To engage with PressText, users first text “News” to a dedicated phone number. They then receive an explanation of what PressText is and how it works, via text message, and respond by texting the news topics with which they wish to engage and learn more about. PressText sends them one-sentence summaries of 5 articles from The Associated Press about these topics everyday from then on. If they have a question about any of the articles, they can text it, and receive an instant response, sourced directly from the contents of the pieces. This is the news, made interactive, conversational, and universally accessible.
For instructions on how to run the code yourself, see running_instructions.md.
For the talk-through, see https://www.loom.com/share/55aadf1aa3cd4486b3d4e8ef67fbc68e?sid=91c1f56e-8430-44b7-9407-614d103a2aa5
For the onboarding demo, see https://youtu.be/6iaOQavECfo
For the paper, see https://drive.google.com/file/d/11AfG-0_asYCTSYVBdnRqjNnDpOzTIzpT/view?usp=sharing