Sandwell Talking News provides free weekly recordings of news and information for people with sight loss in Sandwell and surrounding areas like Oldbury, Tipton, Wednesbury, Smethwick, and Rowley Regis To get started, just say "Alexa, open sandwell talking news". If you choose to skip the introduction, you can say "help" at another time to hear it. You can also change playback speed or hear our contact details.
If you choose the "play faster" option, then audio playback of the recording should be 50% faster until your preference is changed again. If you have started listening to a track and then select "play faster", it will start again from the beginning of that same track.
Once playback has begun, only next, previous, repeat, exit, stop or cancel will be recognised.
Saying "repeat" during playback should rewind the track 30 seconds.
You can stop finish listening at a later date by saying "Alexa, open sandwell talking news". Saying "resume" will continue playback, and saying "start over" should always play the first track of the latest edition.
You can also dial in and listen to this service over the telephone by calling: 0330 22 33 452
Download recordings, get notified of new editions and find our podcast at https://listen.talking-news.info/sandwell
There is no subscription or charge for listening and we do not require your personal details.
Our telephone number is: 0121 525 4810. Please be considerate when calling, as this number may belong to a volunteer.
We are a Registed Charity number: 1175066
If you have any technical problems, please contact the developer, Talking Newspaper Services Ltd email hello@talking-news.info or leave a message on 01686 237 137 or via WhatsApps/text/call to 0794 12 13 345 if urgent