[infoshare] Radio? Sure! Over Ten Thousand Stations Fred's Head from APH

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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:42:08 -0400
This sounds interesting!



Radio? Sure! Over Ten Thousand Stations Fred's Head from APH



Radio? Sure! Over Ten Thousand Stations

It's no secret that I love internet radio and streaming music over the web. 
I am still amazed that you can click a button and hear radio stations from 
the
other side of the world.

I've found another Windows only application that is screen reader-friendly 
and will tune into more than twelve thousand stations! If you can't find 
something
to listen to, you're probably not looking hard enough. The following 
directions from the
AccessContent Blog
 will have you listening in minutes!

Launching Radio Sure:

If you've been successful with the install, the program should launch 
automatically afterwards.  An online radio station should start playing. 
First thing
to do is stop the music and configure a few things.  TAB through the screen 
until you hear "play Button".  Press the SPACEBAR and the stream will stop.


TAB to options and press the SPACEBAR to activate the option pages.

General Tab:

Remember, you can move between the tab pages by pressing CONTROL+TAB.

A few things you might consider modifying in the general tab.

list of 4 items
. Whether you want the program to start with windows.  Don't see the 
advantage of this, as I'd rather control when it's playing.
. Whether you want a stream to start playing when you launch the program.
. And my favourite, Global hotkeys. I would urge you to enable this, as it 
then gives you the option of controlling RadioSure from anywhere.  See 
"Global
Hotkey List" at the bottom of this entry.
. Minimize the program to the system tray is handy, as it takes it out of 
the way.  You can summon it back to the foreground with one of the global 
hotkeys
listed below.
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We will skip the Skins tab, as it makes no difference to screen readers.

Recording Tab:

Yes, you can record the streams with this program.  One thing you might 
consider changing on this tab:

list of 1 items
. The recording folder.  The default is to put it within a folder called 
music under the RadioSure program.  You can point this folder to any folder 
of
your choice with the unlabelled "browse" button.  You can look around the 
other options on this tab at your leisure.
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The Advanced Tab:
list of 3 items
. You can choose your preferred audio device.  Leave this one alone, unless 
you are having audio issues, or prefer to use a specific device.
. I'd suggest checking the "Always show station in the window title", so you 
can easily hear the station name by pressing INSERT+T withmost screen 
readers.
. I'd uncheck "Show pictures related to songs", but that's just personal 
preference.
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Press SPACEBAR on the "OK" button and the setup is complete.

Yay! Let's start listening and finding radio stations.

The Main Window:

The first area on the program window is the list of all stations; over 12000 
from across the globe.  No non-terrestrial station as of yet, but who knows.


Navigate this list with the UP and DOWN ARROWS.  PRESS ENTER to start 
playing.

Volume Control:

TABBING brings you to the volume control.  It's independent from the system 
volume, which means it will not interfere with the screen reader levels. 
Use
PAGE up/PAGE DOWN for 20% increments. Use LEFT and RIGHT ARROWS for 5% 
increments.  And finally, use UP and DOWN ARROWS for 3% increments.

Searches:

Another press of the TAB will bring you to the search area.  Simply type a 
station name, a genre or even radio call letters and the station list will 
be
populated with the results.  No need to even press ENTER when done.  Press 
SHIFT+TAB twice to get back to the modified listing.  To get back to the 
full
list of stations, erase the search term.

Those are the main features of Radio Sure and should give you a good base to 
get started.  All in all, a nifty little program if you like listening to 
online
radio, but are too lazy to go surfing the web to find them all.

As promised, here are the global hotkeys.  They make using the program even 
sweeter.

list of 9 items
. (Shift + Alt + H) toggle hide/show Radio Sure
. (Shift + Alt + Number pad Plus) volume down
. (Shift + Alt + Number pad Minus) volume up
. (Shift + Alt + M) Mute
. (Shift + Alt + P) toggle Play/Stop
. (Shift + Alt + S) Stop
. (Shift + Alt + B) Back
. (Shift + Alt + N) Next
. (Shift + Alt + R) start/stop Recording.
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Click this link to download the Radio Sure player: http://www.radiosure.com.


Posted by APH's Social Media Coordinator, Michael McCarty

http://www.fredshead.info/
[infoshare] Radio? Sure! Over Ten Thousand Stations Fred's Head from APH

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