What audio guide voice over involves

An audio guide is listened to while the visitor is doing something else: walking, looking at an object, navigating a room. The narration has to hold attention without demanding it, and leave space for the visitor to actually look at what they came to see.

Pace is slower than almost any other format. A guide read at documentary pace feels rushed when the listener is standing in front of a painting. Experienced audio guide talent leave room, and know when a pause is doing more work than a sentence would.

Where audio guides are used

Museums, galleries and heritage sites
Walking tours and city trails
Zoos, aquariums and botanical gardens
Theme parks and visitor attractions
Corporate and factory visitor centres

Recorded stop by stop

Guides are structured around numbered stops, and exhibits change. A gallery rehangs, an object goes on loan, a new wing opens. We record each stop as its own file, named to your numbering, and keep the talent and session settings archived so a replacement stop recorded two years later still matches the rest of the tour.

Language coverage is the point

The whole reason to invest in an audio guide is that your visitors do not share a language. We record native voices per language rather than accented reads, and adapt the script per market, because cultural references and historical context that need no explanation locally often need a sentence for a foreign visitor.

Accessibility

Audio description for visitors with sight loss is a distinct discipline with its own conventions, describing what is visible without interpreting it. We can produce descriptive tracks alongside the standard guide, and record clear, slower versions where an audience needs them.

What you get

Individually named files matched to your stop numbering
Consistent levels across the whole tour
Native voices in every visitor language
Pronunciation agreed for artists, places and technical terms
Talent held on file for future exhibits

Send the script and stop list for a fixed quote across all your languages.

Audio Guide Voiceovers