Magazines

Introduction

Pocket has many different magazines available for you from the RNIB Newsagent List. Each magazine has some sections and each section consists of many articles. Magazines come in regular editions. You are able to hear the latest edition on In Your Pocket. Each magazine has some sections and each section consists of several articles.

Finding a Magazine

To hear a list of all the available magazines you can say, Which magazines do you have? or Choose a magazine.

To hear a particular magazine you can say, Read me BBC Good Food, or, Go to British Medical Journal. Pocket will automatically start from the first section of that magazine and will provide you with a list of five article headlines to choose from.

There are many magazines to choose from. You can jump ahead or back through the list of magazines by saying Jump forward 8 or Jump back 5.

There are a very large number of magazines available, so in order to make searching for your desired magazine easier, you can now say Next starting with A to search for the next magazines in the list starting with the letter M, or Next containing music to skip to the next magazine which has the word music in it's title.

Choosing a Section of the Magazine

Once you have chosen a magazine you can also choose a section of it by saying What sections do you have, or Go to the sections...

Finding and Reading Articles

Articles are listed as headlines which you read like any other list. When you have finished an article you can say, Next for the next article or Read headlines and choose another article from the list. To re-read the magazine say, Reset the Magazine or Reset the British Medical Journal.

To read about a particular topic say, Find articles about London Housing or Search for articles about Big Ben. Articles if there are any will be presented in a list called The Search Section. When you have read an article from this say, Go back once or Go back twice to get back the search section for more unread articles on the topic.

To move forward in an article, say, Jump forward three. To move backward say, Jump backward two.

Setting up Favourite Magazines

You can get to your favourite Magazines by subscribing to them. When you are reading a favourite Magazine say, Subscribe. Say, Yes or No when asked to confirm. To get to your favourite Magazines say, My Magazines.

Automatic Read for Magazines

This is a great feature where Pocket can read you a magazine continuously, without waiting for your input in between each article.

Once you have accessed a magazine, or have started to listen to an article, press the talk button and say, Automatic Read or Auto Read or Automatic Reading. You will know that you have started Automatic Read when Pocket says Reading All, so, if you do not hear that, please try again.

When using Auto Read you can skip an article by pushing the talk button and saying Next, this command will not cancel Auto Read. You also will not cancel auto read if you pause and unpause, but other interactions, such as changing Magazines or magazines or listening to podcasts, will cancel automatic read, and you will have to ask Pocket to start it again.

A Note about the types of Magazines

These instructions are specific to e-text magazines, that Pocket reads to you in your chosen voice. R N I B also offers human read audio magazines, and these are available as podcasts. You can access these by saying, find podcasts from Newsagent, which will present you with a list of podcast titles corresponding to the magazines that are being read.
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