PDA!

Went to the Tate Modern today to have a peak at their audio guides in response to our objects in context idea! The audio PDA was £3.50 to take out and you have to leave some kind of identification behind, in this case my passport.



The PDA has a nice layout, came with headphones and really made me look like a tourist. It has a little introduction where it tells you how to work it and the different types of tours you can take with it. Very clear instructions and easy to pick up and go with.

It has an easy to use map, which helps guide you through your chosen area of the gallery. The rooms were numbered and each room you click on has further information on some of works in the room or the room in general.



Looking at an item or an image on the PDA you have a few options, you can hear about the work, sometimes there are interviews, activities and bit by bit explaination of the image. Very clear language and not too much jargon so its easy to understand what it's going on about.

Not every item in each room is on it to look at but the ones that are go into a good amount of detail telling you interesting facts about the artist or the work. This is much better than just the boring plague giving you straight basic information.


The interviews were a really nice touch.



Pieces of work that were on the PDA had this sign on them, you put the number into the keypad and the item comes up with information and so on. There are two tours available, one for families and children and the other called the Collections tour. The difference mainly being easier to understand language and activities for younger people on the family tour.

Overall I think it's really worth taking out if you plan on visiting the tate and don't mind looking a bit like a tourist. The information on it is genuinely interesting and I loved hearing interesting facts about the pieces. It's really indepth however and to make something like this would take a lot of time so we'll pick it apart and see what we can make out of it.