A Free Service Currently Sponsored by the NY State Commission for the Blind
About Newsline
NFB-Newsline is a free audio news service for anyone who is blind, low-vision, deafblind, or otherwise print-disabled that offers access to more than 500 publications, emergency weather alerts, job listings, and more.
NFB-Newsline subscribers have access to:
- National newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal and USA Today
- Breaking news sources, including CNN, BBC, and ESPN Online
- International newspapers, including Financial Times and Vancouver Sun
- Magazines, including Time, Consumer Reports, Guideposts, and Smithsonian
- State newspapers
- Emergency weather alerts and seven-day forecasts localized to your zip code or GPS location
- The information that scrolls along the bottom of your television screen during emergency alerts
- More than 100,000 job listings from two national job sources
- TV listings localized to your zip code and provider
- Retail ads
- NFB's national channel, including the ebook Building the Lives We Want, the Braille Monitor, Future Reflections, and presidential releases
How to Sign Up for NFB-Newsline
Anyone who cannot read printed publications due to vision loss, dyslexia, or a physical disability is eligible to receive NFB-Newsline. Please register by calling your state's Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled or the National Federation of the Blind at 866-504-7300 to request an application. You may also download and mail an application or complete our online application. After your registration is processed, you will receive a message containing your activation codes and instructions.
Ways to Access NFB-Newsline
After you sign up for NFB-Newsline, you will be able to access it in any of the following ways. If you are a current subscriber, you do not need to create a new account or obtain new codes to use additional methods. Your current codes will allow you to access NFB-Newsline using any method you choose. If you’ve forgotten your codes, please call us for assistance.
iOS Mobile App 3.0 with KNFB Reader Basic
NFB-Newsline Mobile includes these features and much more:
- KNFB Reader Basic, a free version of KNFB Reader with the core functions necessary to quickly scan any printed text – just point, shoot, and read
- The ability to share articles from publications in the breaking news category to social media channels
- Multiple customization options to organize, save, and manage both NFB-Newsline content and documents scanned with KNFB Reader Basic
NFB-Newsline Mobile 3.0 is fully accessible with VoiceOver so that users can hear content read aloud or read it in Braille with a connected refreshable Braille display or notetaker, making the app ideal for blind and deafblind users.
Phone
- Access NFB-Newsline through your phone with the touch of a few buttons
- Create your own favorites list, skip articles or sections, and repeat items you wish to re-read
- Enable the continuous reading mode which allows you to start, stop, and skip articles
- Alter the reading voice by changing the volume, speed, and pitch
For more information, please visit the NFB-Newsline phone instructions page.
Amazon Alexa
- Access NFB-Newsline hands-free on any Amazon Alexa product, including Echo and Echo Dot
- Alter the reading voice by changing the volume, speed, and the voice itself
- Use dozens of voice commands to navigate to sections and articles that interest you
Learn more about the Amazon Alexa family of devices and enable the NFB-Newsline Alexa skill today. For more information, please visit our Alexa instructions page or check out the training video on YouTube.
Website
- Access NFB-Newsline on a secure, text-only website that is screen-reader friendly
- Easily navigate and search every available publication
- Email a full publication, a section, or single article to your inbox
Visit nfbnewslineonline.org to access NFB-Newsline online.
- NFB-Newsline can email your news, customized job listings, and information directly to your inbox
- Provide us with an email address, choose your favorites, and select frequency (once daily or updates throughout the day)
Please call us at 1-866-504-7300 to set up your NFB-Newsline email service.
Portable Players
- Access NFB-Newsline through many popular digital talking book players
- Portable, plug and play, wireless download for Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation
- Easily navigate sections and articles with the use of DAISY-standard formatting
Visit nfbnewslineonline.org to learn more.
More Information
For more information, please use the info below to contact us.
- Director: Luis Mendez - 518-512-9710 - newsline@nfbny.org
- Outreach Coordinator: Bernice Bird - 585-857-9520 - newslineoutreach@nfbny.org
- Administrative Support: Claudia Bienenfeld - 917-426-1509 - office@nfbny.org
- Technical Coordinator: Arthur Jacobs - 607-414-3656 - newslinetech@nfbny.org
Newsletters
Look for our quarterly newsletter on the NFBNY-NEWSLINE Local Channel and in your email.
Archives
2021: Volume 1, Issue 1 | Volume 1, Issue 2 | Volume 1, Issue 3
2022: Volume 2, Issue 1 | Volume 2, Issue 2
