OpenAccess Starter

A race starting device for the deaf and hard of hearing!

OpenAccess Starter enables Deaf and hard of hearing athletes to participate in running and other athletic events that require all athletes, regardless of their hearing ability to start simultaneously.

OpenAccess Starter can operate in 3 modes,

• Starter mode: Used by the event coordinator to organize and setup a race session details and information for athletes to connect to.

• Participant mode: Which will allow athletes to connect to a race session and receive race messages in their preferred format.

• Training Mode: Used by athletes outside of race events to help train starting and race times.

OpenAccess Starter uses a time synchronization process to simultaneously display important race messages including:

• “On your Marks”

• “Get Set”

• “Race Start”

• “Race Cancelled”

• “False Start”

• “Race Complete”