[Nfbofsc] NFB-NEWSLINE® Alexa Skill for Amazon Echo Speakers Now Available

Cook, Steve Steve.Cook at sccb.sc.gov
Tue Dec 18 15:08:05 UTC 2018



The NFB-NEWSLINE® Alexa Skill for Amazon Echo speakers is now available!



You can now access NFB-NEWSLINE® content on Amazon Echo speakers with your voice by saying, “Alexa, open National Federation.”

Read the over 500 publications available to NFB-NEWSLINE® subscribers on Alexa enabled devices with your own voice. Browse South Carolina newspapers, national papers, magazines and more with Alexa commands like:



  *   “Alexa, ask National Federation to list papers from South Carolina”
  *   “Alexa, ask National Federation to read the Greenville News”
  *   “Alexa, ask National Federation to speak a little slower”
  *   “Alexa, ask National Federation to change voices”
  *   “Alexa, ask National Federation to go to the next section”
  *   “Alexa, ask National Federation to add this to my favorites”
  *   “Alexa, ask National Federation to email me this article”



More tutorials and information about the NFB-NEWSLINE® Amazon Alexa skill will be coming soon. Listen to President Riccobono demonstrate the new skill on Presidential Release number 478 dated Wednesday, December 5, 2018. Check it out online at https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/podcast/presidential-releases-en/2018_12_english.mp3



Enjoy accessing your favorite NFB-NEWSLINE® publications in a whole new way.  You will need your 6 digit identification number and your 4 digit security code to enable the skill.

Steve Cook, CPM
Assistive Technology Consultant
SC Commission for the Blind
1430 Confederate avenue
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: (803) 898-8788
Fax: (803) 898-8882
E-Mail: steve.cook at sccb.sc.gov



Steve Cook, CPM
Assistive Technology Consultant
SC Commission for the Blind
1430 Confederate avenue
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: (803) 898-8788
Fax: (803) 898-8882
E-Mail: steve.cook at sccb.sc.gov

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