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Explore thousands of authentic, curated stories told by, local people through our GPS-based, self-guided audio tours.

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Tell your story your way! Attract visitors and engage audiences with our patented, award-winning technology.

Explore thousands of authentic, curated stories told by real, local people through our GPS-based, self-guided audio tours.

Whatever your mode of travel, tell your story to your audience with our award-winning technology.

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Every Place Has A Story To Tell. Expand Your Audiences Even During COVID-19 - TravelStorys high quality tours can be built and enjoyed onsite and remotely, especially designed to enjoy from anywhere.

Find A Tour Near You. Drive, walk, bike or paddle along a tour route at your own pace. Stories about where you are — the history, wildlife, culture, and more — will automatically play as you go.

Hands-Free. Heads Up. Start a tour and let our technology do the rest. Less like an app and more like a private tour guide, TravelStorys works offline and inside a pocket. Download a tour, hit the play button, and focus on your surroundings instead of your device.

Featured tours, check out our newest tours, piermont on the hudson, the history, the river, the village, welcome to arco, idaho, first in the world, explore kirksville, a historic downtown & more.

Explore the early beginnings of the vibrant village of Piermont. Learn about its connection to the Hudson River, its role in the American Revolution, its industrial past and its commercial significance to the country.

Welcome to Arco, Idaho! Arco is a place of transition, where the desert plain meets the mountains, blue streams disappear into black lava, and the urban of Idaho gives way to the wilds of Idaho.

Welcome to this walking tour of Kirksville, Missouri! This tour will take you to Kirksville’s most fascinating and historically significant landmarks, while sharing the stories of the people who made this such an interesting city.

What Users Are Saying

“Awesome App - A must have app for anyone who enjoys learning more about the area they are in. While being entertained by great stories and information. Great job!!!”

“Great idea! - What an innovative idea! So enjoyed my first tour (of Red Mountain Park) by using your app. I look forward to using it at other attractions in the future and have high hopes that all cities will offer this first class format to help enhance the experience of traveling.”

"We used this app in Jackson,WY and through Teton National Park. As we drove through Teton NP, we listened to the historical story of the area. It gave us so much more understanding of the area and added so much to our drive. It’s really easy to use and added so much to our trip. Would gladly use it again."

“Awesome app - This app is great when traveling around Wyoming. The stories told make you appreciate what you are driving or walking through! A must have whether you are a local interested in the history and wildlife or a tourist on the go!”

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“Excellent app! - I love this app! We used it on a recent trip through Grand Teton Park and it provided us with a depth and breadth of information (regarding the park) to which we would not otherwise have access! I look forward to seeing what other tours will be added. Great work!”

- IloveWyomingandtheTetons

“Fantastic road tripping tool! - My family used TravelStorys to plan our trip to Jackson Hole and this app was indispensable! We listened to several of their tours through the Tetons and absolutely loved it. The app spoke to us while driving, so we didn’t have to look at the phone once!”

“Great app for traveling families - When you approach a destination, the app will automatically start, you don’t need to do anything but listen. If you don’t want the audio, you can read the text. There are also great photos for each section. The stories are quirky and fun and both kids and adults will find them interesting.”

- onealmond.com

“Great app with great potential - I can’t wait until there are even more stories! Great idea.”

“Great App. A must have for self guided, easy to use interface!”

“What fun - Turns a normal drive into a fascinating history lesson”

“Fun tour app! - Learned so much without hassle!”

“Sooooo cool!! This is the best app I've ever used. If your traveling to new places use this app to learn the history! Couldn't live without it!”

- Ray Kennedy

“Eye opener My family and I have traveled to Wyoming many times but we always seemed to visit the same old places again and again. However this app allows me to check out new places I've never even considered before. I guess there is a lot more to the state than Yellowstone. Can't wait to plan new adventures.”

“Indispensable! Used this app to plan and then tour the Tetons and surrounding areas. Our whole family was entertained and we learned so much! And it's free. Thank you TravelStorys.”

“I like it, great idea! Music and Radio only lasts so long on road trips. This app is awesome because it tells you stories about what you are driving by, and gives you cool info about the area. Great idea!”

- William Davis

“Loved this! My sisters, mom, and 7-year-old niece used this app as we visited the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone. It was wonderful! It really helped us feel a connection to the mountains and places we toured. I want this for everywhere I go now!”

- R. Tynker

“Love it, learn the history of where your traveling too via this awesome storytelling app. Love the vocals for the great Smoky Mountains! Grateful!”

- JillianPress

“Great! Local travel info & stories. I love this app. I learned a lot about the Jackson, Wyoming area & Grant Teton Nat’l Park. I have already recommended it to folk who connect with my own local Jackson based business, xcDogs. Everyone I speak to about it loves the idea…”

“Excellent adventure stories for the Grand Tetons”

- Rick Aune

"For new visitors paddling on a sunny day, the new TravelStorys app is an opportunity to understand the ecological and culture significance of the area. At home or in the classroom, the voice narration coupled with photos can entice and enhance the experience before a canoe even launches."

- NewJersey.com

"Great app for visitors & locals - This app rocks. Learned so much about Jackson Hole and the surrounding areas just by having my phone on me. Anyone who is adventuring in the wild Wild West should consider having this app on their phone. You’ll be surprised with how much you can learn on your trip!"

- Austin Hopkins

Neat app! Great for a frequent traveler or history buff! Very interesting stories about pikes peak! Can't wait for the Garden of the gods tour!

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VoiceMap Audio Tours 4+

Offline guides in 350+ cities, audio guide.

• 4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
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Experience the magic of GPS audio walks, cycles, drives and even boat rides with VoiceMap tours in over 350 destinations worldwide. They’re like podcasts that move with you, to tell stories about what you’re seeing right now. VoiceMap’s tours are produced by insightful local storytellers, including journalists, filmmakers, novelists, podcasters, and tour guides. Sir Ian McKellen has even created a tour. It's around London's West End, where he’s performed for over 50 years. Features: • Explore at your own pace. Start and stop tours whenever you like, then use the resume option to pick up exactly where you left off. • With GPS autoplay, you can focus on your surroundings, not the screen. Tap on Start, and let VoiceMap guide you. • VoiceMap works offline. After you download a tour, the audio will be available offline along with an offline map. • If you do go off in the wrong direction, VoiceMap plays an audio alert, and you can follow the map on your screen to the next location. • Listen to tours as many times as you like both in the destination and in virtual tour mode at home. • With over 1,200 free and paid tours, VoiceMap offers huge variety Reviews and Testimonials: “High-quality self-guided walking tours...Narrated by local experts, they provide insight into corners of the city sometimes overlooked by regular guided tours.” Lonely Planet “We may be biased, but could there be anything more helpful than having a journalist in your pocket when touring a new city? How about a historian, a novelist or just a really passionate local? VoiceMap culls city-specific stories from them all and fits them neatly into walking tours.” New York Times “My wife and I really enjoyed exploring Bruges at our own pace with this audio tour, and there were some memorable stories that the narrator shared. Also, the app worked great in relation to the location-based services. We easily followed the map and the audio was triggered in the appropriate spots. In comparison to the packs of people wandering the city with tour guides, this was a much better fit for us.” Viator review, Rick A “Brilliant. Can go at your own pace, good information and took us to places we would never have found ourselves.” Tripadvisor review, Ravin D “It was enjoyable to be under no time pressure to freely roam the city of Pisa as we so pleased. Wandering from attraction to attraction. The app is clever, concise and easy to use! Would do again - especially with another person or solo traveler.” GetYourGuide review, Grace L “Great quality information - interesting and entertaining. The time flew by. And no waffle! This is far better than any other guided tour we found - they are much more expensive and far less informative. And you can do this tour any time, any day, at your own pace, and even do it twice!” Tripadvisor review, Carcassonne 's Medieval Walls: A Self-Guided Tour “Great value for money, interesting and very clear and easy to follow! I learnt lots about London I didn't already know and I have lived here over 30 years.” London’s Alternative History Tour, Carmella V. “I loved the tour, bought all of the New Orleans ones you had and have already recommended it to two people. I will without a doubt continue to use the app.” Faith & Courage: Metairie Cemetery Stories, Jeremy L “Loved this! Real eye opener for me as a new resident of Singapore who thought this only an island of foodies and engineers. LOL! Please produce more soon!” Artoholic Singapore, Craig DeLarge ** Just so you know, GPS runs in the background while you're on a tour. This decreases battery life and it's best to start a tour with your device fully charged.

Version 12.0.0

We’re calling Version 12 of the VoiceMap app “Rome” because we developed it to solve the problem of visiting the Vatican Museums. This treasure trove, collected by one pope after the other, for centuries, has 54 galleries linking 1,400 rooms with 20,000 items on display. It’s a lot to take in over a single afternoon. Then, at the end, when you’ve been overwhelmed into a tired, footsore resignation, you arrive at the crowning masterpiece: Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel. Our solution combines inspiring, insightful content that extends your attention span with a new interface for indoor tours that helps you make informed choices about how you spend your time and energy. Here’s what you’ll find: • Locations are grouped into digestible sections, like chapters breaking up a book. Each section has a total audio time and labels like “Essential” and “Optional” to help you decide what to see. • Clear navigation along a suggested route with text directions that slide in when you need them followed by a photo of where you need to be next. • Tap “I’m Here” when you’re ready – or don’t, and choose “Skip Location” instead to get directions to the next point on your route. • There’s also a "Dig Deeper" button for locations that go beyond the basics, letting you pick what interests you most. • From start to finish, you’ll see your progress through the tour as a whole on a bar at the top of the screen. • Just below the progress bar, there’s a carousel displaying every location on the tour grouped into sections. It shows you what you’ve listened to already, and helps you tell whether an optional section just ahead has two locations or twenty. • You can use the new section menu to browse through the tour, with summaries to help you decide what you want to make time for as well as what might be best left for another day. • Or you can listen with your feet up whenever you like with Virtual Playback. This turns the tour into something you can take in like a podcast or audio book. • Some locations have multiple photos, and we’ve added pinch to zoom so you can get in close and see the finer details. • If you’re running out of time, or energy, but you’re still trying to take in as much as you can, you can adjust the playback speed to get through things a little faster, at a higher pitch.

Ratings and Reviews

2.8K Ratings

Excellent tour of Toulouse - not to be missed

For first time or return visitors, this is an excellent VoiceMap tour of the old city center area of Toulouse. Not only is Elyse an excellent historian/art historian, but she also gives wonderful context to the buildings, but also adds details and notes of places you might want to pause at or return to after the tour to take a closer look. Also don’t miss her conversations that you can access through the website and podcast called Join Us in France. There are many episodes that take place in Toulouse and great ideas for day trips in and around Toulouse.

Solid core but a little rough around the edges

I've followed a couple of tours and found their content to be good. The app itself is easy to use on the whole, but I wish you could open up the directions to the starting point in Google Maps as I don't have Apple Maps installed on my phone. Some indication of the cardinal direction to the starting point (if navigating without using a map) would also be appreciated (e.g. "30 yards to the north" rather than just "30 yards away"). And this is quite minor, but I don't need to receive the whole "You've paused the tour. To resume..." spiel every time I pause. Once when you first use the app or even once every day or tour would probably be sufficient to remind most people. Lastly, there seems to be a minor bug with the download status where it shows the last map segment (I think it was the map) as not having completely downloaded until I restart the app. That happened for both tours I downloaded.

Good app with potential to be excellent

Let me to start off by saying that functionality wise, this is a very exciting app. The audio synced to location works well and it’s an exciting way to explore a city on your own if you don’t wish to do an organized group walking tour. The tours I took through this app in Granada, Spain completely enhanced my trip to the city taking me to places I wouldn’t go on my own and giving me a ton of great information in the history of the city. That said, I found that the tours for other cities I used the app in (Seville and Madrid) were much less successful. This app runs on free lance content and it’s missing a lot of basic walking tours for popular tourist cities, and some of the tours it does offer for those cities are too niche to be appealing for most users. Hopefully this will change in the future if the app continues to attract creators but right now it’s missing some key content.

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Key Features

Great Content — Written by award-winning travel writers from National Geographic , Outside Magazine , AAA and others

Works Anywhere — Without phone service or WiFi!

Hands-Free — Stories play automatically to let you drive safely and see more sites

Inexpensive — Costs less than most guidebooks

Encourages Exploration — Entertains while educating

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Simple and Easy to Use

How It Works

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Just Ahead audio guides are written by expert authors and narrated by professionals. You simply drive, while Just Ahead informs and entertains you.

GPS-guided tour

As you drive in your car or travel by train or bus, Just Ahead takes you on a guided tour. It uses GPS to know exactly where you are and what to say. Imagine you’re cresting a hill and in front of you is a beautiful sight. You’re wondering what it is. That’s when Just Ahead shares with you an exciting story about what you’re looking at.

Works offline

Many of the most beautiful places in the world don’t have mobile phone service. Just Ahead is designed to work wherever you are, even without WiFi or a cell signal. Just be sure to download your guide before you go on your trip.

Built-in maps

Don’t you hate it when you try to use the maps on your smartphone and they don’t work because there’s no mobile phone service? No worries. Each Just Ahead guide comes bundled with an offline version of the maps you need, even without Internet access.

Great stories

Just Ahead guides are written by expert authors and filled with fascinating stories of history, geology, and wildlife. You can’t read and drive. It’s crazy, illegal, and will probably make you sick. Let us guide and inform you as you drive.

Suggested directions

Just Ahead can also help you avoid getting lost by suggesting directions. Just Ahead tells you why you should turn or not, what you should do after a turn, and recommends the best direction to take if there are multiple route options. It’s like having a professional tour guide in the car with you.

Trip-planning resources

Every time we go on a trip, we stress out about when to go, where to stay, what to see, etc. Wouldn’t it be great if you had someone with you who had been on that exact trip countless times? Sharing tips and tricks before you even leave your house? Just Ahead does exactly that.

We get you there and back

Just Ahead tells you everything you need to know about your destination. But we also know that there are a lot of miles between home and the park, or between this park and the next. That’s why we cover all the common routes to and from your destination. No matter which route you choose, we’re with you, telling you stories along the way.

Where next?

We at Just Ahead are working to build the most comprehensive series of audio guides for the whole world. Wherever you’re traveling, we want to be there.

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What people are saying.

“I really like how we didn't need a signal since we were out of range, and also how it knew where we were and gave us info for the things right in our view!”

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“Holy cow! Just got back from my Death Valley trip and I can't believe how great the app was along the journey. Not only did it guide us to hikes and places we might have (easily) overlooked, but gave us perspective of the park that allowed us to appreciate it on a whole new level (history, points of interest, flora/fauna, etc.).”

— Jesse Forest

★★★★★ “…great on-demand tour information about the park and really opened up the experience….”

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★★★★★ “This is one of the best apps I've ever used. Exploring Joshua Tree Park with this app was excellent. It even distinguished between the direction of driving and told different information for each direction.”

“I never knew the desert was so alive!”

— Alex N. (age 7)

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It’s never been easy to explain simply what GyPSy Guide is.

Sure, we’re GPS-enabled, fully automatic, perfectly timed driving tours that provide interesting, informative, and flexible road tripping, but we are so much more. Road trippers like you tell us this all the time!

But the one thing customers say they love the most about our tours is— it’s like having a tour guide along for the drive. So, we’re changing our name to reflect the most important part of who we are.

Introducing our new name:

Your favorite narrator on every tour is the same, and so is our passionate team behind the scenes, who create all those road-worthy stories and recommendations.

Any purchased tours & bundles remain yours and are found in the My Tours menu.

And to make your road trips EXTRA special in 2023…

Oh, and another exciting piece of news! We’re creating new tours this year and releasing them throughout the road trip season.

We’ll be ready to share the new locations soon. Check your inbox in the coming weeks, you’ll be the first to know.

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Shakoda0509 10 hours ago

Took the tour and it was spot on and took us to the best spots! Had a great trip. recommend for anyone staying in Maui.

Rjhossjr 1 day ago

This is our second Shaka app. You are able to get stories, history and local tips as you drive. Great, background music keeps the Hawaiian vibe going. I feel like we are seeing things most people would never know are there.

BadVibeReader 2 days ago

The Shaka guide was so good. My husband and I enjoyed the history we learned while on the road to Hana. It was so easy to follow too. I’m so glad I used the Shaka guide and I would recommend to everyone! Mahalo! 🤙🏼

xyxybjoyg 3 days ago

We decided to skip the big bus tour and drive our rental car on the Road to Hana in Maui. The app was very accurate and informative! Great music, stories and history too! Would definitely recommend this app. 10/10!

Finebotyom 3 days ago

We have been on many different driving tours across the state and unfortunately this is the first time we have used the Shaka guide. It’s is really awesome and make the drive much more interesting. I really recommend it!

dlcheyne 1 week ago

So glad I this app made our trip great saw things we wouldn’t have seen and learned about the areas and history. Even got to see sea turtles on the beach due to the information on the tour and such easy directions to follow. Looking forward to some of other tours they have now that we are back on the main land. It’s like having your own personal tour guide and flexibility.

NedB91 1 week ago

The best one so far! I highly recommend it! This app made our experience 100 times better! Loved it!

Honest Risa 1 week ago

I have never written a review on an app and this app made the trip unforgettable! The best part is it works on airplane mode and still navigating. Loved how each speaker explained each area of each park as well as the history. Loved how it navigated you through all areas of each park, had us doing things we didn’t even think of! I have been recommending to all my pears that travel and explore nature.

SanDiegoSully 1 week ago

Absolutely a must have guide! Fascinating sites, history and music. Different information on the way back along the Highway to Hana! So incredibly useful as we rented a car and turned on the Shaka Guide and had the best day ever on the Road to Hana!!!

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Here are the reasons selftour surpasses all other tours....

All turn-by-turn directions and descriptions are spoken for easy to easy navigation and understanding. Our tours are a complete circle so you end up where you started… not some unknown location!

All information is activated by GPS as you move.

No waiting at a specific time for others to show up. Go when you want, take a brake anytime, and resume at your own pace and schedule.

Should you make a wrong turn, there is a complete map indicating all the sites along the way. Also pictures of the individual sites are available to insure you are looking at the right sight.

Our travel experts do intense research choosing the best sites to see and the accurate information you want to know about each.

Both are available. The platform used in our apps is new technology engineered by iApp Tours using exclusive mobile software.

No more straining or pushing to get close to hear the tour guide. The audio comes directly to your ear buds or car stereo system.

If you missed something in the audio description, or didn’t understand the directions, no problem! Simply touch the position on the phone or tablet map and it will play again.

Excellent writers and professional voice actors, music, sound effects and a light delivery style make the listening fun.

Tour at a fraction of the cost of other paid guided tours. Even “free” guided tours pressure you for a “tip” or to purchase something in the guide’s “favorite store”. Our tours have no advertising or referrals.

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You need to have a children’s version of the tour.  They would learn so much about the history of the founding of our country and actually experience the history.

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It’s hard to describe how engaging and entertaining this tour is. It is like the spirit of Hollywood encapsulated in a short walking adventure. Highly recommend to anyone visiting the walk of fame, and / or those looking to learn more about old Hollywood.

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Call them what you will—audio tours or guides—or as we like to say— experiences , but the creative minds at Acoustiguide always innovate to create memorable audio. We creates multi-lingual, character-driven experiences that seamlessly pair with our intuitive audio tour software and hardware solutions. Whether you are a museum, gallery, exhibition, tour, or entertainment venue, our award-winning team of passionate storytellers will deliver their trademark creativity. We conceptualize , create , and provide immersive audio and multimedia experiences to hundreds of museums, tourist sites, and entertainment venues around the world. We do this because we’ve understood the audio tour longer— and do them better—than anyone else.

Everyone is different… so Acoustiguide customizes its work—and its work process—to suit your needs.

How We do it

We continually explore the possibilities of technology that best complement audio tours.

What We’ve Done

Since its founding in 1901, the Toledo Museum of Art has earned a global reputation for the quality of its collections, innovative and extensive education programs, and architecturally significant campus.

Some say the Haihe River in Tianjin is like a beautiful necklace, its many bridges the sparkling pearls that adorn the necklace’s glittering band.

A fortress, palace and prison, the Tower of London is one of the UK’s most visited heritage attractions with nearly three million visitors a year from around the world.

The 19th century basilica in Barcelona has been the source of curiosity and delight for its unique architecture by Antoni Gaudí and its century-long construction.

also known as “Knights’ Halls” or “the Knight Kingdom” is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, making it a significant destination for foreign and domestic tourists alike.

The Met in New York City is the largest art museum in the United States, and is among the most visited art museums in the world.

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Key information

Full bundle per language £4.99 (introductory offer) Themed tour per language £1.99–£2.99

The Audio app is available in eight languages:

• British Sign Language

The British Museum  at your fingertips

Start your visit early – make the most of your time at the Museum and explore the diverse collection from the comfort of your own home.

The Audio app features:

• Expert commentaries on 250 highlight objects from the collection.
• 65 gallery introductions available for free.
• Audio, video, text and images providing in-depth information.
• Self-guided tours to explore the Museum, from ancient Egypt to Medieval Europe.
• A space where you can add objects to favourites.
• Practical visiting information, including a new interactive map, to help you prepare for your visit and find your way around the Museum.

Bring your headphones with you or purchase earbuds from the Guide Desk and British Museum Shop.

How to use this app

Take a self-guided tour

Choose from one of the self-guided tours which each explore a theme – from Top Ten to ancient Egypt. Each tour has an audio introduction, providing background information and context, before guiding you around the Museum.

Explore the galleries

Browse pictures of all the objects in the Audio app by culture and theme – and see how the collection is displayed within the galleries – then decide what you want to explore. 

Dive deeper

Listen to a diverse selection of commentaries featured in the Audio app. Using the latest research, they provide new insights into the British Museum collection. 

Enjoy expert commentaries from curators in eight languages – English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Chinese, Japanese and British Sign Language.  An  Audio Descriptive Guide is available on SoundCloud.

Look for the audio guide symbol

The Audio app covers 250 objects in the permanent galleries – when you see the audio guide symbol on cases or next to objects, enter the number using the keypad on the app for audio commentaries and other information. 

Create your own list of favourite British Museum objects by adding objects to the Favourites page as you explore the Museum on the app.  

• Full bundle per language £4.99 (introductory offer)
• Themed tour per language £1.99–£2.99

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Build beautiful audio tours..

Create professional audio tours that are available on any phone or computer. It can be easily shared and downloaded onto Android and iOS devices.

Who uses YourAudioTour?

Towns and Cities

Showcase your town's public art exhibits or an interesting neighbourhood. Towns and cities use Your Audio Tour to help teach locals and tourists about history and architecture. Sign up to see how easy it is to create your own tour!

See Examples

Museums and Galleries

Create a modern tour that all your visitors can enjoy. Not only will visitors be able to use the tour onsite but you now have a virtual tour of the museum online. Add QR Codes to each exhibit or offer visitors a phone number so they can dial in.

Universities and Schools

Universities create audio tours to educate students and showcase their campuses. Your Audio Tour makes it easy for institutions to create unique and useful audio tours.

Religious Sites

Churches, Temples and Religious Sites are packed full of history. Audio tours guide worshipers through the site and teach history. Giving people time to learn and meditate on the importance of such history can give a deeper connection.

Parks and Trails

Parks and trails build tours to teach visitors as they enjoy outdoor experiences. Teach visitors about the animals, plants, geographical formations and history that makes your park or trail unique!

Tour Guides

Visitors can purchase and listen to self guided tours created by tourism providers. This provides an additional source of income and a way to promote attractions and local businesses. See what Your Audio Tour can do for you!

Sightseeing Drives

The world is full of beautiful and enjoyable drives. Why not enhance visitor's driving expereince by adding an audio tour? It can help provide additional historical and educational content to bring greater appreciation to the drive itself.

Upload Custom Audio

Upload your own custom recorded audio in mp3 format and update at any time.

Available Offline

Tours can be downloaded onto Apple and Android phones and accessed like an app.

Charge For Your Tours

Charge visitors to take your tour and get paid quickly and securely.

Text-to-Speech Technology

Instantly create audio with the latest text-to-speech technology. Choose from 5+ voices.

Testimonials

YourAudioTour has been the perfect solution for us. Over several years we looked at a lot of options to create an audio tour for our Art Walk, but this was by far the easiest to create, best looking finished product, and on top of that we received super customer service! Kim, Yountville CA

Great customer service! YourAudioTour implemented custom stop identifiers and QR code integration to help us create the tour we wanted. We love that the tour works on any type of phone and it is easy to share online and in person. Our visitors are loving it, keep up the great work! Joshua, Cleveland OH

Perfect for our small museum - the text to speech made it really easy! Ryan, Leeds UK

The custom audio option allowed us to build the tour we wanted. Excellent customer service helping us through the whole process! Sarah, Waterloo ON

We'll set you up with a complete audio guide package to have your visitors listening to your stories in no time!

Let your collection do the talking

We believe in undivided attention for your collection and its stories. An audio-only tour makes sure the visitors' full attention is directed to the

object itself. Let their imagination run free while listening to the tales of your exhibition. Tell them a damn good and

unforgettable story!

We believe in undivided attention for your collection and its stories.

An audio-only tour makes sure the visitors' full attention is directed to the object itself.

Let their imagination run free while listening to the tales of your exhibition.

Tell them a damn good and unforgettable story!

Let your collection

do the talking

We believe in undivided attention for your collection and its stories. An audio-only tour makes

sure the visitors' full attention is directed to the object itself. Let their imagination run free

while listening to the tales of your exhibition. Tell them a damn good and

Keeping it simple & smart

Our audio guiding technology works effortlessly and includes a smart audio tour manager . So you can easily tell the best stories.

What about your visitors? The Podcatcher Pro is their personal, tiny tour guide. They’ll leave your place wanting to hear and see more.

Keeping it simple

Our audio guiding technology works effortlessly and Includes a simple audio tour manager. So you can easily tell the best stories.What about your visitors?

The Podcatcher is their personal, tiny tour guide.They’ll leave your place wanting to hear and

Our audio guiding technology works effortlessly and Includes a simple audio tour manager. So you can easily tell the best stories.

What about your visitors? The Podcatcher is their personal, tiny tour guide. They’ll leave your place wanting to hear and see more.

No distraction

Audio only to highlight 

your collection.

Foolproof audio tour management

Online content management to simply create and adjust your audio tour.

Easy as ABC

Point, Listen and Enjoy.

No distractions, just listen 

 Audio-only to highlight 

Smart online content management to simply create and adjust your audio tour .

That's really all your visitors have to do.

audio tour management

Online content management to simply create

and adjust your

Get a sneak preview of our Podcatcher Pro. The demo kit is a mini audio guide experience at the comfort of your own site.

We'll make you an offer you, can't refuse.

A great first audio tour on ready-to-use audio guides and visitor insights:

We'll set you up with the complete package to have your visitors listening to

 your stories in no time!

We'll make you an offer you can't refuse

A great first audio tour on ready-to-use audio guides and visitor insights : We'll set you up with

a complete package to have your visitors listening to your stories in no time!

A great first audio tour on ready-to-use audio guides and visitor insights: We'll set you up with the complete package to have your visitors listening to your stories

 in no time!

Get to know 

Your visitors.

We don't read minds (unfortunately), but we do know how your visitors move and listen. Now you can too. Use visitor data to understand their routes and favourite objects to improve the experience.

We don't read minds (unfortunately), but we do know how your visitors move and listen. Now you can too. Use visitor data to understand their routes and favourite objects to improve

the experience.

Here’s to collaboration! 

We're always here to help you tell your collection’s stories. Together, we'll take

your visitors to amazing places. Curious to know more about audio guiding?

We are happy to tell you all about it.

We provide...

The world's smartest audio guide. We know. That's a pretty bold statement. No worries, we have our clients worldwide to back it up.

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The amsterdam museum.

The Amsterdam Museum increased their audio guide pick-up rate to 67,2% after switching to Guide-ID. They also improved their visitor satisfaction and TripAdvisor reviews. 

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The Amsterdam Museum increased their audio guide pick-up rate to   67,2%   after switching to Guide-ID. They also improved their visitor satisfaction and TripAdvisor reviews. 

The USS Midway:

A successful (hi)story.

After the USS Midway Museum started using

the Podcatchers , they saw a 35% decrease on waiting

lines and a higher staff engagement with their visitors.

How we helped the Tirpitz Museum to share their stories

By transforming the traditional museum experience Tirpitz Museum reached out to different audiences from all ages and backgrounds.

One of the secret ingredients? Audio stories.  

The Amsterdam Museum increased their 

audio guide pick-up rate to 67,2% after switching to Guide-ID. They also improved their visitor satisfaction and TripAdvisor reviews. 

How the Royal Delft Museum reached new audiences

Delft Blue is a big success with international audiences, but what about local visitors? The Royal Delft Museum set a new objective ; they were looking into bringing the world of Royal Delft Blue to a new audience. 

After the USS Midway Museum started using the Podcatchers, they saw a 35% decrease on waiting lines and a higher staff engagement with their visitors.

By transforming the traditional museum experience Tirpitz Museum reached out to different audiences from all ages and backgrounds .

One of the secret ingredients? Audio stories. 

Here's the success story of the KODE Art Museum

KODE Art Museum was preparing a different visitor experience for their Edvard Munch exhibition. The result? 69,000 visitors, 23% of their total annual visitors.

the Tirpitz Museum

The success story of Museum Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder

Museum Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder implemented a kids audio tour which helped the Museum to increase visitors’ use of the audio guide, now 90% to 95% visitors use the Podcatcher. 

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Egyptian Art: Family Tour

The British Galleries

Musical Instruments: Fanfare

Musical Instruments: Mapping the Art of Music

Viewpoints: Body Language

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Manet/Degas

Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE–400 CE

Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter

Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art

Fictions of Emancipation: Carpeaux Recast

Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina

The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England

Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents

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Making The Met, 1870–2020

In Praise of Painting: Dutch Masterpieces at The Met

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We offer turnkey solutions, providing the personnel to oversee visits to your sites or exhibitions.

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A night walk takes shape through a combination of projections, lighting and a narrative intertwined with original music. This provides visitors with an extraordinary way to connect with nature or the heritage site. Our strolling, immersive creations rely on a blend of the latest technologies from the world of scenography and the production of innovative multimedia content. This combination allows us to metamorphose outdoor sites into authentic journeys.

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HYBRID MULTIMEDIA GUIDE WITH TOUR GUIDE MODE

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Long battery life up to 13 hours

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multilingual audio tours

Multimedia guide designed for interactive visits

ORPHEO TOUCH

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High quality display

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Robust and high-performance

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AUDIOGUIDE DESIGNED FOR SELF-GUIDED TOURS

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Long-range and accurate

Video synchronisation

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ORPHEO TOUR GUIDE

DIGITAL TOUR GUIDE

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CONNECTED DISTRIBUTION BOX

ORPHEO D-BOX

NFC Technology

Real-time data collection

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Advanced distribution system

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Tours in sign language

Audiodescription

CONTACTLESS HEADSET

Contactless headset for true listening comfort.

ORPHEO AIRSET

Open design

No ear contact

High sound quality

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As both a hardware manufacturer and multimedia content producer , Orpheo has been a key player in the culture and tourism market since 1992. For over 30 years, millions of visitors around the world have been using our solutions every day, immersing themselves in captivating cultural stories. Our commitment has always revolved around enhancing the visitor experience , with our dedicated teams designing tailored tours, creating multimedia content and overseeing on-site operations. We continue to apply this philosophy to craft unique experiences that align with evolving public expectations.

As a holistic provider, Orpheo delivers end-to-end visitor solutions encompassing both hardware and software, along with immersive content.

Orpheo is actively engaged in five complementary activities to address the diverse needs of museums, cultural institutions, and tourist sites: – Manufacturing of devices including audio and multimedia guides, tour guide systems, headset, and more. – Production of multimedia content ranging from audio to video and images, 3D and augmented reality. – Software development : developing mobile apps, VR headsets, and comprehensive ecosystems for seamless experiences. – Design and integration of audiovisual installations , elevating cultural spaces with cutting-edge audiovisual solutions. – Design and operation of night walks and immersive tours : creating unforgettable nocturnal experiences.

Orpheo earned its reputation as a trailblazer in the culture and tourism industry. Beyond manufacturing innovative products, we specialize in creating, translating, and recording inspirational audio and multimedia tours. Through a harmonious blend of creativity, interactivity, interpretation, and immersion, Orpheo is steadfast in its commitment to enriching the cultural journey for every visitor.

With over three decades of experience, our global footprint spans 12 subsidiaries and includes an extensive network of partners operating in more than 40 countries . To date, Orpheo has manufactured over 300,000 devices , produced thousands of hours of cultural content, and developed several hundreds of mobile apps to explore the world.

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