From any touch-tone telephone, call the NFB-NEWSLINE® at 1-888-882-1629 or if you have unlimited long distance call 202-448-3007. You will be connected to the USA Datanet’s information portal and asked to enter your three digit portal code which is 632. Using the telephone keypad, punch in your ID number and the security code that you were given when you signed up for NFB-NEWSLINE®.
To begin reading, Press:
1 - for NFB-NEWSLINE® announcements
2 - for Your Local Information
3 - for Your Newspapers (local to your state)
4 - for Your Favorites
5 - for ALL newspaper and local information content
6 - to continue reading at your previous place in NFB-NEWSLINE®
7 - FOR MAGAZINES
9 - for the NFB-NEWSLINE® tutorial
After selecting a category, you can choose from newspapers, magazines, or topics. The NFB-NEWSLINE® service holds today's, yesterday's, and the most recent Sunday edition if one is published. After selecting the paper or magazine you wish to read, the system will prompt you to select the topic you wish to read (for example, Sports, Editorial, News, etc.).
NFB-NEWSLINE® Keypad Commands:
When in an article, use these key commands to navigate through NFB-NEWSLINE®:
Summary: NFB-NEWSLINE® Keypad Commands
0 - Pause
0 0 - Voice Mode: 1 or 3 - Adjust the volume 4 or 6 -
Change the pitch
1 - Return to beginning of topic
2 - Reread current article
3- Move to next article
4 - Read previous line or paragraph
5 - Read current line
6 - Read next line
7 - Slow down speaking speed
8 - Change speaking voice
9 - Speed up speaking speed
pound sign - Help Mode for the current menu
pound sign twice - Search for a word or phrase (follow the directions)
pound sign plus 5 - Spell (follow the directions)
star sign - Go back one menu
*, star sign twice - Hang up
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YOUR FAVORITES
To personalize your reading choices, you may want to take advantage of the Favorites option. You may save up to six newspapers in this menu. Press 4 to enter Your Favorites. When you first enter Your Favorites, you have 3 choices:
7 - Add an item
8 - Delete an item
9 - Erase all newspapers from Your Favorites list
To begin the process of adding newspapers to Your Favorites, press 7. A list of newspapers will be presented in alphabetical order in 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.
SPELL MODE
To enter the spell feature, you must be in an article. Press the pound key then the number 5. The system will announce "Entering Spell Mode." Hit the pound key (#) again and follow the help instructions, hit the star key (*) to exit help.
Summary: Search Feature Special Characters Chart.
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NFB-NEWSLINE® SPELL KEYPAD COMMANDS
1 - Moves back one sentence
2 - Spells the current word
3 - Moves forward one sentence
4 - Moves to and says previous word
5 - Says the current word
6 - Moves to and says the next word
7 - Slow down speaking speed
8 - Change speaking voice
9 - Speed up speaking speed
SEARCH MODE
To enter the Search feature, you must be in an article. Press the pound key (#) twice, then follow the instructions. Search Mode will search the entire periodical you are in to find your key word or phrase.
Keep in mind that your key word or phrase may appear in one article more than once. NFB-NEWSLINE® may tell you there were 10 matches for your search, but all ten could be in the same article.
SEARCH FEATURE CHARTS
Summary: Search Feature Letters Chart
LETTERS
A: 01
B: 02
C: 03
D: 04
E: 05
F: 06
G: 07
H: 08
I: 09
J: 10
K: 11
L: 12
M: 13
N: 14
O: 15
P: 16
Q: 17
R: 18
S: 19
T: 20
U: 21
V: 22
W: 23
X: 24
Y: 25
Z: 26
Summary: Search Feature Numbers Chart
NUMERALS
0: 30
1: 31
2: 32
3: 33
4: 34
5: 35
6: 36
7: 37
8: 38
9: 39
Summary: Search Feature Special Characters Chart.
SPECIAL CHARACTERS
Space: 00
Colon: 27
Period: 28
Slash: 29
Double-Quote: 40
Single-Quote: 41
Comma: 42
Clear Phrase: 98
Delete Character: 97
Start Search: 99
As you enter each pair of digits, NFB-NEWSLINE® will announce the entered letter or number. If NFB-NEWSLINE® does find the key word you have entered, it will start reading at the beginning of the article in which it found your key word. NFB-NEWSLINE® will tell you the section and the article with the key word or phrase. If it does not find your key word, it will resume reading where you were.
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