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Re:The iPad was meant to revolutionize accessibility. What h... by CobaltFire on Sunday June 25, 2023 @12:31PM (#36469956)
My son is semi-nonverbal and autistic and this is a real pain point for us. We use amazon fire tablets simply because they DO have a kids (simplified) mode. Google has a version for Android on tablets, but they don't support it well. iOS has exactly nothing.

iOS also sucks in that trying to load all his favorite shows for when we are out is near impossible (I have them loaded on an SD card on the fire). Ideal, no, but when he's stressed he throws a blanket over his head and tunes into a show he likes to control what he can. It gets us through the day.

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Re:The iPad was meant to revolutionize accessibility. What h... by thatfrenchguy on Sunday June 25, 2023 @12:34PM (#36469987)
This is coming in iOS 17 btw: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/05/apple-previews-live-s...
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Re:The iPad was meant to revolutionize accessibility. What h... by msh on Sunday June 25, 2023 @01:36PM (#36470738)
Is it just not a question of the right app? If you install VLC or infuse you can easily side load videos.
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Re:The iPad was meant to revolutionize accessibility. What h... by majjam on Sunday June 25, 2023 @03:06PM (#36471532)
Seconded, this is what I do.
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Re:The iPad was meant to revolutionize accessibility. What h... by goosedragons on Sunday June 25, 2023 @05:21PM (#36472707)
Probably more annoying to do that rigamarole with iTunes than just copying videos onto a microSD card? Plus iPad storage is expensive while a 512GB microSD card will run you $30 these days.
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Re:The iPad was meant to revolutionize accessibility. What h... by msh on Monday June 26, 2023 @03:02AM (#36476605)
You dont have to do it using itunes. Both infuse and VLC can be a webserver you can copy files to and other options. See https://support.firecore.com/hc/en-us/articles/215091017-Bro...

But certainly, a SD card is cheap storage.

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Re:The iPad was meant to revolutionize accessibility. What h... by CobaltFire on Monday June 26, 2023 @12:32AM (#36475747)
We use VLC on the Fire, and I'm aware we can on the iPad. Control of the overall UI and the storage cost are the main issues.
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