Dial-In Newspaper &
Magazine Service
Dial-In Newspaper and Magazine Reading:
Free, 24 Hours a Day, Every Day.
If you live beyond Maryland, Virginia and the District
of Columbia, there are other human voice telephone services
across the country. For a list of telephone reading services, click
here Telephone Reader Sites
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 only 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.

Here is a brief sample
of the Metropolitan Washington Ear's telephone dial-in newspaper and magazine
service.
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
And selections from the Wall Street Journal
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
- 10 - INDEX
- 11 - FRONT PAGE
- 12 - FRONT SECTION
- 10 -
National News
- 11
-World News
- 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 (for additional statistics, dial,
Post Haste at (202)334-9000.)
- 19 - BUSINESS - The Monday Business section is in
the once-a-week category. Detailed business statistics, dial Post Haste
(202)334-9000.
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 - BUSINESS (Monday)
- 11 - HEALTH (Tuesday)
- 12 - FOOD (Wednesday)
- 13 - HOME (Thursday)
- 14 - RELIGION (Saturday)
- 15 - REAL ESTATE (Saturday)
- 17 - SPECIAL SECTION
- 18 - OUTLOOK (Sun)
- 19 - ARTS (Sunday)
- 20 - BOOK WORLD (Sunday)
- 21 - TRAVEL (Sunday)
- 22 - POST MAGAZINE (Sunday)
- 23 - PARADE (Sunday)
- 24 - DISABILITY NEWS SCAN (Friday)
25 -
WEEKEND (FRIDAY):
- 10 - WEEKEND'S BEST
- 11 - ON THE TOWN
- 12 - ON STAGE
- 13 - ON SCREEN
- 14 - ON EXHIBIT
- 15 - SATURDAY'S CHILD
- 16 - ON THE MOVE: Sports, Recreation
- 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 - OTHER selected FREE Phone-In Services
- 36 - KidsPost
- 37 - WALL STREET JOURNAL
- 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)
- 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
10 - Cover
Description
11 - Cover
Story
12 - Table
of Contents
13 - Up
Front
14 - Style
(10) - Style Watch
(11) - Scoop
(12) - On Line
15 - Star
Tracks
16 - Mail
17 - Picks
& Pans
(10) - Tube
(11) - Screen
(12) - Song
(13) - Pages
18 -
Insider
19 -
Passages
20 -
Chatter
21 -
General Articles
USA TODAY
- 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
-
(10) Weather Focus
-
(11) Weather Events
-
(12) Four Day Forecast
- 25 - Weekend
-
(10) Front Page
-
(11) Movie Section
-
(12) Home Movies
-
(13) Music
-
(14) Stage
-
(15) Tech Toys
-
(16) Books
- 26 - Destinations & Diversions
DESCRIBED
THEATER, TV, VIDEO AND MUSEUMS
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
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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