RealEskalate/G6-NewsBrief

AI-Powered News Summarizer for Ethiopia # 📱 NewsBrief — AI-Powered News Summarizer for Ethiopia > **Mobile-first, bilingual (Amharic/English), AI-powered news summaries & audio briefs for Ethiopia.** > Built in **3 weeks** with Flutter + thin GenAI backend wrapper. ## 🌍 Problem * Ethiopia has **slow, unreliable internet**, especially in rural areas. * News is **scattered** (Addis Standard, Ethiopian Herald, Fana, ENA, VOA Amharic, etc.). * Articles are long and **hard to digest on mobile**. * Citizens miss important updates in **economy, agriculture, health, governance**. **Need:** A lightweight, offline-capable app that delivers short, neutral, bilingual news briefs — with optional audio. ## 🚀 Solution **NewsBrief** ingests multiple news feeds, deduplicates stories, summarizes them in plain **Amharic/English**, and provides **short TTS audio**. * **Daily Briefs (AM/PM):** 4–6 top stories stitched into 45–90 sec audio. * **Offline Cache:** Last 3–7 days of summaries + audio available without internet. * **Search & Topics:** Query “agriculture”, “Addis”, “economy”, etc. * **Lightweight:** Text-first, images optional, optimized for low-data devices. * **Privacy-first:** No accounts; anonymous telemetry only. ## 🎯 Goals & Metrics (V1) * **Adoption:** 2,000+ unique sessions in first month. * **Engagement:** ≥30% play Daily Brief 3x/week. * **Speed:** * Open-to-content: <1.5s (cached). * Audio start: <2s (pre-generated). * **Offline Reliability:** 3–7 days cached briefs, 0 errors. * **Quality:** Avg. ≥4.2/5 on clarity & usefulness. ## 🔑 Core Features * ✅ **Topic & Keyword Search** (e.g., “agriculture in Amhara”). * ✅ **Plain Summaries:** 3–5 bullets (≤120 words), neutral tone. * ✅ **Audio Mode:** 30–60 sec per story, stitched AM/PM briefs. * ✅ **Daily Brief Screen:** Morning & evening digest with notifications. * ✅ **Offline Cache:** Text + audio stored locally. * ✅ **Data Saver Mode:** Text-only, compressed payloads. * ✅ **Shareable Summaries:** With source + time. ## 👥 Target Users * Urban + ru …