Re: Announcing pod-kast with a k

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Hi there,

I just want to clarify that I'm not involved in this project, I just
posted the link. Could you forward this feedback to the authors/creators?
I'm sure they'd be very happy to hear it!

Jookia.

On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 12:09:58AM -0400, Kirk Reiser wrote:
> Hey zookia and Larry: I am quite impressed with the potential of this
> package. It definitely has some quirks and doesn't behave as I sort of
> expected but it is a really nice start. I've been looking around for
> something very easy my wife can use for listening to podcasts with and
> this could be the solution. It's nicest feature is having the search
> mechanism built in because almost all other podcast fetchers I've
> found expects a person to just add an rss feed already found someplace
> else.
> 
> Thank you for doing this project.
> 
>   Kirk
> 
> On Thu, 13 Jul 2023, Jookia wrote:
> 
> > Here is the source code:
> > 
> > https://github.com/mlytle4218/pod-kast-rust
> > 
> > On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 07:55:12AM +0200, Didier Spaier wrote:
> > > I second what John said.
> > > 
> > > Moreover I would try only a new software if/when the source is publicly
> > > available and I can build/compile it myself.
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > Didier
> > > 
> > > Le 12/07/2023 à 22:13, John Covici a écrit :
> > > > Since I use gentoo, a .deb would not do me much good.  Can I compile
> > > > your app somehow?  Also, how do I search for a particular podcast in
> > > > your client and do you have a facility where I can use a username and
> > > > password if the feed requires it?
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks, sounds interesting.
> > > > 
> > > > On Wed, 12 Jul 2023 13:57:32 -0400,
> > > > Chime Hart wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hi All: I have been waiting a long time to offer a newer much
> > > > > more intuative podcast client for those of us who like
> > > > > menus-and-simplicity. I am and will be announcing here-and-in the
> > > > > Blinux list, but since this works especially well in Speakup,
> > > > > this list will enjoy it first.
> > > > > DESCRIPTION
> > > > >        Welcome to Pod-kast 0.8.0 written by Marc Lytle and
> > > > > conceived by myself, Chime Hart.
> > > > > 
> > > > >        Over  many  years almost all podcast clients seemed to be
> > > > > lacking an interface which made sense, as well as features I was
> > > > > hoping for.  The only one I understood was hpodder, but it is no
> > > > > longer available.  In Pod-kast, since I
> > > > >        am totally blind and listen with Speakup, a Linux
> > > > > screen-reader, we took great care to make all functions really
> > > > > obvious by having numbered menus and yes having the word "number"
> > > > > before each digit removing any ambiguity.
> > > > > Back again live, while you may be able to grab from a github
> > > > > page, which seems really messy in L Y N X an easier option would
> > > > > be a direct url from my web-site, but not linked from my site.
> > > > > https://hubert-humphrey.com/pod-kast_0.8.0_amd64.deb
> > > > > This is beta software-and-there still may be inconsistancies in
> > > > > the man-page. Rather than clutterup the list, if you have
> > > > > opperational issues, please write myself directly, or write an
> > > > > author Marc at an address listed in the man-page. I `sincerely
> > > > > hope all of you enjoy-and-find alot of success with this new
> > > > > client, which I named with an alternative spelling, as there are
> > > > > several podcast clients with the regular spelling.
> > > > > Thanks so much in advance
> > > > > Chime
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > 





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