Newspapers

Introduction

Pocket has many different newspapers available for you from the RNIB Newsagent List. Each newspaper has some sections and each section consists of many articles. Newspapers come in a single daily edition, whereas news feeds such as The Conversation are updated regularly throughout the day, so there are often new articles available, with the most recent articles appearing first on the list.

Finding a Newspaper

To hear a list of all the available newspapers you can say Which newspapers do you have? or Choose a newspaper.

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

In order to make searching for your desired newspaper easier you can now say Next starting with A to search for the next newspaper in the list starting with the letter A. You can also say Next containing music to skip to the next newspaper which has the word music in the title.

To hear a particular newspaper you can say Read me The Independent or Go to The Guardian.

Choosing a Section of the Newspaper

Once you have chosen a newspaper you can also choose a section of that paper 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 paper say, Reset the paper or Reset the Daily Mail using the title.

To read about a particular topic say, Find articles about London Housing or Search for articles about Big Ben. If there are any articles they will be presented in a list called The Search Section. When you have read an article from this say, Go back once or 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 jump forwards 3 sentences. To move two sentences back say, Jump backward two.

Setting up Favourite Newspapers

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

Automatic Read for Newspapers

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

When you have chosen a newspaper or 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 responds with Reading All so if you do not hear that, 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 newspapers or magazines or listening to podcasts, will cancel automatic read, and you will have to ask Pocket to start it again.

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