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Re: Screen Reader Usable Baseball Standings

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From: Pratik Patel
Date: May 8, 2018 3:11PM

Hello,

You are right in that the information being conveyed via spoken form could be different. But the difference here is that the information , in this case, is generally obtained by using keyboard navigation. It provides far more flexibility in how the user can interact with that info. If the information were to be provided via a spoken interface (with no exploration via visual/keyboard means), its conveyance would have to slightly different. This is one of the considerations when designing for information delivery via increasingly prevalent devices such as the Amazon Echo or Google Assistant.

Regards,

Pratik

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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Screen Reader Usable Baseball Standings

I wonder if a different approach to baseball standings, other than simply
reading the tabular data, would be more appropriate.

If you were sitting across the table from me and I wanted to explain the
American League East standings and win loss records to you, I would not say
the following:

"OK, remember the order of teams I'm going to tell you. Red Sox, Yankees,
Blue Jays, Rays, Orioles. Their win loss records are 25 and 9, 24 and 10,
19 and 16, 15 and 17, 8 and 26. You got all that? You surely remember the
Yankees' win loss record now, right?"

No. Of course I wouldn't say that. That would be unhelpful.

What I would say is something like the following:

"The Red Sox are in first place in the American League East with a record
of 25 and 9. Yankees in second place, 24 and 10. Blue Jays in third place,
19 and 16. Rays in fourth place, 15 and 17. Orioles in fifth place, 8 and
26."

This would be a much more natural way to convey the information in spoken
form.