Sports teams adopt a technique by touching the blind and low -vision fans

Companies said they have passed many repetitions to design products for their devices, and this cooperation with blind and low -vision people was an integral part.

Concity, a user experience designer at OneCourt, said it was difficult after making tablets within the reach of the blind. Work on aspects such as the design of the tutorial, Mihata said it gives priority to reduce the amount of effort required for users.

“Speaking with users in an environment they feel comfortable to share what they feel and not necessarily what we want to hear, it was definitely an important piece.”

One of the main considerations of tablets is how to make the experience natural for users as much as possible. Most of these devices work all over the square, for example, which means that users can sit with friends and family.

“We really want to open the social aspect of live sport,” John Primakumb, Touch2see Sales Manager, told CNBC.

David Denhre, co -founder of the field of vision, told CNBC that discussions with blind fans have led the company to give priority to tablets.

Looking at the rapid pace of live sports, companies confirmed the transfer of fast data to the devices. OneCourt is connected to the game’s actual time in the American Professional League. Other companies use stadium cameras or install their own communication with users inside milliliters.

The blind and low people who have tested these devices in CNBC games have been promising but have an improvement in improvement.

Moon and Mocolas Pesley were among many Saavi members to test devices in the Suns on March 2. Initially skeptical, Pesley said he liked how to follow the game with his fingers.

“I felt that I was watching the game again, because I used to get a vision. So I felt more participating with the crowds and more involvement in the game,” said Pesley, the coach of guidance and movement in Safy.

OneCourt provides an automatic vocal comment, but Moon and Beasley said it would be better to be directly connected to the radio broadcast that fills the information gaps like those who control the ball.

“I would like to say that the radio provides the context, but OneCourt gives it the color,” Moon said.

Mihata said he believes that special tablets help their users get spatial awareness. He said he had never understood the size of the football field, for example, before walking by developing the product.

Danieli Casioly, a water skirt for the disabled, tested a Touch2see in a November football match between Italian soccer clubs Cagliari Calcio and HELLAS Verona. He told CNBC that the use of technology helped him understand the best “game story”, such as strategies that each team was publishing in this field.

He said he likes the device to be more interactive and lightweight. But Cassioli put his suggestions in his right perspective, while highlighting the progress made in making sport easier since it started for the first time in the nineties.

“At the present time, we realize that we can deserve more,” Casiooli said.

Some access experts said that the live gaming devices of blind fans risk become becoming a largely deployed technology for people with disabled people who disappoint you in practice and ultimately descend to mystery.

Liz Jackson, a researcher and a non -disabled writer, formulated the term “Dungel deficit”, which was defined as “a good -intentioned and elegant but useless solution to the problem (disabled) they did not know (they).” She said that Buzzy Technologies, which is marketed to the disabled, often follows a “predictor” dowry cycle, which is forecasting, is above all, and she wonders about the time when these devices will be preserved.

Roa May Williams, a disabled assistant professor in the design of the user experience at the University of Bordeaux, said that startups in the field of technology often fail to consider long -term sustainability when developing their products. Williams added that the tendency of these devices until they become outdated in an impartial manner.

“When you talk about the disabled people are your product users, you often talk about making them depend on a group of devices and programs for daily functions with the knowledge that you intend to disappear mainly within five years. Therefore, there was no clear statement of sustainability how this product continues to exist regardless of what is happening in this company, this is a great red sign.”

OneCourt’s MACE said that the company is looking at its plans to bring tablets to homes as a key to maintain business.

“At the end of the day, there is only one if we continue to lead the value to our fans,” he said. “Technology at home is a way to sustain access and ultimately expanded over time.”

Many of the deals signed by sports teams with developers in the short term. The current American Professional League agreements from OneCourt only last until the end of this season, although the kings, sun and trail of Plazer have told CNBC that they wanted to continue making the fan experience easier.

There are still great obstacles that blind and low fans face in order to attend live games. Svi Moon said that although he appreciates how OneCourt encourages the blind to participate in sports, he hopes that guest services employees will receive training to help visitors, because he often faces difficulties in receiving residency and audio equipment in direct events.

Issues go beyond places. Pesley said the Ticketmaster application, the official of the US Professional League tickets, is not accessible to the blind, from the entry to the seat selection.

In a statement, a spokesperson for TicketyMaster said, “The ability to access our site and ensure that fans enjoy equal access to events is of the utmost importance in Tickkemaster. This is a big area of ​​focus for the team, and we are constantly reviewing our operations and we are dealing with all comments to make improvements wherever we can.”

Technical difficulties are also inevitable. Some OneCourt did not contact users for half of the entire game.

Even with challenges, the American Professional League teams with OneCourt said they are always looking to make their home places easier, citing initiatives such as sensory rooms and supporting organizations such as Saavi.

“Our fans are really in the center of our world,” said Matthew Gardner, chief customer vision manager at The Trail Blazers. “They are the ones who do it at the end of the day.”

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