Author: Top Tech Tidbits

Here Aaron Di Blasi, Publisher for the Top Tech Tidbits weekly newsletter, takes readers inside OneCourt, the Seattle company whose “tactile broadcast” finally lets blind and low‑vision fans follow a live game in real time, by touch. Writing as both an engineer and a publisher, he walks through how a tablet‑sized haptic device taps the official tracking data the NFL, NBA, and MLB already collect, translates it in the cloud into OneCourt’s proprietary “haptic language,” and delivers it as vibrations a fan reads with their fingertips, paired with synchronized audio for the score, names, and outcomes. What earns his engineer’s respect is the restraint of the design: OneCourt’s choice to license the leagues’ existing data rather than build its own camera systems, the decision that keeps the device affordable, scalable, and effectively plug‑and‑play.

From there the article gets concrete, what the device actually feels like in play (a pitch crossing the strike zone, a fast break moving under the palms), why blind sports fans have wanted exactly this for years, and how far OneCourt has already come, from Super Bowl LX to more than ten professional teams. Di Blasi lays out the cost (free to fans inside the arena, and a $369 at‑home tablet with a $29.99‑per‑month All‑Access subscription shipping in December 2026), points out that anyone with a smartphone can now feel the game at home, and shares the news that OneCourt has come aboard as a Top Tech Tidbits sponsor, helping make free weekly access‑technology news possible for the newsletter’s 46,000‑plus readers. His conclusion, as engineer and publisher alike: OneCourt’s tagline, “Sports Are For Everyone,” is exactly right.