Hey John, Thanks for feeling the pain. It's a shame that they still haven't improved the accessibility. I have been able to manage my teams in Yahoo on the web using several work arounds, but cannot access everything, and just make due with what I can. I have used Big Noggins in season app to check my teams daily results but can't edit my lineup using Big Noggins app, but I guess that doesn't matter anymore since Big Noggins has been acquired I will have to find another way to follow my teams moving forward. Just pathetic on Yahoo and ESPN's part. On Aug 9, 2013, at 1:32 PM, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I feel your pain. I am a big fantasy sports guy, and this is a subject > that sends my blood pressure through the roof. Yahoo has crappy fantasy > sports apps in general. You can’t set your lineups from the iDevice and need > to use the web interface. > > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 > Email, j...@macfortheblind.com > Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX Mountain Lion and LION > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > > On Aug 9, 2013, at 1:24 PM, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> Having nowhere to write this as it is much more than 140 characters, I >> wanted to share my experience and opinion with the group. Relating to the >> big picture, I do get that this is fantasy football, but it really has >> opened my eyes to where accessibility falls with big companies. >> >> Going completely blind over the past several years, one of the things I miss >> most is being able to play team sports such as baseball and football. One of >> the ways I have adjusted to not being able to play or see the games anymore >> is by playing fantasy baseball and fantasy football. As my vision has >> deteriorated and I have come to completely rely on voiceover technology >> playing fantasy games has gotten harder and harder. >> >> The most important part and most fun is the live draft. It's where you build >> your team for the year. Do to sites like Yahoo and ESPN using java and flash >> to run these drafts, I have had to auto pick which doesn't allow you to >> participate with everyone else, and leaves you with an inferior team >> starting out. Two years ago, I was so excited when after scouring the web >> and app store I came across an app released by an individual entrepreneur >> called Big Noggins that was the first app that made it possible for you to >> draft your ESPN and Yahoo teams on your iPhone. I was so thankful and >> surprised when the app actually worked with Voiceover. Of course I figured >> once the live draft started there would probably be some complications with >> Voiceover. Nope, the app worked perfectly with Voiceover. Amazing, as >> technology had made my day a little brighter by allowing me to once again >> participate in a live draft. I know in the big picture this is just fantasy >> games, but anything that brings you a little enjoyment is a good thing, and >> I was so thrilled for the past two years to be able to draft my own teams. >> >> With the 2013 fantasy football season coming up I have been preparing to >> draft my teams and kept checking the app store for Big Noggins release of >> the 2013 draft app. With the season getting closer and closer, and no >> release of the app, I began to investigate what was going on. I went to Big >> Noggins website and discovered that his technology that allows people to >> draft their team on an iPhone had been acquired by Yahoo. Ok, well, yahoo is >> supposedly a forward thinking company when it comes to accessibility. I >> downloaded Yahoo's 2013 fantasy football app which has been completely >> retooled for 2013, and now thanks to Big Noggins technology allows Yahoo >> users for the first time to draft their team on an iPhone. >> >> Last night I decided to check out one of the mock drafts to prepare for my >> live draft and see how the accessibility works. No surprise, as even though >> Yahoo acquired a company whose app was fully accessible, Yahoo in >> implementing the technology into their own app completely broke its >> accessibility with Voiceover. Once again leaving blind fantasy sport players >> in the dark. How could a company as big as Yahoo that claims to care about >> accessibility break something that once worked? It just goes to show where >> accessibility falls with a big company. They don't care. For years, I have >> been speaking with Yahoo about the accessibility of their fantasy games, and >> have been getting the typical we're aware of the accessibility issues and >> are working on it. After this latest experience, I now believe and know that >> companies like Yahoo could care less when it comes to improving >> accessibility. If this small entrepreneur was able to make his app >> accessible how in the world can a billion dollar company like Yahoo take >> that same technology, implement it in their app, and completely leave out >> accessibility. My only conclusion is it is they just don't care. ESPN is >> even worse than Yahoo, as I have tried contacting them about accessibility >> for five years, and have not once received a response. I find it pathetic >> that a company like ESPN, which is owned by Disney could care less about >> implementing any form of accessibility to help allow blind people to use any >> of their apps. Their website is an absolute nightmare to try and read with a >> screen reader. If Major League Baseball and other small entrepreneurs can >> make their apps fully accessible with Voiceover than their is no excuse for >> a company like ESPN to not be able to make their apps and website accessible. >> >> I know that I am talking about fantasy games, and in the big picture, they >> are not important, but this experience with major companies does shed some >> light on where accessibility falls. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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