Hey Brian, Thanks for this info, which was helpful indeed. A friend and I will get together on March 23 to do a draft and as I gain more familiarity with the game using my Macbook, I will gradually try to incorporate my iPhone into the mix as I gain more experience and the app becomes more accessible.
Kindest regards and thanks! Mike On 9,Mar,2014, at 6:40 PM, Brian Fischler <brianfisch...@me.com> wrote: > Hey Mike, > > I am a big fantasy baseball guy. Love it as I find it's the best way to still > connect to the game that I love. I am happy to report that I have had a > dialogue going with Yahoo's fantasy app developers and they are hard at work > improving VoiceOver compatibility with the app. I have been talking with them > since August, and now participating in a live draft with the app works > perfectly with VoiceOver. Unfortunately, the in season gaming experience is > still being worked on with VoiceOVer. What I would suggest is going to Yahoo > on your Mac or PC going to fantasy baseball where you can find a ton of free > leagues to play in. Find a league that looks interesting to you as their are > a billion different scoring systems. The only draft format that works in the > app is their live standard draft so you would not be able to do an auction > style draft with VoiceOver on your phone, but I am confident that that will > be accessible soon. For now you will have to manage the day to day of your > team on your computer, but I am also confident that Yahoo will have an update > to their fantasy app fairly soon that will improve the in season following of > your team while using VoiceOVer. The great thing is this app is universal to > all of Yahoo's fantasy sports, so moving forward all of the games should work > with VoiceOVer. Considering ESPN has never gotten back to me, I really have > to applaud Yahoo and caring about making their app accessible with > VoiceOVer.I am continuing to work with the development team over there and > offer feedback. Unfortunately there is no way for us to beta test anything, > but considering how unusable drafting on Yahoo was during football season the > app has come a long way. Hope this helps. > On Mar 7, 2014, at 10:52 AM, Mike Busboom <mbusb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, Janet, >> >> First of all, I"d like to thank you for responding so promptly. It is good >> to know that there is something out there that will make the experience >> enjoyable. I have a couple of questions, now that I know that this could >> work and actually be fun. >> >> Since I've never played fantasy baseball, I don't know the rules. Does the >> app come with sufficient documentation, or must one find it elsewhere? And >> do you know what the name of the app is so that I can be sure to purchase >> the one that is accessible? I sure hope that I can find the app in the >> Austrian App store. :-) >> >> Best regards from Vienna, >> >> Mike >> >> On 7,Mar,2014, at 2:48 PM, Janet Ingber <janet.ing...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Mike, >>> >>> Yahoo's fantasy baseball iOS app is accessible. >>> >>> Take care, >>> Janet >>> On Mar 7, 2014, at 8:08 AM, Mike Busboom <mbusb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> For years and years, I have lived in Austria, but I grew up in the States >>>> and have followed the St. Louis Cardinals since I was seven years old. >>>> Recently, I have been thinking about baseball quite a bit, missing not >>>> being in the States for the season and wondering if it is possible for a >>>> blind person to use some sort of app on the iPhone and participate in a >>>> fantasy baseball league. 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