Magazine and Newspaper Recordings
A variety of popular magazines and highlights from some local newspapers are also available on cassette and braille at no cost. It takes approximately 30 days for subscriptions to begin. Call the library to subscribe to them.
Newsline is a service provided by the National Federation of the Blind. Current newspapers are available by telephone daily.
This is how it works: Each morning the entire text of each paper is sent by modem or Internet to the headquarters of the National Federation of the Blind in Baltimore. There the newspapers are converted, in a very few minutes, into high-quality synthesized speech. This converted text is made available to blind individuals using touch tone telephones. Each blind person calls an 800 number and then enters an identification number and a security code in order to be greeted by name and read the information in the newspapers. To enroll contact us at 1-888-263-0769.
By pushing various buttons on the touch-tone keypad, the reader chooses certain articles or parts of articles. He or she can repeat articles, go back to certain articles, and find the spelling of proper names. He or she can read first and last sentences of articles, skip articles, and repeat sentences. In short, the blind can read the newspaper in very much the same way sighted people do, and it is truly a major leap forward in making printed materials accessible to the blind.
Each state can arrange for at least two papers of local interest to be on the program. The National NFB NEWSLINEŽ Network provides seven national newspapers. Each reader will have access to papers such as the Wall Street Journal and US Today which are of national interest.
View our catalog of recordings
Contact Us
205 Riverside Parkway, NE
Rome, Georgia 30161-2913
WATS: (888) 263-0769
Phone: (706) 236-4618
Fax: (706) 236-4631