RadSounds Cause/Effect

I'm a Special Education teacher providing home instruction and this app has provided so many opportunities to practice guided choice making and independent switch activation, while developing self-reliance for recreation and building blocks for communication exchanges. Well done developers! ~Emily, Portland, OR

I just updated my iPad with the latest iOS. I keep all my apps up to date too. Rad Sounds does indeed import my music from my iPad library with the touch of a finger and no changing anything. It's great because it works with an iPad compliant switch or by touching and holding on the screen. The visual confirmation along with the music is very motivating. I hook up iPad sound to a Blue Tooth speaker and students who have low to no hearing can feel the vibrations. The program does need resources so if other apps are open perhaps closing them will help it run better. As a music teacher I'm planning on seeing if I can get my students to make the music stop and go on visual cue after they discover their ability to control the music and image/cause and effect.

Simple to import songs from your iPad music and create favorite playlist. User can choose which song to listen to with a touch. Or app has some songs to choose from to get you started. My one wish is that a picture of the album cover or other picture could be shown along with song title so user could have another means to identify song choice, rather than just having a song title to read. Thanks RJ Cooper for creating this App

I've been around awhile. I was using Radsounds on the computer long before iPads (back when having one computer in the classroom was a BIG deal!). I love it for my students. Then came the iPad and Radsounds, and I could import their favorite music from the music app straight to Radsounds "on the fly". Since Apple has updated iTunes, I cannot upload songs to Radsounds without first changing the format of the music in iTunes on my computer. RJ spoiled me with the first editions, but now says that he can't update it to the new song file formats for iTunes. My school district also changed privileges, and now I can't modify the music. I don't use this app anymore because I can't use my music. When RJ fixes this, I will review again and give Radsounds the 5 stars it should have.

I love that this app gave my son the ability to choose songs from his playlist on his iPad 2. We used RJ Cooper's Bluetooth Switch Interface, along with Jimmy's favorite switch, the Micro Light Switch from AbleNet. We found an inexpensive mounting system for his wheelchair that we liked, and a very cheap Bluetooth In-Car Speakerphone with a clip to add to his wheelchair chest harness to give him higher volume. Excellent set-up that all started with this app, which made for an awesome Christmas present!!!!