstream media. Having an open, unbiased, fact-based news platform has never been more important.

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Viktor Lidholt
Maker
Hi product hunters, I am Viktor and I started this project about 3 years ago. My life in Silicon Valley, where I was a senior software engineer for Google, showed me first hand that the way we create and consume news needs to change. Someone smart once said, “be the change you want to see”, so here I am, three years later, asking for your feedback. At Newsvoice, we combine technology with our growing community to create an unbiased personal news feed, always showing multiple sources and perspectives. I used to be part of the team that created the Flutter framework, so that was a natural choice for building Newsvoice. It makes for a super smooth user experience and fast loading times. Here is an outline of what the platform has evolved into: - We aggregate news reports from major outlets, as well as international and independent media. Anyone in the community can contribute unbiased summaries. - Every source is tagged with its political leaning, so you can easily spot biases in the news reporting. - Anyone can write summaries, but they are always reviewed by professional journalists and moderators before being published in the app. - Our news ranking system is similar to the one used by Reddit. It will arrange your news based on a combination of your interests, how new the stories are and the number of upvotes. - One of our newest features is Newsvoice Play. It’s your very own personal news radio, and makes it possible for you to listen to your news mix anywhere anytime. As a small thanks for checking out Newsvoice, we are currently handing out a free month of premium backer access, exclusively to the Product Hunt community. It includes unlimited access to Newsvoice Play, and a special backer badge. Activate it here: https://alpha.newsvoice.com/prod... Let’s fix the news. Together.
Alessandro Icardi
The future of news, for sure!
Van S. Brandorn
Maker
@alessandro_icardi Thank you! Let's make it happen:)
Sekhar Chandra
Looks promising! Will check it out.
Van S. Brandorn
Maker
@sekhar_chandra Thanks Sekhar! Let us now if you have any tips to make it better:)
Morgane Oléron
I must admit I suck at keeping myself updated, there's just too much to go through. Newsvoice is a great way to stay informed about what's going on in the world in general but also based on my interests with the added bonus/value of being able to immediately understand what angle is being taken by the media/journalists thanks to to the political leanings tags. That s my favorite feature, being able to read the same news from different perspectives.
Van S. Brandorn
Maker
@morgane_oleron Thank you for the kind words and support. We'll strive to keep you well informed and keep improving as we go!
Michael Schmidt
I'm a great fan of NewsVoice. It has completely changed how I consume the news. I now often find myself reading articles from news sources with a political view I would in the past never have read. It has broadened my views and helped me understand peoples opinions. I recommend NewsVoice to all my friends and I hope it can help make the world a even better place.
Van S. Brandorn
Maker
@michael_davey_schmidt Your help is making a difference, Michael. Much gratitude for the cordial feedback. If you have ideas on how we can provide even more value - we'll happily listen:)
Inder S Bisht
It's unbiased and democratic.
Van S. Brandorn
Maker
@indersbisht Thank you, we do our best to keep it that way:)
Natalie Eden
Newsvoice is a great news app that keeps you informed and gives you all perspectives.
Van S. Brandorn
Maker
@natalie_eden2 Thanks, Natalie:) How long have you been using it for?
Natalie Eden
@bradnorn I've been using it for about 6 months, love the Newsvoice play feature where you can listen to the news. I always listen on the way to work.
Van S. Brandorn
Maker
@natalie_eden2 Fantastic, Natalie:) Be sure we'll make it even better. Please shoot our way if you have any tips.
Matt Atkin
Great app. In a media market becoming increasingly polarized by political bias it’s good to be able to find balanced, neutral news sources that report facts without injecting their biased political stance & Newsvoice is perfect for that.
Van S. Brandorn
Maker
@hellbillybob Thank you for the kind words, Matt. If you have any pointers for us to make it even better - please do shoot:)
Prakhar Goyal
Hey, I like the idea. The webapp looks neat. Crisp summarises to get me interested and links if I want to read further. I did have some trouble in navigation. I couldn't find search - so as to look for a topic that I'm interested in. But overall, something very interesting.
Viktor Lidholt
Maker
@prakhar_goyal Yep, the webpage is still work in progress. It is still lacking some features that the app doesn't have, but we hope to have it complete in the next few weeks!
Seb Jachec
What or who determines whether a news source is labelled as 'left', 'right' or 'centre' in the app? Are only US news sources labelled as such? Every news link I've seen in the app with those labels has been a US news source, while others from around the world are just labelled with "Canada", "Europe", "Asia" etc. – quite vague. (I might have expected The Guardian to be labelled as 'left' and The Daily Mail as 'right' in the UK). In the spirit of news being open and available to all, why is it not possible to search news (only to browse the news feed) without first creating an account? On the app itself, it feels a lot like an Android app on iOS, right down to the ripple effect tapping on news items and the two tab/navigation bars. It would be great if the system left edge swipe-to-go-back gesture was respected within the app. Glad there's system dark mode support though! As there don't seem to be that many comments on most articles (and I prefer some Twitter/Reddit commentary), I've turned off 'Show comments', but this still shows a comment icon underneath each news item – would be useful if these and the 'write a comment' prompt were hidden too with this option. Newsvoice Play also sounds very robotic – I wonder if using the iOS system text-to-speech voice (Siri's) might sound a lot more natural.
Viktor Lidholt
Maker
@iamsebj Great feedback! We have set the labels based on an aggregate of research from different sources. We are also working on improving the labelling, by adding more tags for international sources. The limitation of the search is currently a technical issue. It's on the roadmap to fix this in the future, along with a better search function. Left edge swipe is a planned feature too, along with making the app more iOS native. We currently have over 1000 comments on Newsvoice every day. However, the largest part of our readers are based in the US and probably hasn't woken up yet. Great input on the visible commenting icon, we should probably hide that! We've been trying out a lot of different automated voices, and the best we've found so far is Google's wavenet, which we are currently using. However, we hope to be able to use real voice actors in the future. As I'm sure you understand, we are still a new app and working on all fronts to make it even better. :) Thanks again for the feedback and observations!
Seb Jachec
@vlidholt Thanks for your detailed response – great to hear!
Fareem
The best app for news. Multiple sources to each news stories just lays bare their inherent biases. And the discussions thats accompany stories often adds some interesting perspective
Van Ognyan
@fareem_chagla Thanks Fareem! It's makes for some really cool discussions, indeed. Any suggestions for us?
Wyss the Owl
Our world is complex, no news source objective and political spin a plight. For this reason I use Newsvoice to read various perspectives. Highly recommend it!
Van S. Brandorn
Maker
@kostekwyss Kind words, wise Owl:) Thank you. Let us know if we can improve your experience.
Jim
Been using Newsvoice on and off for the last year. The content is great and I dig the social aspect. Check it out.
Van S. Brandorn
Maker
@jimkirks Thanks, Jim! Hoping to expand on the social aspect soon and get even better at informing people.
Salvador Sanchez
Great to see how different sides spin a story
Van S. Brandorn
Maker
@salvador_sanchez Thanks, we thought people might like that. Let us know if you have suggestions on how we can do it even better:)
cabin ceiler
It’s unbiased and it lets you view multiple perspectives
Hunter Malloy
A great news source for events happening all around the world
Hunter Malloy
It gives multiple links to multiple news sources, whether they be left, right, or center
Mike Ustundag
The absolutely correct way to digest the news of the world. Convenient, transparent and most importantly - unbiased.
Randal Walker
Looks like a very well thought out app. All the best to you on this project. We really not only need better independent news sources but also need social networks that promote reality, however painful it may be, to all people equally. The idea that a group can lie and manufacture fake news, then call real news fake news, and have zero repercussions is an abomination. I hope there are a lot of ways in your app to post across all major social networks.
Van S. Brandorn
Maker
@randalwalker Thank you dearly Randall, you are very right. There are many social features and we hope to make them even better soon.
Mike Oliver
A good variety of stories with multiple sources for each, I also appreciate the lively comment sections for discussing the stories.