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Hi there, this is Mike Brace with part of the series about technology - "is IT for me". When I first discussed this with Robin Spinks on an earlier phonecast, we talked about everything from low cost to high cost technology, and complex to simple pieces of kit. The first review I want to start with is a piece of kit called The Penfriend. I'll describe it first of all and then I'll go on to tell you the sort of things that it does. It's is a pen about six inches long and enables you to voice label anything you can stick a label on. Click on the phonecast and listen for more.

So this is Robin from Technology is it for me? This is the final installment from Texure(?) Africa. So the conference finished yesterday that's Friday and we rounded things out with a again in style press conference where we had 15 people from the Canen(?) media represented. Not all of them turned up for the press conference but with a very good session covering all angles of the press conference and covering the Texure(?) event and also talking about the UN CRPD the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and heard out my impact. Things going forward. So a really successful 5th Africa Forum, I rounded off with a very nice closing ceremony on Thursday evening with traditional Ghanainian the music was lovely so yesterday

Yes Sue it's Robin here for Technology Is It For Me and we are just to the end of a very busy second day of techs(?) here Africa here in ___ Anggana(?). It's been a pretty fill on day we started off for the Keno(?) this morning from Kevin Kerry for more idea of course which was a very thought a ___ King a presentation always always something that ___ to engaged and stimulate and make people think. So what I was very good then today also I have been presenting a work shop a session with Steve Griffith looking affordable low cost technology and then after that meeting various people from around the world and our African friends and colleagues here in Anggana(?). Then this afternoon Ranna(?) at social media work shop.

Hi so this is Robin for Technology Is It For Me and we're broadcasting to you live from Accra(?) in Ganna where the very first picture Africa got underway this morning as part of Access Africa the stress IDP(?) Africa forum and we've had a really good first day. It's been very fill on. We had the official opening with wonderful traditional music and singing this morning and the information minister the minister for social affairs doing the formal opening of the conference along with various for channel welcome messages following that we had a Keeno(?) presentation from Jeffrey Avina from Microsoft which was very well received and then following lunch we've broken to workshop so it's been a busy day for me presenting a session on mobile technology this afternoon as part of the

Hi there, it's Robin here at Broad Casting Live to you from the Cana Institute of Management and Public Administration here in the Cra(?) and down in West Africa. This is Friday and then today we have been continuing to set up the event marking out the accessibility features of the building. And I'm staring in front that the ___ of the front of the building that just been decorate in a beautiful Orange ribbon as as a high contrast marker and line with good practice for event so that's good to see and also some other adjustments that be made to the building to make it more location friendly. Would also been pretty leveling the hotel rooms to mark out the exact room numbers for each rooms. Just gonna go over and do a bit more of that and of course there is the opportunity for people to continue to book for the event they can do that w b u.

Hi there, it's Robin and welcome along to the second installment of Technology is it for me and today we are in Accra(?) in Ganna 3rd day in Accra(?) and we're getting ready for the Africa forum which is the continent's largest gathering of organization Sullivan for blind and pars(?) desighted(?) people disabled people and the forum kicks off in fact on Sunday along with the launch of the very first Techs(?) year Africa so today is 27 degrees it's raining heavily. You can possibly hear in the background and we've been doing a lots of preparation for the weekend event so planning various sessions allocation of rooms looking of accessibility of the campus and the individual conference rooms and generally lots of preparation that will take us into the weekend before we formally open the event so today over 200 people(?)

Hi there so this is Robin from Technology Is It For Me and today we're in Accra in the capital city of Gana in West Africa and there's a very special reason why we are in Accra. We are preparing to launch the very first Tech Share Africa. Tech Share Africa is part of the international series of Tech Share events the most recent one which took place was in London on the 16th of June. So very excited about Tech Share Africa and we will be lighting at technology inherit is used to enrich the lives of people across the African continent particularly looking at her excuse to enrich the lives of Blangdon(?) Parsley sites of people. So we'll be bringing you more news from the event as we progress. We're starting off in fact on Sunday evening. We're looking to welcome currently expects to welcome right about 300 delegates from all.

Hi this is Rowe(?). Let you know the 20th of May. I'm trying an iPadio recording live on the using the high rate condenser mic. Not quite sure what we're recording but we're giving it a try to see if it works and we will test at a moment and see if there's actually being successful in uploading. It's a very low cost microphone for the iPod touch iPad and iPhone and it comes with its own set of apps so this is really a bit of experimentation to see how well it works and I will ___ so we shall speak to you then really soon. Bye bye.

Hi there, this is Mike Brace from VISION 2020 UK saying how delighted we are to be one of the first Vision Charities to use the new IT option provided by Ipadio to provide a discussion forum about technology which might be of interest and use by vision impaired people. We also hope to bring audio descriptions of new and old technology that might be the solution to a problem you are facing or just to let you know what is on the horizon as developments unfold. This first Phlog is an interview with Robin Spinks who is chairman of the VISION 2020 UK Technology for life group and features some of the areas we hope to cover in the coming weeks. your comments of either equipment to cover or reviews that you can contribute would also be very much welcomed.