NFB-Newsline®
Reference
Guide
Logging
in:
From any touch-tone telephone, call NFB-Newsline® at the number listed on your Welcome Letter. A female voice will answer and ask for a Portal Number. Enter 632.
You will then be connected to the NFB-Newsline computer. When the voice asks, punch in your 6-digit identification number. You then will be asked for your 4-digit security code. All these numbers are provided at the bottom of your Welcome Letter.
After Newsline recognizes you by name, you will then be asked to select from the following options.
Options
1 - for NFB-NEWSLINE® news and announcements;
2 - for Your Local Florida Information Channel
3 - for Your Florida Newspapers;
4 - for Your Personal Favorites;
5 - for All Newsline newspapers and channels;
6 - to continue
reading at your previous place in Newsline;
7 - for select magazines;
9 – for the Newsline tutorial.
Local
Papers:
The first thing you likely will want to do is to reach the Florida newspapers. To do this, Press 3. Under Option 3 are the Florida newspapers and one or two national publications of frequent interest to our readers. Press the number of the paper you want to read. The list will change as more newspapers are added.
Florida & Other
Newspapers under Option 3
1 - Bradenton Herald
2 - Miami Herald
3 - Orlando Sentinel
4 - Palm Beach Post
5 - St. Petersburg Times
6 - Tallahassee Democrat
7 - Tampa Tribune
8 - USA Today
Choose Date and
Section:
You then will be asked to select the date. The most resent paper available is always 1. The Newsline service holds today's newspaper, yesterday's newspaper, and the most recent Sunday edition if one is published. After selecting the newspaper and date you wish to read, Newsline will ask you to choose the section of the paper you wish to read first (for example, Sports, Editorial, Local, etc.). These will be 2-digit numbers starting with 10.
The voice will tell you how many articles are in that section and then start reading the first headline and article. At the end of the first article it will go on to the second, and so on. To skip an article you are not interested in, Press 3. There are other useful Key Commands.
Keypad Commands
When reading a newspaper article, use these key commands to navigate through Newsline. The most commonly used commands are underlined. Remember these commands only work when you are in the actual newspaper articles.
1 - Return to the previously read article;
2 - Return to the beginning of the current article;
3 - Move to next
article;
4 - Reread previous line or paragraph;
5 - Reread current line;
6 - Read next line;
7 - Slow down speaking speed;
8 - Change speaking voice;
9 - Speed up speaking
speed;
0 - Pause;
# - Help Mode for the current menu;
* - Go back one
menu;
* * - Hang up (use this if you want to continue reading in the same place at a later time);
# 5 - Spell Mode (push each number for its use);
# # - Search-for-a-word or phrase (follow the directions).
Other Options Besides
Florida Papers
Option 2: Newsletters
After logging in and hearing your name, selecting Option 2 provides a number of newsletters of interest to the blind in Florida. Usually you can find messages and newsletters from the Bureau of Braille and Talking Books, the Division of Blind Services, several NFB local chapters, and others.
Option 4: Your Out-of-State
Favorites
To personalize your reading choices, take advantage of the Favorites option. You may save up to six newspapers in this menu. After login in, press Option 4 to enter Your Favorites. You will have 3 choices:
7 - Add an item;
8 - Delete an item;
9 - Erase all newspapers from Your Favorites list.
To add newspapers to Your Favorites option, press 7. A complete list of newspapers will be presented in alphabetical order in sub-groups of eight. Follow the instructions to select the paper you wish to add. Press 9 during the list of newspapers to advance to the next group of eight papers; you can move to the next eight papers by pressing 9 without waiting for the voice to read all eight in the current sub-list. When you reach the paper you wish to add, press its corresponding number.
Option 7: Magazines:
Newsline currently carries two magazines of the highest quality: The New Yorker and The Economist (London). You access and navigate these in the same way as you do the newspapers and newsletters.
For personal assistance,
call Sabrina Deaton toll free, at:
1-866-808-2800.
NFB-Newsline® is a free service of the National Federation of the Blind and the National Federation of the Blind of Florida.
Contact: Gloria Hicks, NFBF Treasurer
National Federation of the Blind of Florida
4123 Henderson Blvd
Tampa, FL 33629