Well that is great, except those instructions don't work. The link to
install silverlight didn't work on any machine I tried it on. I had to
go hunting for it elsewhere on the web.
73s
Butch Bussen
wa0vjr
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008, Howard
Kaufman wrote:
> This came to me on another list, and I thought it might help in the
> on-going discussion.
>> From: Anthony R Candela <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: [VICUG-L] MLB.COM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Major League Baseball on the Web: 2008
>>
>> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
>> "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
>>
>> Instructions for blind users.
>>
>>
>>
>> By Tony Candela who spent an hour with a very patient mlb.com customer
>> service employee to whom he is grateful.
>>
>>
>>
>> For assistance, call the mlb.com Customer Support department at
>> 1-866-800-1275 for troubleshooting and to assure you are properly
>> subscribed and have a working password.
>>
>>
>>
>> For best results in getting to your game, use the following web
> address:
>>
>>
>>
>> <http://www.mlb.com/mediacenter>www.mlb.com/mediacenter
>>
>>
>>
>> Save this address in your favorites.
>>
>>
>>
>> Go to the mlb.com/mediacenter web site and use your screenreader search
>
>> feature to find a radio station that broadcasts your favorite team and
>> which you know is playing live at the moment (e.g., based on time of
>> day, my test stations have been KABC in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns
>
>> = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Los Angeles and WFAN
>> in New York).
>>
>>
>>
>> Press ENTER on the link
>>
>>
>>
>> Search for "e-mail address" and press ENTER on the edit box. Fill in
>> your e-mail address. Tab to the next box and enter your password.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tab twice to the submit button and press the space bar.
>>
>>
>>
>> If your computer does not have Microsoft Silverlight media player
>> already installed, the screen you will be brought to will ask you to
>> install it. Search for the word "install" and press ENTER on the link.
>>
>>
>>
>> On the new screen that comes up, find the "install now" button or link
>> and press ENTER. The Silverlight media player software, mlb.com's
>> preferred media player, will begin to download. It is safe to allow
>> this process to take place. There may be one more "install now" button
>> to press before the process is completed.
>>
>>
>>
>> When prompted, tab to the "run" button and press space bar. This
>> prompt may happen twice, so press space bar on the run button again if
>> it comes up.
>>
>>
>>
>> The "close" button should appear and be enunciated almost immediately.
>
>> Find it if your screenreader does not enunciate it and press space bar.
>
>> This closes the Silverlight installation screen.
>>
>>
>>
>> Close all screens with alt-F4, turn off your computer for best results.
>>
>>
>>
>> Reboot your computer, go back to Internet Explorer and to the
>> mlb.com/mediacenter website. If all has gone well, you will be ready
>> for a normal approach to getting your game. Here it is.
>>
>>
>>
>> Use your screenreader's "find" feature to land on the radio station
>> link you originally selected (e.g., KABC) and press ENTER on the link.
>>
>>
>>
>> You will be placed in a log in screen. Since your screenreading
>> software may not enunciate everything on its own, find and fill in the
>> e-mail address and password boxes to log in again. The radio station
>> should come on line.
>>
>>
>>
>> Happy baseball listening!
>>
>>
>>
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