Omphalis
Cleans up saved articles and podcasts, and explains the hard parts right on the page.
Omphalis takes the articles, papers, podcasts and videos you saved and forgot about, puts them in a clean reading view, and opens inline explanations next to any passage or term you don't follow — the explanation stays beside the original text rather than sending you elsewhere to look it up. You can ask it a direct question about a piece and get an answer with citations back to the source passages. It runs articles, PDFs, EPUBs, Word docs, podcasts, YouTube and newsletter feeds through the same pipeline; the free plan is permanently free, paid plans start at $9/month, and new accounts get a 30-day trial of every feature with no card required.
What holds up
- +Explanations open next to the passage you're stuck on, instead of sending you elsewhere
- +Ask questions about a saved piece and get answers with citations back to the source passages
- +One pipeline covers articles, PDFs, EPUBs, podcasts, YouTube and Substack feeds, not just text
- +Free plan is permanently free, with a 30-day trial of every paid feature and no card required
Mind the limits
- −New PDFs can't be turned into readable pages on the free plan (ones processed during the trial stay readable) — a feature gate, not a bug
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