NFB Newsline® Hawaii provides free access to hundreds of newspapers and magazines via the telephone, Amazon Alexa products, and online to blind and low-vision, and other individuals with disabilities that make it difficult to read print. Readers can access more than 500 publications, including up-to-date newspapers, magazines, Spanish language publications, local TV listings and information of specific interest to the blind. Subscribers can download their favorite publications onto a digital talking-book player or other MP3-playing device, read text-only versions of the publication online, or access articles on an iPhone with the NFB Newsline® app for iOS.
NFB Newsline® Hawaii Outreach Events
Throughout the year, NFB Newsline® Hawaii hosts in-person and virtual outreach events to teach blind children, adults and professionals in the field about our innovative audio newspaper program. These events usually last about ninety minutes, and allow potential users to sign up and learn how the free program works. Watch our calendar of events to find an outreach event near you.
Who is Eligible?
To be eligible for NFB Newsline® Hawaii, you must be legally blind or have a physical or a learning disability that prevents you from reading the paper independently. Your eligibility is not dependent on, or restricted to affiliation with any particular consumer or support organization. If you are signed up for the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, you already qualify for NFB Newsline® Hawaii.
To learn more about the audio newspaper service and to sign up, please contact Lou Ann Blake, NFB-Newsline Hawaii program manager, by phone at 800-955-6169 or by e-mail at lblake@nfbnewslinehawaii.org.