Radio for blind and low-vision listeners
Radio is made for the ears. Sur Music is built so you can find and play live stations from every country with a screen reader or the keyboard alone — no mouse and no sight needed.
Works with your screen reader
- Phones: TalkBack on Android and VoiceOver on iPhone and iPad.
- Computers: NVDA and JAWS on Windows, VoiceOver on Mac, ChromeVox on Chromebook.
- Every station is a button that says its name, for example “Play BBC Radio 4”. The star button says “Save … to favourites”.
- When a station starts, stops or goes offline, your screen reader announces it with the station name.
- When you open another page, the music keeps playing and your screen reader tells you the new page title.
- Use the “Skip to content” link at the top of every page to jump past the menu.
Keyboard shortcuts
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| K | Play or pause |
| N | Next station |
| B | Previous station |
| M | Mute or unmute |
| Alt + ↑ / ↓ | Volume up or down (announced) |
| / | Jump to the search box |
| Tab, Enter | Move between stations and play the one you are on |
Shortcuts do not work while you are typing in a box. Some screen readers use single letters for their own commands; switch to focus or forms mode (for example Insert + Space in NVDA) to use them.
Fast ways to find something to listen to
- All radio stations — one page listing every country and type, grouped under headings, so you can jump by heading.
- News, talk radio, world news and sports and cricket — easy to follow without a screen.
- Quran, Naat, Christian and devotional radio.
- Your country: USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Pakistan, India and more than 200 others.
- The search page finds stations by name, city or style.
Listening with the screen off
On Android, the Sur Music app keeps playing with the screen locked and works with headset and Bluetooth buttons. On a computer, the Chrome extension keeps playing while you use other websites.
Tell us what does not work
We test with screen-reader labels and the keyboard, but real listeners find things we miss. If anything is hard to use, please contact us — accessibility problems are fixed first.