How To Read/Listen to Magazine Articles Via The App
This article is for iOS, Android and macOS 10.15 & above users - if you are on any other device/computer, refer to this how-to instead
Once you installed the French Today app or made sure you have the latest version installed (v2.0.0 minimum), then you'll see two tabs at the top of your Library:
- "Audiobooks" where you will find all your purchased French Today audiobooks
- "Magazines" where you will find all the magazine articles from your subscription
Your Magazines List
Here you will see each monthly edition as well as the two freely-available articles in the "Free Trial" magazine
Tap on the magazine you'd like to open
You'll see the 4 articles in that month's edition
For each article, you will see:
- The article name (a blue dot in front of the name indicates you have not read that article)
- The article description and thumbnail image
- A duration (that combines the Enunciated and Modern recording duration)
- An option menu (with the 3 dots ... ) - See below
And finally at the end of the list a [Download all] button - see below
How to open an article
Unlike our audiobooks, you do NOT need to download the articles first to use them. Simply tap on an article to read/listen to it if you are connected to the internet.
If, at some point, you want to access the article while offline (ie: not connected to the internet), then that's when you actually need to download the article to your device.
When you open the article you'll see the following screen:
The interface will look extremely familiar to you if you have ever used one of our audiobooks since it's 99% the same.
You can scroll the article, hide the english translations, change the recording speed, control the audio (including jump back/forward), change different options, use the car mode...
Image slideshow
Most articles feature image slideshows. To view them, either tap on the orange left/right arrow above the image or simply swipe left or right on them.
Article options
You can access these by tapping on the 3 dots to the right of the article or swiping from right to left on the article entry.
You will have the option to:
- Toggle the article as Read or Unread (unread articles will have a blue dot in front of their title)
- Download the article for offline use (only needed if you need to read/listen to the articles while not connected to the internet
Downloading Articles
Again, unlike our audiobooks, if you are connected to the internet, you do not need to download an article before you access it: you can just open the article and start using it. Downloading is only if you want to use the article while not connected to the internet).
You can download articles individually (via the swipe or 3 dot menu) or you can download all the articles in a magazine by tapping on the "Download all" button at the bottom.
When articles are downloaded onto your device, the little cloud icon below the description will turn into a green arrow.
Removing downloaded articles
If you want to remove the downloaded article from your device, you can do so via the 3 dot menu and select "Remove Local Copy".
Updating downloaded articles
When you open an article that is not downloaded to your device, you will always see the latest version. However, if an article is downloaded to your device, when you are connected to the net and the app notices that there is an updated version of the article, then a little red dot will appear and the download option will show up as "Update Local Article".