LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD OUR RECORDINGS!
Thank you for visiting Three Rivers Talking Newspaper.
Three Rivers Talking Newspaper provides an audio-based local news service for people living in the Waveney area who have a visual impairment or other reading disability.
Our volunteers meet every Friday to record an audio format of local news and information, principally drawn from the Beccles & Bungay Journal, which is copied onto USB/memory sticks and sent out to listeners by post. We also produce a quarterly audio magazine, Waveney Valley Sounds. The service is entirely free of charge to listeners.
NB: You can access our recordings in a variety of other ways, see below.
You can listen online to our latest recordings here . You can also listen to our latest weekly newspaper recording at the British Wireless for the Blind Fund website here and in their smartphone app called Talking Newspaper.
Finally, you can listen to our recordings on Alexa.
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Enable the Skill:
- Simply say, “Alexa, enable Talking Newspapers” to your Alexa device.
- Alternatively, open the Alexa app, go to More > Skills and Games, search for “Talking Newspapers,” and select Enable.
- Simply say, “Alexa, enable Talking Newspapers” to your Alexa device.
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Open the Skill:
- Once the skill is enabled, say, “Alexa, open Talking Newspapers”.
- Once the skill is enabled, say, “Alexa, open Talking Newspapers”.
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Request Your Newspaper:
- The skill will ask for the name of the talking newspaper you want to hear.
- Say “Three Rivers Talking Newspaper”
- The skill will ask for the name of the talking newspaper you want to hear.
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Confirm and Listen:
- Alexa will then say the name of the edition it thinks you requested.
- Say “Yes” to confirm and enjoy listening.
- Alexa will then say the name of the edition it thinks you requested.
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Control Playback (Optional):
- During playback, you can use commands like “Alexa, next track” to skip to the next story, or “Alexa, pause” to stop the audio.
- During playback, you can use commands like “Alexa, next track” to skip to the next story, or “Alexa, pause” to stop the audio.
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- You must instruct Alexa to enable the Talking Newspaper skill (Step 1 above) only once. After that, you can go directly to Step 2.
- Once you have listened a few times, Alexa will remember your usual choice and will automatically prompt you to open Three Rivers TN in future.
- You can also listen to Three Rivers Magazine on Alexa. At Stage 3 above, simply say “Three Rivers Talking Magazine”.
- You can also use Alexa to listen to Talking Newspapers from other areas in the UK. At Stage 3 above, simply mention the name of a town or city e.g. Lowestoft or Manchester. Alexa will then offer a selection of Talking Newspapers from that area for you to choose.
- You can find a list of local talking newspapers on the Talking News Federation (TNF) website to help you find the right name to request.
If you know of anyone who would benefit from our service, please get in touch. Similarly, we would be delighted to hear from you if you are interested in joining our team of enthusiastic volunteers.