Organised with public and private sector IT professionals in mind, the October event is intended to give attendees the opportunity to discuss the latest technologies to benefit businesses in the UK.

Plantronics will be another of the manufacturers present at the Expo, as will Dymo and Sanyo, the brains behind devices as varied as the TRC-6030 transcriber kit and the SCL-180H vacuum cleaner.

And Nuance, the brand responsible for both the Dragon 10 and the Omnipage 16 professional software, has also announced that its representatives will be on hand to offer advice.

SANYO are dedicated to the research and development of this product category and have recently launched several new machines with a wealth of features to satisfy the varied needs of the end user.

SANYO Speechtek’s General Manager, Graham Davis says “With the fantastic designs coming from Japan, and our focused sales and marketing activity here in the UK, we see no reason why the Japanese success cannot be echoed here in the UK..

The ICR B160 can record over 4 hours mono and over 2 hours stereo. Connect the ICR B160 to your PC and transfer recordings for playback, storage or email. Files from your computer can also be transferred to the ICR B160, providing a portable storage solution for all your Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets or any other data you need to take with you for use at your destination.
Stereo microphone and earphone sockets allow you to discreetly record or listen to confidential information or enjoy your music on the move.
The stylish LCD display allows you to easily navigate through the settings of the ICR B160 and retrieve stored information quickly, giving you total control.
This ultra compact recorder has a wealth of features contained within its smooth lines, making it an extremely attractive addition to the digital recording market in more ways than one.

• Sanyo ICR-B29X Built-in 16MB with over 3.5 hours recording.
• Four folders with up to 99 recordings in each.
• Voice activation facility.
• Time stamp indicator.
• Auto-off when not in use.
• Hold/safety lock.
• Long record battery life.
• Requires two AAA batteries (not supplied).
• WxDxH: 43x21x100mm

Say Goodbye to your old analogue dictation unit and say hello to the NEW Sanyo ICR-1000 digital dictation unit. You can record up to 30 Hours of speech on removable SD memory cards. The digital ICR-1000 also offers easy connection to your personal computer.

SANYO’s exclusive compression technology enables direct upload and download to PC in WAV file recognisable format, (via supplied USB connection) without the need for additional hardware devices. Uploading /Downloading to computer enables two way voice Email Background noise reduction technology
256MB (standard) Wear Resistant SD Memory Card instead of cassette. Adjustable microphone sensitivity – Three recording modes Dictate, Conference and Lecture Three step speed control
Recording Time: Up to 30 hours with optional 1GB SD Card.
Slide control operating mechanism Large graphical display with time stamp Index function: permanent access to all dictations Edit mode for subsequent inserting, correcting and erasing. USB interface for fast up loading and downloading of files to and from the PC.Transmission as voice file via the Internet Supports Windows™ 2000, XP.