Dial-In Newspaper & Magazine Service

Dial-In Newspaper and Magazine Reading: Free, 24 Hours a Day, Every Day.

This service enables visually and physically disabled individuals to "read" (hear) the morning paper, yesterday's paper and selected other publications - any time of day or night, seven days a week. Using their own touch-tone telephones, they can access all of the available publications, whenever they choose to do so.  For the Dial IN instructions in an audio format please click here.

Each day, starting early in the morning, volunteers read the Washington Post  and USA Today into a computer: news and editorial pages, sports, the larger ads, special sections and the weekly supplements including TV Logs.  Pictures, charts, graphs and cartoons are fully described.

Other publications include

Time

Washingtonian

People magazine

USA Today

Yesterday's USA Today

ACB Reports

Disability News Scan

Heloise A-Z

Practical Tips For Everyday Living

Wall Street Journal

New York Times

Washington Times

African American Magazines and Newspapers

Public Service Announcements

Audio Described TV, Theaters and Movies

 

HOW DOES DIAL-IN ACTUALLY WORK?

With their touch-tone telephones, callers can:

  • Choose dozens of categories.
  • Go from article to article.
  • Skip and scan.
  • Jump forward and backward.
  • Browse much as sighted people do.
  • Control the speed of volunteer readers' recorded voices.
  • Control the volume of the recorded voices.

With their touch-tone telephones, callers can choose dozens of categories, go from article to article, skip and scan, jump forward and backward, and browse much as sighted people do.  They control the speed and volume of volunteer readers' recorded voices. Many use convenient speakerphones and call waiting. Individual ID numbers allow access only to eligible callers.  There is free telephone access throughout Maryland, DC and Virginia.  The toll-free line is provided by the State of Maryland in Maryland and in other jurisdictions with the generous support of WETA. 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR DIAL-IN

Click here for Keypad functions

INSTRUCTIONS FOR DIAL-IN - WASHINGTON POST – Category 1

  • 10 - INDEX
  • 11 - FRONT PAGE
  • 12 - FRONT SECTION
    • 10 - National News
    • 11 -World News
    • 12 – Economy and Business
  • 13 - EDITORIAL & Op-Eds
  • 14 - SPECIAL COLUMNS
    • 10 - Columnist Section-1
    • 11 - Columnist Section-2
    • 12 - Columnist Section-3
  • 15 - FEDERAL PAGE
  • 16 - STYLE
    • 10 - General Articles
    • 11 - Radio Highlights
    • 12 - Guide to Lively Arts
  • 17 - METRO
  • 18 - SPORTS
  • 20 - OBITUARIES & Death Notices
  • 21 - WEATHER
  • 22 - TV WEEK
    • 10 - General Articles
    • 11 - TV Listings
  • 23 - ADVERTISEMENTS:
    • 10 - Food Ads
    • 11 - General Ads
    • 12 - Political & Advocacy Ads
  • 24 - ONCE-A-WEEK SECTIONS:
    • 10 - CAPITAL BUSINESS (Monday)
    • 11 - HEALTH (Tuesday)
    • 12 - FOOD (Wednesday)
    • 13 - HOME (Thursday)
    • 14 – ON FAITH (Saturday)
    • 15 - REAL ESTATE (Saturday)
    • 17 - SPECIAL SECTION
    • 18 - OUTLOOK (Sun)
    • 19 – SUNDAY BUSINESS (Sunday)
    • 21 - TRAVEL (Sunday)
    • 22 - POST MAGAZINE (Sunday)
    • 23 - PARADE (Sunday)

25 - WEEKEND (FRIDAY):

    • 10 – Table of Contents, Front Cover Description, Cover Story
    • 11 – What’s Doing, Going Out Guide, 3 Hour Weekend, Mark Your Calendar
    • 12 – Music Maker, Nightlife, Dinner Deals, New Music, Concerts, Restaurant Reviews
    • 13 – On Stage and Guide to the Lively Arts
    • 14 - Movies
    • 15 – On Exhibit
    • 16 – For Kids
    • 17 – Escapes, Field Trip and On the Move
  • 26 - SUNDAY COMICS
    27 - LOCAL WEEKLIES:
    • 10 -  DC  Extra
    • 11 - Fairfax Extra
    • 12 - Arlington & Alexandria Extra
    • 14 - Montgomery Extra
    • 15 - Prince George's Extra
    • 16 - Anne Arundel Extra
  • 30 – Verizon Community Magazine
  • 36 – Kids Post
  • 37 - WALL STREET JOURNAL

TIME MAGAZINE/ANNOUNCEMENTS – Category 2

  • 10 - TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • 11 - COVER DESCRIPTION
  • 12 - COVER STORY
    13 - GENERAL ARTICLES
  • 14 - NOTEBOOK
  • 16 - REVIEWS
    • 10 - Television
    • 11 - Theater
    • 12 - Books
    • 13 - Music
    • 14 - Cinema
    • 15 - Art

17 - PUBLISHER'S LETTER

  • 18 - LETTERS TO EDITOR
  • 19 - MILESTONES
    20 - PEOPLE
  • 21 - ESSAY
  • 22 - COLUMNISTS
  • 36 - ANNOUNCEMENTS
    • 10 - New Announcements
    • 11 - Meetings/Events
    • 12 - Services/Equipment, Organizations.
    • 13 - Catalogs, Magazines, Newsletters
    • 14 -History of The Metropolitan Ear
    • 15 - FCC Proposals for TV Networks (DVS)

WASHINGTONIAN MAGAZINE – Category 3

  • 10 - INDEX
  • 11 - CAPITAL COMMENT
  • 12 - WHERE & WHEN
    13 - COVER STORY
  • 14 - GENERAL ARTICLES
    • 10 - LETTERS
    • 11 - GENERAL ARTICLES 1
    • 12 - GENERAL ARTICLES 2

15 - 100 BEST RESTAURANTS:

    • 10 - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
    • 11 - MARYLAND
    • 12 - VIRGINIA
    • 13 - UPDATES

20 - BARGAIN RESTAURANTS:

    • 10 -DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
    • 11 -MARYLAND
    • 12 -VIRGINIA
    • 13 -UPDATES

25- ACB REPORTS

PEOPLE MAGAZINE – Category 4

10 - Cover Description

11 - Cover Story

12 - Table of Contents

13 - Up Front/Inside People

14 - Style

    (10) - Style Watch

    (11) - Scoop

    (12) – People.com

15 - Star Tracks

16 - Mailbag

17 - Reviews

    (10) - TV

    (11) - Movies

    (12) - Music

    (13) - Books

18 - Insider

19 - Passages

20 - Chatter

21 - General Articles

25 - The Arlington Citizen

26 - Montgomery County Community Support Newsletter

27 - Colombia Lighthouse for the Blind Newsletter

28 - Metropolitan Washington Ear Newsletter

USA TODAYCategory 6

  • 10 - Newsline /Index
  • 11 - Front Page
  • 12 - Front Section
  •         (10) National News
  •         (11) World News
  •         (12) Washington & Politics
  • 13 - Editorials, Opinions, Letters
  • 14 - Columnists & TV
  •         (10) Columnists
  •         (11) TV Section
  • 15 - Across The Nation
  •         (10) States A - H
  •         (11) States I - P
  •         (12) States R - W
  • 16 - Life
  • 18 - Sports
  • 19 - Money
  • 20 - Travel Weather
  •         (10) Cities A - H
  •         (11) Cities I - P
  •         (12) Cities Q - Z
  • 21 – Weather –
  •        Weather Focus and Reader Photo
  • 25 - Weekend
  •         (10) Front Page
  •         (11) Movie Section
  •         (12) DVDs
  •         (13) Music
  •         (14) Stage
  •         (15) Travel

 

 

Category 7

10 – Washington Times

11 – New York Times

12 – Capital Features

13 – African American Magazines

14 – African American Newspapers

15 – Richmond Times Dispatch

16 – The Baltimore Sun

17 – The Annapolis Capital

 

 

DESCRIBED THEATER, TV, VIDEO AND MUSEUMSCategory 8

10 - Described Movies, Live Theatre & Opera Performances

11 - Described Broadcast Network TV

        (10) - Monday

        (11) - Tuesday

        (12) - Wednesday

        (13) - Thursday

        (14) - Friday

        (15) - Saturday

        (16) - Sunday

12 - Described Museum Exhibits

13 - Described Video, Tape and Library Information

14 - Described Video Equipment and Information

 

HINTS FROM HELOISE – Category 9

10(A), 11(B), 12(C),13(D),14(E),15(F),16(G),17(H),18(I),19(J),

20(K),21(L),22(M),23(N),24(O),25(P),26(Q),27(R),28(S),29(T)

30(U),31(V),32(W),33(X),34(Y),35(Z),36 (Spots & Stains), 37 (Odors)

 

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