The modified ball emits a steady audio signal. The net and the boundaries of the court itself emit their own different, easily distinguishable audio signals. Thus, a sonic "image" is transmitted to the players, who form mental maps of the game, and play it.
-- snarfyguy, Nov 24 2001

Audible Balls http://www.tiresias...eports/projects.htm
Yup. Balls for the blind, that emit sound. [bristolz, Nov 24 2001, last modified Oct 21 2004]

More loud balls http://www.beyondsi...m/games_&_gifts.htm
Okay, so they're not tennis balls but soccer (football) [bristolz, Nov 24 2001, last modified Oct 21 2004]

Deef's link http://snltranscrip...pts/82skannon.phtml
[Use [link] to create links to URLs, don't quote them in annotations.] The SNL skit doesn't have all that much to do with this idea (other than that there's a tennis star in it), so feel free to delete this link if you're also deleting the annotation(s). [jutta, Nov 24 2001]

Many things incredibly similar have already been baked, so if this is I won't be at all surprised.

Now they just need to do it with driving. Of course, with the driving skills of people who CAN see, they should fit right in.
-- AfroAssault, Nov 24 2001


The thing you're writing about sounds like a cheap joke (couldn't read it). This isn't a joke...
-- snarfyguy, Nov 24 2001


I seem to remember a blind driver break some kind of speed record on a solo piece of track with a seeing passenger directing his steering.........
-- po, Nov 24 2001


[UB] delete that NOW
-- po, Nov 24 2001


Tennis for the Blind is baked. A quick bit of googling registered a few hits though nowhere could I find how the game was set up. I would guess that they must either have a bell or other noise emitting device in the ball or that they have a seeing helper shouting out directions.

[swoosh of tennis racket]
Seeing-eye person: "Nope! Missed it again!".

-- DrBob, Nov 26 2001


Tennis I haven't seen, but I remember seeing as a kid baseball for the blind, with a ball that beeped in different ways, depending on what it was doing.
-- StarChaser, Nov 26 2001


Not recommended for the newly-blind.
-- nick_n_uit, Nov 27 2001


Reminds me of a joke where a blind football team kick hell out a troop of morris dancers........
-- veitchy, Jan 10 2002


If you ever seen "dude where's my car" It may sound like a bad idea to wear a pager on the tennis court
-- jeffman, Jul 24 2003



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