[nfbcs] MLB Gameday audio

Fri Apr 20 15:12:54 UTC 2012

> Milwaukee does have a live feed for the park, but they need bigger
> hamsters to power it.

Oh ya?  Our radios work fine at Citifield, but, when we went to a hockey
game, our radios did not work in the arena.  My husband talked to customer
service about it, and they'd never actually thought about it.  Does
Milwaukee give a patron a headset to pick up the live feed?
Tracy

> I must admit that I prefer the app on my iPhone. It seems to work well,
> and I don't need to be on a computer. And yes, I know that not everyone
> has one. I still would like something that works at the back park.
> Milwaukee does have a live feed for the park, but they need bigger
> hamsters to power it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Nicole B. Torcolini at Home
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 9:47 AM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] MLB Gameday audio
>
> LOL. I'm not going to say any names, but there seem to be certain major
> companies who are notorious for this with their software...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 7:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] MLB Gameday audio
>
>
>> Yes, you're already logged in if you get a "welcome" message. You should
>> then start looking for those nested lists if you're on the main media
>> Center
>> page.
>>
>> Why if it worked well last year is it confusing now? Good question.
>> Frankly,
>> light-dependent persons can't seem to leave anything alone for more than
>> five seconds for fear someone will steal a march on them. I think both
>> NFB
>> and ACB should have an award for the web page that has stayed unchanged
>> the
>> longest! Could we call it the un-Bolotin Award?
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Tracy Carcione
>> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 4:53 AM
>> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] MLB Gameday audio
>>
>> Thanks Mike.  It does make sense, but it's not what's happening to me.
>> I
>> know the list you speak of, that should say Login, but instead I get a
>> link
>> that says Welcome.  This seems to indicate that I am already logged in
>> automagically.
>> I do not reliabally get the other lists of radio stations (though I've
>> been
>> looking for tables, so that's good to know.)  I have read every link on
>> the
>> page I get, and no lists.  The whole thing seems to be truncated.
>> Maybe I'll try the ACB person.  Last year, I had trouble, but MLB was
>> very
>> helpful.  They had a whole script for screen readers.  This year, they
>> seem
>> pretty clueless.  I did open a ticket with them, but it's been a week
>> and
>> no
>> one has contacted me.  Why is something that should be easy and fun so
>> painful?!
>> Thanks for the info.
>> Tracy
>>> Tracy:
>>>
>>> There has been a web site redesign. It's still useable but not quite
>>> as straightforward as last year. I believe the redesign was to
>>> accommodate logging in via Facebook. (Now perhaps people will
>>> understand why I think social media should never have been invented --
>> grin).
>>>
>>> When you go to the Media Center, use your JAWS list command -- the
>>> letter L
>>> -- and look for a list of two items; it's the first such you'll come
>>> to on the page. The first is a link to "log in" and the one after that
>>> is a link to "log in via Facebook". If you click on the "log in" link,
>>> you'll be taken to a login sequence much like that of BARD, i.e., JAWS
>>> will *not* go into Forms mode but you can enter iyour information.
>>> When you've entered your email address and password, click on the "log
>>> in" link. You won't see any changes, that is, the email and password
>>> fields will still be there. But if you back-tab above this, you'll
>>> find a "Close" button or link. Hit ENTER on this and the LOGIN frame
>>> will disappear.
>>>
>>> Now go bak to the top of the page. If you start reading down the page,
>>> you'll eventually come to a bunch of nested lists, one set for each
>>> game.
>>> There is no table for currently-playing games as there is on the
>>> Accessible GameDay Audio page. Either search for the radio station you
>>> want and hit on the link, in which case you'll get a version of the
>>> stand-alone player something like that in the Accessible GameDay
>>> presentation, part of which is to launch a window with the player in
>>> it but by default, the same window is used. If you click on a TV feed,
>>> the accessible flash player will open in a new window and you can get
>>> audio feeds that way also or TV feeds just as you did last year.
>>>
>>> The Accessible GameDay Audio page is much like it was last year except
>>> that sometimes cookies persist so that, rather than logging in each
>>> time, you look for a list item with one item which you will see as
>>> your name, i.e., you will still be loged in. if you don't see this,
>>> logging into the Accessible page is, I believe, just like last year.
>>>
>>> On the full Media Center page, there is a table of games -- but it's
>>> *future* games. What sense this makes I haven't a clue.
>>>
>>> Lainey Feingold, an ACB legal eagle, has close ties with the MLB
>>> accessibility folks. I suggest that if you can't figure it out, you
>>> write to her at <lf at lflegal.com> and complain. I roared at the
>>> beginning of the season but figured I tell her that although the
>>> system is much weirder than last year, I could still use it.
>>>
>>> So much for ACB giving MLB the Vernon Henley award last year!
>>>
>>> I don't spose this makes much sense but hope it helps.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 5:55 PM
>>> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [nfbcs] MLB Gameday audio
>>>
>>> I am having a terrible time accessing MLB Gameday audio with any kind
>>> of reliability.  I've called the Help line, but they were not very
>> helpful.
>>> I go to mlb.com/mediacenter, and it should give me a list of games, or
>>> ask me for my login.  It does neither.  It doesn't seem to be
>>> displaying the whole screen.  Sometimes there is a header at the
>>> bottom saying "mediacenter" and sometimes not.  Often at the bottom it
>>> says "login frame" and "login frame end", and Jaws makes the little
>>> noise it makes when it's in forms mode, but  I can't actually type
>> anything.
>>> The Help person had me delete my browsing history the other day, and
>>> eventually I got to the games, but that didn't work today.
>>>
>>> I'm using the same netbook I used last year, and it  worked fine then.
>>> Why not now?
>>> I'm so confused.
>>> Anyone know what's happening?
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>>
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