[nabs-l] iPad

Ashley Bramlett bookwormahb at earthlink.net
Sat Jul 18 20:17:05 UTC 2015


Gloria,


I do not use those flat devices but here is what I know.
Unfortunately, you cannot get many free tv shows or movies for download.
As you probably know, there are several free online streaming music services 
such as pandora, spotify, and rhapsody, but not for tv shows to view later.
Many networks have options to stream currently played shows,  but not for 
download. PBS has an archive of their popular shows and documentaries, but 
you have to stream them while online, not while off line.
A free option might be for someone to DVR some shows for you and you might 
be able to somehow download them for later viewing.
Another idea is youtube has clips of shows. I do not know how to do it, but 
you can download these shows as mp4 format. Then you can transfer them from 
your computer to a storage device such as a USB drive to plug into the ipad.

If you can afford to purchase shows or movies, there are some options.
First, you can buy shows and movies from itunes.
These are saved on your device once downloaded and purchased. So viewing off 
line is an option.

Second, I believe amazon has a way to buy movies as well.
Not sure if that is doable right on the ipad, but you can definitely do it 
from a computer, and transfer them to the ipad.

Third, if you anticipate using downloaded shows and movies often, you might
want to subscribe to netflix. These programs can be downloaded for off line 
use and they are adding audio description to some of their programs too.

Good luck.

Ashley


-----Original Message----- 
From: Gloria Graves via nabs-l
Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 3:08 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Cc: Gloria Graves
Subject: [nabs-l] iPad

Hi all,
Please forgive me if this isn't where I'm supposed to post this. I am 
wondering if anyone can tell me how I might go about downloading free TV 
shows or movies to the iPad to be able to watch them on trips? My iPad does 
not have a data package so I use the Wi-Fi at my house but would like to be 
able to watch the downloading movies on the iPad without having to use any 
type of Internet connection. Is there a way to transfer movies from my 
computer to the iPad and if so how do I go about doing that?
Thanks

Sent from my iPhone
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