Radio Tuner Help
The radio tuner opens the doors to a vast, global library of internet radio stations.
You can locate a station in any of the following ways:
Station Search: Allows you to locate a station by typing all or part of its name. Currently, you will need to type your search query using Computer Braille.
Browse by Location: Pulls up a searchable index of stations organized by country and state. You will initially be asked to select a country, followed by a state, at which point a list of stations will appear. First-letter navigation can be used in any of these lists.
The Favorites list (more on this later)
Search from a curated list of blindness-specific radio stations
Irrespective of the way in which you locate a station, the Stream Actions menu will appear once the station is fully loaded. Some of the shortcuts in this menu are not properly announced, so you can press and hold 3-6-Chord to have the shortcut announced.
Here are all the shortcuts and their commands.
1-2-3-5-6: cut the player volume
2-3-4-5-6: boost the player volume
P: pause or resume the stream
m: provide metadata for the stream, often times this is the information about a song that is currently playing. Press Z-Chord to exit this screen
d: provide a description of various aspects of the stream, including the sampling rate and bit depth. Press Z-Chord to exit this screen.
a: add this station to your favorites
r: remove this station from your favorites
v: Vote for this station on radiobrowser.info, the provider of our radio station database
Note that the global media controls can be used to control the radio tuner.
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Refreshing the station database is possible via the radio tuner menu, but this actions will take a while to process.
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