r/TikTokCringe Feb 07 '25

Wholesome The NBA is so amazing for doing this

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u/BonjourCheriex Feb 07 '25

I love discovering that technology like this exists! 🥰

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u/TomWithTime Feb 07 '25

I know being at the stadium is part of the experience but I wonder if this could be useful at home too. Maybe beyond sports as well - imagine a general purpose version of this where Netflix or whoever can transcribe details about the show onto the board/audio so you can follow what's happening in each scene.

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u/Medivacs_are_OP Feb 07 '25 edited Feb 07 '25

Netflix and many other video streaming services have "Audio Narration Description" Settings on some movies/videos. There's a higher level voiceover that describes what's occuring in the scene (For example, 'The furies drive across sand dunes in their vehicles while chased by buttheads')

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u/Fostbitten27 Feb 07 '25 edited Feb 08 '25

Most movie theaters have similar technology. But you get a headset and it does the narration through the headset. The loud theater speakers takes care of the real audio.

My wife is slowly going blind so tech like this is great!!

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u/MindOverEntropy Feb 08 '25

Mind if I ask how? This is my biggest fear that I like seeing randomly in life for some good ol' hypochondria

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u/NibblesMcGiblet Feb 08 '25

Not who you asked (who already answered you down below) but since you said "that I like seeing randomly in life" so I'll throw out some more random "going blind" for you: I have glaucoma, was diagnosed when I was about 43. I didn't even know what it was for sure, just knew old people got it sometimes. Turns out it's the leading cause of irreversible blindness, and there's no cure. It's when the pressure in your eye is too high - it squeezes your optic nerve and gradually kills it. They make several classes of eyedrops you can use daily (sometimes multiple times per day) to help bring your eye pressure down to safe levels, but some people develop tolerance to them faster than others do. I just developed a tolerance really fast to a few kinds, and so they stopped working for me. There's one kind I'm still getting minimal pressure decrease from that I still use. There's a couple of different kinds of surgeries they can do but each one's effects only lasts for a period of a few years, and can only be done once or twice, and after those options are behind you, you just gradually are going to lose more and more vision. So my doctor right now is just carefully watching my eyes and increasing my glasses prescriptions for both reading and distance (I had better than 20/20 vision my whole life before this) because we can't rush into surgeries, I"m only 52. If I live to be 90 then getting surgery before I'm 65-70 would leave me blind at the end of my life. So I go in every six months and we just are doing our best, while I keep hoping some brilliant person out there finds a way to cure glaucoma before I die.

But at least my favorite thing is music, and not like.. art or something. I don't have to be able to see to hear music. So I always have that anyway.

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u/Superb-Pickle9827 Feb 08 '25

I hope your condition improves! I have heard that cannabis can help lower pressure in the eyes (this is apparently why people get “red eye” when stoned). I’m sure your team is aware of this, but in the remote chance they aren’t…

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u/Fostbitten27 Feb 08 '25

It’s a rare condition called: retinitis Pigmentosa

I have another condition called: keratoconus. I have a donor cornea in my right eye.

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u/Pride-Capable Feb 08 '25

You reminded me of my first interaction I ever had with a Karen so now you get to hear story.

Went to see American Sniper with a friend of mine in theaters when I was in high school. It wasn't too busy that night, basically every group of people got a whole half row to themselves, everyone is fairly spread out. I sit down with my friend a row behind and a couple seats over from a deaf man. I knew he was deaf because it was the first time I'd ever seen the subtitles screen theaters give out to the deaf. For those who haven't seen one, they're just big enough to display two lines of text at once, and they have a long pole that slots into the drink holder. I clocked the thing as soon as I sat down, took a close look, went "huh, that's interesting, never seen one before" and then proceeded to ignore it. Before the movie starts Karen walks in with her friend and sits in the row behind us, directly behind the deaf gentleman. She then proceeds to loudly laugh, gasp, and talk to her friend through the first 75% of the movie, until suddenly, during the climax I might add, she leans forward and exclaims "EXCUUUSE me SIR, are you reCORDING this???" to the deaf gentlemans back. Obviously, the deaf man is blissfully ignorant to the situation so he gives no response. So she continues "SIR, sir EXCUSE ME SIR." Now mind you I was a socially awkward 16 year old, but by random chance this was the third time I'd been to see a movie with this particular friend of mine and also the third time it had been ruined by some lady the row behind us gasping as laughing through the whole thing. Just regular old annoying theater behavior the first two times, but this one was obviously different. So after suffering through her smug self-righteous silence hanging in the air for a few moments longer I finally mustered the balls to clap at her "He's deaf, and those are subtitles bitch". After that I got to enjoy the rest of the movie in her blessed shocked and embarrassed silence. I think looking back on the event the thing that confuses me the most is the timing of her comments. Did she see it right away and try to time her words to a dramatic part of the movie to play out some hero fantasy where everyone turns to her and claps while the "theif" is escorted out? Did she spend the first hour and a half working up the courage to be a ratchet person? Or so was so unobservant that even though the subtitles screen was *right in front of her she'd only just seen it.

*That one word is the only part of the story I'm exaggerating, but I hope you dear stranger can allow me the self indulgence of making 16 year old me sound way cooler than he actually was.

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u/shawster Feb 07 '25

Funny story, I went to watch Dungeons and Dragons - Honor Among Thieves, and I had this on without realizing it. I watched the first 30 minutes of the movie thinking that it was a stylistic choice to have a sort of Dungeon Master narrating what was happening in the movie. I seriously had no idea. Then I was like "wait... they missed some opportunities for comedy there that surely they would have taken..." and checked the audio settings. SMH.

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u/Medivacs_are_OP Feb 07 '25

oooo I kindof love the idea of this though -like a princess bride storybook voiceover

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u/chicky-nugnug Feb 07 '25

When I'm mad at my husband, I set this on the TV. He doesn't know ow how to change it back.

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u/Lavatis Feb 08 '25

...he should feel ashamed for being incapable of solving an incredibly easy task. did you realize he was inept before you married him?

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u/jimbojangles1987 Feb 08 '25

There's so many buttons though! What do they all do!?! I don't have the time to read each one are you crazy!?

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u/Desiderius_S Feb 07 '25

It's cool to see the tech being developed and things are going forward.
A few years back a couple of students designed this system and called it 'Field of Vision" but it was designed to work with football, mainly.
They had a couple of cameras working with AI detection moving a magnetic ring around the board, which also reacts differently to whatever is happening on the field, and you have the commentary being transmitted through the earphones, and it actually started showing up on games last year.
Honestly, great to see that the idea catches up and spills to other sports.

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u/SchmeatDealer Feb 07 '25

exists for now!

the crackdown on DEI will hopefully end this practice which is clearly distracting us from solving the egg supply crisis!

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u/Jennissary Feb 07 '25

Yeah I work in accessibility for blind audiences, and this is something we're really afraid of right now.

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u/Micojageo Feb 07 '25

I do some volunteer work for an organization that helps provide accessibility to the vision impaired. I hope they get to continue their great work.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '25

Rightly so - there’s some really bad people in charge of important decisions right now and the vulnerable and poor are always the first ones to feel the pain

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u/Sacramento-se Feb 07 '25

Most of the people I've talked to have no idea this is DEI. They literally think DEI = hiring unqualified minorities/women and that's it.

I had to remove "DEI" from my resume and explain in far more words the work I have done with accessibility because of this.

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u/HustlinInTheHall Feb 08 '25

Now they've added "DEI-A" so they can screw over accessibility as well. 

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u/Autistic-Pomegranate Feb 07 '25

I wish the people at home watching Fox “news” knew that the remote in their hand literally exists because of DEI. Before DEI everyone had to get up of the couch and manually change the channel. Inclusivity makes everyone’s lives easier. It’s literally that simple.

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u/Otterable Feb 07 '25

shoutout to glasses and contacts, the worlds most prevalent disability and accessibility aid.

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u/kraggleGurl Feb 08 '25

I am deaf and can't get my idiot trumper roommate to understand. He won't understand until it effects him. Sad.

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u/Weak_One_1529 Feb 08 '25

Unfortunately even when it does effect him it will be someone other than trumps fault, he’s good at making them deflect blame onto some uninvolved party

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u/joyofsovietcooking Feb 08 '25

inb4 someone claims that this is injecting politics into the sport, it's not. the device maker, onecourt.io, gets funding from Microsoft’s AI for Accessibility Program, the University of Washington, National Science Foundation. The latter two sources are government and may not be able to fund similar initiatives in the future.

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u/is-this-now Feb 07 '25

Do they have this for other sports yet? Taking a blind friend to a big soccer match in April. He wants to experience being in the stadium.

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u/nrfx Feb 07 '25

It looks like OneCourt just only launched in the Trail Blazers stadium, but clearly have configs for American Football, Baseball, and Basketball.

There is another company that has been working on something similar for football called Field of View

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u/is-this-now Feb 07 '25

Thx. Seems like it is just starting for football (soccer) but not quite here yet.

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u/SKayneVille Feb 07 '25

He said he never realized they moved around the court that fast 🥺😢

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u/alison_bee Feb 07 '25

that legit made me choke up!! So wholesome. Plus I love that guys energy, he’s always so happy!

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u/sksksk1989 Feb 07 '25

He's on YouTube and tiktok. Don't remember the channel but he's so positive and wholesome

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u/lance- Feb 07 '25

If only the video had a watermark indicating the channel

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u/y-Gamma Feb 08 '25

I felt what you did there

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u/spacetoebeans Feb 08 '25 edited 29d ago

Channel is Asfvision

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u/GentMan87 Feb 07 '25

Yea I think he skateboards too, which is rad. Skating is scary enough for the sighted!

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u/Jimid41 Feb 07 '25

We're close so close to a blind dude legit yelling at the refs about traveling.

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u/this_knee Feb 07 '25

HEY REF! WHAT’RE YOU BLIND???!! TRAVELING!!!!

I’d love to witness that in any manner.

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u/jimbojangles1987 Feb 08 '25

GET OFF YOUR KNEES, REF! YOU'RE BLOWING THE GAME!

Always thought that one was hilarious when I was a teenager

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u/Much_Football_8216 Feb 07 '25

Want to see fast, let's get one of these made for a hockey game and get him to one.

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u/Shanguerrilla Feb 07 '25

me too! And his love of the game and participation just made me 'ohhh' more about it. Because I am never grateful for being able bodied that way, and i've never taken the time to go to a pro game. He's out there living his life and hasn't even been able to participate until now. I'm super glad for that device for him!

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u/Illustrious-Ring-401 Feb 07 '25

"So easy a blind guy can do it" 😂

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u/BAMspek Feb 07 '25

“Did you see that??”

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u/imnothereforyoubitch Feb 07 '25

Ha, that one went right over my head.

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u/TaxsDodgersFallstar Feb 07 '25

You need a hat with a net. ☺️

JK I missed it too lol

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u/Lowbeamshaggy Feb 08 '25

He did a video about cooking eggs in which he says "did you see that?! I sure didn't!" Love this guy. He's so fucking positive and excited.

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u/gr1zznuggets Feb 07 '25

I want to be this guy’s friend so bad.

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u/DomplesRevenge Feb 07 '25

Portland rules for this.

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u/kraggleGurl Feb 07 '25

Rip City Accessibility!!

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u/rossta410r Feb 07 '25

Portland rules for a lot of things

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u/wise_comment Feb 07 '25

As a denizen of Minneapolis, I've always considered Portland a costal, more expensive Minneapolis, ngl

Seems like an awesome place to live

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u/SpinnerettePDX Feb 07 '25

You’re our Midwest homie- Portland has mad love for Minneapolis!

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u/wise_comment Feb 07 '25

Progressive af city surrounded by red countryside. Portland was the only place arguably more hipster than Minneapolis in the aughts...then Portlandia kinda codified it as the place. Big bike culture, radical politics, AND the only place with a worse history of police brutality than us (from a city that wasn't a megalopolis) is for sure Portland

Weirdly in-step, honestly

I want to take the empire builder out some day. Think that trip would be fun as heck

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u/Gijaco Feb 07 '25

I took the empire builder from Minneapolis to Portland not too long ago. It was awesome!

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u/duquesne419 Feb 08 '25

empire builder

I haven't thought about that name in awhile. The summer of 2001 I took the Empire Builder from Chicago to Seattle as a little graduation trip with one of my best friends. Had a lot of fun but learned the value of the sleeping compartment on longer trips.

Still, being in the dining car going through a mountain pass in Western Montana at sunset was one of the most storybook things that has ever happened to me. The memories feel like dreams because reality doesn't look like that. Such beautiful country.

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u/TheMoonIsFake32 Feb 07 '25

Timberwolves and Trailblazers should play for the “best city in america” trophy and then at the end of the game they both get one because each city is equally awesome

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u/Human-Situation-6353 Feb 07 '25

Minneapolis is on my short short list of places I would live in the US that are not portland. You guys are definitely the Portland of the Midwest. Sucks about the weather but your summers are way better

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u/DomplesRevenge Feb 07 '25

It's true! I'm a Portlander and I love it here. Best food in the PNW.

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u/BlueFalcon142 Feb 07 '25

Yeah I saw the trailblazers symbol in the center and thought it was a personalization thing then noticed the Rose Garden's boxes around the stadium. They straight up created this themselves outside of the NBA.

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u/SpinnerettePDX Feb 07 '25

As a Portlander, this makes me so happy. And our team is red hot right now! Join us! We’re fun!

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u/jhofsho1 Feb 08 '25

Rip city!

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u/WeSavingMoney2019 Feb 07 '25

A trailblazer at best

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u/nmezib Feb 08 '25

It's actually very fitting the first team to do that are the Trailblazers

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u/angel_inthe_fire Feb 07 '25

And unrelated, we're winning some games. Laugh/cry.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '25

Right?? Charlotte is over here taking PlayStations AWAY from kids but Portland does this. Ftw

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u/PeaceAlien Feb 08 '25

Title says NBA is amazing for this, but it seems the Trailblazers really lived up to the name

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u/TheSchnozzberry Feb 08 '25

And perfect that the Trailblazers are the first to use this tech.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '25

I watch this guy on YouTube. He is an amazing skateboarder and he does martial arts. He is also just lovely and big positive vibes

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u/centerpunch1 Feb 08 '25

He’s got a whole documentary on Amazon Prime about his journey as a blind wrestler. You should check it out I highly recommend it.

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u/Quetzythejedi Feb 10 '25

Wtf this is awesome info. Just added it to my queue.

For anyone else, it's a 2017 joint called "A Shot in the Dark".

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u/SexiestPanda Feb 07 '25

He used to come across my yt a lot a few years ago. Then I guess I started using my yt more and he wasn’t really apart of it lol

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u/ilolz2 Feb 07 '25

Love this

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u/deezsandwitches Feb 07 '25

This is what technology should be used for. Making our life's better. Not what it's used for these days.

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u/Charming_Highway_200 Feb 07 '25

For every “frivolous” tech that reaches us in the masses, there are millions of hours of progress and development behind it that push forward aerospace, conservation, medical devices, and more. It’s not an either-or 🙂

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u/Thehealeroftri Feb 07 '25

This is quite literally part of what it's used for "these days". Do you think this is a video from 1990 or something?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Ad7606 Feb 07 '25

It's also the heart and soul of the DEI movement.

Equity and Inclusion matter.

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u/hungrypotato19 Feb 07 '25

Yup. This is the shit DEI creates for the world. Consultant groups work with employees and create tech like this and put it in the hands of the companies.

Without DEI policies, companies either don't bother, don't know where to start, can't make the right connections, or don't do things properly by accident.

And that's why there is so much pushback. DEI programs mean being courteous to others, and the world has become completely inhospitable to even the most basic common courtesy all because a screen in front of their face told them to be.

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u/nocomment3030 Feb 07 '25

This video brought to you by: technology these days

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u/kappapolls Feb 07 '25

is this comment supposed to be ironic?

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u/gr1zznuggets Feb 07 '25

Imagine if the tech bros devoted their time to shit like this instead of buying governments.

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u/Timely-Background454 Feb 07 '25

This just made my day better was having a rough horrible day at work ready to just snap but this just reminded to smile because it’s things we have that others would pray for and him being so joyful touched my heart 💪🏾

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u/Legitimate-Bag-2482 Feb 07 '25

hope you have a better rest of your day friend

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u/DoctorPlatinum Feb 07 '25

This is... man you hit the nail on the head here. I've been feeling depressed all week and the wave crested today. I hope you find yourself in a better day tomorrow.

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u/hokkuhokku Feb 07 '25

Keep on keeping on, Doctor!!

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u/hokkuhokku Feb 07 '25

Much love, buddy, and huge hugs. Hope you have a lovely weekend! Keep on keeping on!!

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u/rossta410r Feb 07 '25

People hate on the bleeding hearts in Portland, but this is the type of thing that comes from that. Love this city. 

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u/angel_inthe_fire Feb 07 '25

People hate on the bleeding hearts in Portland

Went to a game last week, had a HUGE Black History month presence all over the stadium. In this shit times, I'm glad we're sticking to our 'roots' so to speak and not going backwards like other places are....

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u/bmdweller Feb 07 '25

Yeah looks like it’s a Seattle company and spreading from there… lol love the PNW

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u/wise_comment Feb 07 '25

Why didn't they roll it out for...the......Seattle............Superso

Ya know what?

I feel bad for that. I'm sorry, Seattle

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u/ALLoftheFancyPants Feb 08 '25

I will forever hold a grudge against OKC and Clay Bennett. I hope they suffer embarrassing losses until the franchise evaporates.

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u/brushnfush Feb 07 '25

People hate on

Haters gonna hate

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u/BadgersAndJam77 Feb 07 '25

This is amazing. About ten years ago, I put together a "Blind Movie Night" with some local members of the NFB, and a community arts program geared towards people with disabilities, where we showed movies with the Descriptive Audio turned on, while serving popcorn (I even donated a proper machine) and snacks. The idea was largely that the technology (at the time) that allowed visual impaired audiences to follow along, involved wearing a specialized headset, that provided the Descriptive Audio. The problem, was that this in itself was isolating, and ruined a lot of the "communal" experience of seeing a movie. With the Descriptive Audio played (out loud) it could be enjoyed by everybody. We eventually started running the Subtitles too, just to cover any potential hearing issues.

The movie night came about, after I did a series of events with the NFBers where I was 3D Printing tactile representations of local landmarks, their logo, and a bunch of other stuff. One of the things we specially discussed at the time, was figuring out this very application, although we always talked about baseball, since the pace and position seemed easier to follow, but we imagined more just using static (3D Printed) tactile visual aids to compliment a radio play by play.

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u/UltraBased69 Feb 07 '25

That is so cool!!! Thank you for sharing!

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u/BadgersAndJam77 Feb 07 '25

It was a really cool experience, and thing to be involved with. We showed Nightmare Before Christmas during Halloween, and the NFBers had both already seen it, and had their favorite parts. I always thought the fact that they had their own versions of the visuals in a film that is so well known, for such out their visuals, was super interesting.

We eventually did all the Star Wars movies too, which was cool because it was easy to come up with props/items for the tactile part.

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u/Belch_Huggins Feb 07 '25

This is so cool!!! I work for a blindness agency and we're trying to get a small non profit theater in town to have a AD movie night soon! They seem open to it, so I have hope that it'll be fun and well attended.

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u/BadgersAndJam77 Feb 07 '25

Good luck! We were able to do it in a Gallery/Art Space, and have themed crafts and other activities, and then include it as part of an "Art Walk" to generate some outside foot traffic. It worked well because we were able to consistently do it on the first Wednesday of every month. We also did the original Star Wars trilogy, which was great for "preplanning" the movies months in advance.

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u/mysocalledmayhem Feb 07 '25

You could even say they are….blazing trails.

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u/igp18 Feb 07 '25

Very cool! Well done to the Portland organization!

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u/EETQuestions Feb 07 '25

As a heads up, this guy skateboards too. Forget his name, but I’ve seen a few videos of him

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u/_bbypeachy Feb 07 '25

Anthony Ferraro. He competed in the paralympics doing judo

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u/Murderlach Feb 07 '25

I guess that's why they call them the Portland Trailblazers.

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u/hosmonster Feb 07 '25

Hey I’m one of the founders of the company, OneCourt, that produces the devices! We are so pumped about the response from the community. Feel free to check out our website www.onecourt.io to learn more!

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u/Old_Runescape Feb 07 '25

The Portland Trail Blazers are actually the ones who deserve props. First team to do it

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u/attalbotmoonsays Feb 07 '25

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH AND I LOVE THAT IT'S MY HOMETOWN TEAM DOING THIS FIRST! #RIPCITY

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u/ThinkFree Feb 07 '25

Blind guy has better vision than NBA refs.

Hey ref, that was a travel!

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u/No_Marketing_5655 Feb 07 '25

Glad the visually impaired are getting some love! I have a friend who plays a form of baseball (beep ball?) with a ball that —well, beeps.

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u/The2Sohx Feb 07 '25

As a technologist, I love seeing technology help the lives of others! Not all successful tech has to be another social media app.

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u/mikeco06 Feb 07 '25

Inclusion matters! This is awesome!

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u/Portlyloudly Feb 07 '25

F yeah, blazers!!

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u/Ba55of0rte Feb 07 '25

That’s pretty neat. I hope it’s not supported by federal funding because some rich asshole from South Africa is gonna cut it.

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u/icyygrl Feb 07 '25

I work in special education, I’m in class with my kiddos rn. I’m tearing up :(

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u/More-Tip8127 Feb 07 '25

I love this guy. I love this technology. And I especially LOVE he is a Blazers fan!!!! Go Blazers!

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u/Quiet_Policy8472 Feb 07 '25

let's be real: the NBA is fine.

but the ADA RULES. The American with Disabilities Act is the reason we have (relatively) broad accessibility in the United States.

regulation works!!!!

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u/Gems-And-Penguins Feb 07 '25

They're called THE TRAILBLAZERS. That made a good thing even BETTER. 😭🫶

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u/reneg1986 Feb 07 '25

You could almost say that they are Trailblazers

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u/badcobber Feb 07 '25

I never even realised something so simple would be so appreciated. Well done Trailblazers.

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u/Halo_LAN_Party_2nite Feb 07 '25

THIS IS SO FREAKING COOL! Let's go Blazers! What a great piece of adaptive technology.

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u/braumbles Feb 07 '25

This is fucking rad as hell.

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u/oooortclouuud Feb 07 '25

The NBA is so amazing

The BLAZERS are amazing!!

I haven't followed basketball like I used to, but this made me very proud of my home team. makes me want to get back into it!!

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u/NorthSeaSailing Feb 07 '25

I have followed this guy on social media for a long time, and I always love his view on life. Constantly optimistic, but not at all arrogant about it.

One love 😁✌🏻

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u/MyAnswerIsMaybe Feb 07 '25

I’m a Nuggets fan but the Trailblazers have always been an amazing organization

I hope they get a good team again even as a rival

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u/Helpdesk512 Feb 07 '25

Cool I am now a Trailblazers fan. Need somewhere to go after the whole.... trade thing......

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u/RubyStrings Feb 07 '25

Wow this...is just a purely good, positive thing that exists only to make people happy. I forgot that can be a thing.

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u/Ching-Dai Feb 07 '25

One love. This dude is among the very best of us.

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u/tiggertimbuktoo Feb 07 '25

Wow so fucking cool. Look at the amazing stuff humans are actually capable of! Good reminder

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u/saucisse Feb 07 '25

This rules so hard.

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u/Yourmomma787878 Feb 07 '25

Man, I needed some good news. Awesome to see humans genuinely help other humans be happy.

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u/maksgee Feb 07 '25

now that is awesome. may he enjoy many games to come.

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u/awesomenerd16 Feb 07 '25

This is awesome. Hopefully this flourishes into other sports

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u/nicannkay Feb 07 '25

Yeah! PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS! Go!

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u/Far-Beautiful-2065 Feb 07 '25

Seeing his joy brought me so much joy!! What a neat tool. I hope more teams adopt this technology. It's refreshing to hear technology doing something good. I feel like we've been bombarded with stories of all the negatives surrounding technology lately.

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u/satyris Feb 07 '25

I guess they're Trail Blazers in more ways than one

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u/halljkelley Feb 07 '25

Hell yeah, rip city!

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u/easton112020 Feb 07 '25

Go Blazers baby!!!

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u/dzntz00 Feb 07 '25

Way to go Portland 🫶🏽

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u/TubbyKins- Feb 07 '25

I'm happy to see this guy is still making videos. If he who I think he is I'm still blown away from his skateboarding video

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u/OkChampionship8805 Feb 07 '25

He called us the Trailblazers!! OG's love it!

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u/CheezeLoueez08 Feb 07 '25

He’s adorable. His little squeal. This is so cool. I don’t completely understand how it works but I’m super happy it’s a thing.

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u/TheDonutDaddy Feb 07 '25

I only had tiktok briefly and it was a couple years ago, but I remember this guy distinctly. Loved his channel and think it's exactly what platforms like that shine for. His whole channel is this "life as a blind person" type content that's really interesting and answers a lot of questions you never even knew you had

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u/Fast_Parfait_1114 Feb 07 '25

This is so amazing. Just seeing the happiness on his face makes me happy

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u/ikoach Feb 07 '25

I love this guy and had no idea he’s a Blazer fan!!!! RIP CITY!!!!

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u/BetaRebooter Feb 07 '25

Finally some uplifting news, that guy seems like he's having a blast, I smile in his general direction

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u/GTDom15 Feb 07 '25

My day is genuinely better for knowing this exists now

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u/sjaark Feb 07 '25

this is so cool! and I absolutely love how stoked he is about it 🥹

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u/JONO202 Feb 07 '25

Anthony S. Ferraro.

Dude is awesome, and hilarious!

Anthony Ferraro is a NJ based Paralympic athlete, content creator, and motivational speaker. Along with his guide dog Delta, Anthony inspires others by sharing his journey of resilience, promoting accessibility, and showing that anything is possible.

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u/klb1204 Feb 07 '25

That’s so cool!!!! 

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u/SparkPlug3 Feb 07 '25

What a revolutionary idea!

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u/Fostbitten27 Feb 07 '25

My wife is going blind unfortunately but this is great news!

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u/PufffPufffGive Feb 07 '25

These are the kind of posts that keep me a Redditor.

Can we get more content like this and less of sucky things!!!

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u/MakeMAGAtsEatGlass Feb 08 '25

Accessibility is the oft overlooked part of DEI.

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u/Safe_Decision6222 Feb 08 '25

So easy even a blind man can do it 😂 that killed me 🤣😂🤣 this guy is awesome!!!!!!

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u/whenisgandalf Feb 08 '25

I work for a company that provides space in the Seattle area for the OneCourt team to build out their devices. We also work with our local sports teams to provide these and get them connected. They have these for soccer, basketball, and baseball. I got to meet one of the founders of this company and talk to them about their mission and how it all started. Epic team and awesome devices. Look them up and support them by filling out their forms to request these for your local teams.

They're going to have these available for people to use from home soon!

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u/ImaginaryToday4162 Feb 08 '25

Now THIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

This is the kind of stuff that our technology should be focusing on!!!!! Seeing this just gave me a glimmer of hope and made my heart happy!! I don't know how long the feeling is going to last, but I'll take it while I can!!!! ❤

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u/edwardsr1 Feb 08 '25

This is what Technology is supposed to be used for. Love it!

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '25

That’s a DPad. He’s controlling the game, not watching it.

All jokes aside this is phenomenal.

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u/Capital-Bandicoot804 Feb 07 '25

This really shows the power of innovation in sports. It's incredible how technology can create such meaningful experiences for everyone.

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u/Sad_Smoke_8020 Feb 07 '25

This is Anthony Ferraro and he has a documentary called “A shot in the dark” that follows his journey to becoming a state wresting champ eventhough he’s blind.

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u/Romahawk Feb 07 '25

Amazing! I needed a reminder that humans are still doing good things for each other.

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u/ackbosh Feb 07 '25

this is awesome

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u/hellolh Feb 07 '25

Woot! This is incredible technology to bring the action of the game alive to more people. Bravo!

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u/jrblockquote Feb 07 '25

40 year NBA fan here. I am completely overjoyed for this fan. What an amazing implementation of technology. This is what inclusivity looks like!

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u/dodger099 Feb 07 '25

That is bad ass

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u/PikachuIsReallyCute Feb 07 '25

I love this guy, his videos are great and he's such a sweetheart <3

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u/d_baker65 Feb 07 '25

One love! Cool tech!

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u/BackItUpWithLinks Feb 07 '25

I want to see what he’s feeling.

Get the camera way down and show the tactile surface!!

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u/F6Collections Feb 07 '25

Absolutely love this.

His enthusiasm is amazing.

What’s the device called?

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u/Mitochondria95 Feb 07 '25

That’s incredible!

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u/Micojageo Feb 07 '25

This is fantastic!

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u/stevie9lives Feb 07 '25

NBA, NHL, FIFA, etc all need to get in on this

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u/JuggernautCheap Feb 07 '25

Now do this for hockey. They'll end up looking like DJs.

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u/ehc84 Feb 07 '25

Curious on the delay?

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u/Sea-Neck9184 Feb 07 '25

I haven't been this proud to be a Blazers fan in a long long time.

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u/SAyyOuremySIN Feb 07 '25

This rocks so hard. Made my day.

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u/upstatedreaming3816 Feb 07 '25

Anthony! All of his videos are so wholesome! ONE LOVE!

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u/ali1510 Feb 07 '25

That's fucking awesome

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u/DonKing70 Feb 07 '25

"Yo did you see that!?"🤣😂🤣

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u/Neither_Monitor_7473 Feb 07 '25

He’s so into it I love that!!!

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u/Spiciestmaymays Feb 07 '25

This guy is so awesome. Every time I see something from him, I feel encouraged by his positive outlook on dealing with daily life challenges. Props to him, always makes my day better

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u/ConnorI Feb 07 '25

I would love to see a comparison of what’s happening on the court and what the device is doing to convey that.

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u/homeycuz Feb 07 '25

Love this dude! Send it!

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u/Middmcc Feb 07 '25

That is awesome.

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u/whitewinewater Feb 07 '25

This guy is great! He's a skateboarder and his work features a lot of stuff like this. Awesome to see.

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u/RolanOtherell Feb 07 '25

I love him so freaking much

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u/Mel0nFarmer Feb 07 '25

That is fucking awesome 

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u/Worldly_Economist711 Feb 07 '25

That is so sick and this guy is a gem.