Android Intent Support or API for a Reading App Integration
Dear Lumo Team,
I'm the developer of @Voice Aloud Reader, a popular Android ebook/document reader app. I'm interested in integrating AI-powered book summarization features that respect user privacy - which makes Lumo an ideal solution.
Current Approach & Results: I've tested Lumo with book chapters (up to 100KB text) by manually copying/pasting content. The summarization quality and literary analysis are excellent - exactly what my users need for "remind me what happened" scenarios when returning to books after breaks, having questions to answer, discuss the book etc., but copy/paste workflow is far from perfect.
Feature Requests:
1. Intent.ACTION_SEND Support: Allow my app to send prompts + text/files directly to Lumo via Android's share mechanism. Ideally support both EXTRA_TEXT to insert the prompt, and at the same intent – optional EXTRA_STREAM to attach a text file.
2. Save Chat Intent: Optional ability to save completed chats to specified file paths (with user approval). If summarizing a book by chapters, this would serve to collect all the summaries in one file for future chats.
3. Alternative: API for Developers: Consider offering an API for app developers to integrate Lumo capabilities
o Ideally allow also user-controlled API keys (users create their own keys under their Lumo accounts/subscriptions for maximum privacy control) to avoid hassles with handling paid subscriptions in the app.
Benefits to Proton:
• Increased Lumo app adoption among my user base (currently about 500,000 active users per month), particularly if the intent mechanism works well – with API approach users would not necessarily install Lumo app and buy their own subscription plans.
• Showcases Lumo's privacy-first approach in a practical use case
• Demonstrates superior alternative to privacy-compromising AI services
Privacy Alignment: This integration would help users analyze their legitimately-owned ebooks while maintaining the privacy guarantees that make Lumo unique.
Would you consider implementing these features? I'm happy to provide technical details or discuss further.
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Greg Kochaniak commented
I see that the idea was upvoted 3 times (besides mine) at this time. Would appreciate any feedback, e.g. how else privacy-first AI like Proton could be used with apps via API or sending requests (Intents on Android) to the Proton app.
Also, it would be good to know what does Proton think. Maybe they don't want any remote control, like API, requests to the app - being concerned about compromising privacy? Any other concerns?