BBC Radio 4 discusses In Your Pocket and the Be My Eyes integration

Brendan Lewis
December 21, 2018
1:39 am

Have a listen to Roger Wilson-Hinds, UK Director of the In Your Pocket team and Hans Jørgen Wiberg, founder of Be My Eyes, talk about the magic of the collaboration. The conversation starts just before 12 minutes in.

Be My Eyes has over 84,000 volunteers in the UK that In Your Pocket users can take advantage of.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0001hx8

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