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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. Goo
by CobaltFire 3y ago
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.
- thatfrenchguy 3y agoThis is coming in iOS 17 btw: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/05/apple-previews-live-speech-personal-voice-and-more-new-accessibility-features/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/05/apple-previews-live-s...
- msh 3y agoIs it just not a question of the right app? If you install VLC or infuse you can easily side load videos.
- majjam 3y agoSeconded, this is what I do.
- goosedragons 3y agoProbably 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.
- msh 3y agoYou 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-Browser-Wi-Fi-Upload https://support.firecore.com/hc/en-us/articles/215091017-Bro... But certainly, a SD card is cheap storage.
- CobaltFire 3y agoWe 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.