[blParent] Watching Sesame street on iPad

[Sharon Payne]

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On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 1:02 PM Star Gazer via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hulu is great and accessible.
> We have an Amazon fire tv which is accessible and pple tv which p redates
> amazon fire. I don't like Apple tv as much since you have to point the
> remote so very precisely at the apple tv which is  small little device.
> I do like that both apple tv and Amazon Fire tv talk, I know what the kids
> re watching and I can adjudicate if they think a show/movie will be fine
> but I know it won't.
> For example I remember when my oldest was bout 7 and she wanted to watch
> dolphin movie. She loved the movie A Dolphin's Tail and wanted another
> dolphin movie. She found one and it said something like "a troubled teenage
> girl..." and I shut it down telling her that a "troubled teenage girl"
> didn't mean she was having trouble in math class or that her parents were
> troubled about how the back deck was put on their house. I explained to her
> that there were going to be scenes that weren't nice and that we'd not be
> watching that movie. That's not info she would have known by the movie
> description or by the title of the movie and no I can't remember what it
> was. Sesame is also on hbo so see if your cable provider will give you a
> package, we get hbo, hulu Netflix and a bunch of streaming services.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent <blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tony Malykh via
> BlParent
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> Cc: Tony Malykh <anton.malykh at gmail.com>
> Subject: [blParent] Watching Sesame street on iPad
>
> Hi all,
> We would like to let our children watch Sesame street, but I have no
> experience with online streaming services.   Wondering if anyone can
> recommend one. Accessibility with VoiceOver is my biggest concern. We have
> an iPad for that, but we can consider somehow streaming it to big screen
> smart TV as well.
> So from my brief investigation Sesame street appears to be available in
> Hulu, but not in Netflix. Does anyone know if Hulu app is accessible?
> Or would it make more sense to try from iTunes/AppleTV? I've heard mixed
> opinions regarding AppleTV, e.g. not reliable and too expensive, but would
> be curious to hear opinions.
> Are there any other options that we should consider? I've heard of Roku
> for example, but I don't quite understand what it is supposed to do since
> it allows streaming from Netflix or Hulu, so it's not a content provider in
> my understanding. Is Roku app accessible and is it worth investigating?
> I also found Sesame street app, but it doesn't appear to contain full
> episodes, only short clips.
> Thanks!
> Tony
>
>
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