Ipads make pretty good communication aids. That is, however, only until you get too much dribble on their screen, causing it to start going crazy, triggering endless strings of buttons you didn’t press, rendering it virtually useless.  To make matters worse, you can’t get to an Apple store or anywhere selling screen  protectors due to lockdown. Oh well, it’s just as well I hardly speak to anyone when I’m out and  about these days.