Audioguide

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An audioguide is a audio recording prepared to "guide" viewers through a museum exhibition by providing background, context, and information on the works included (Fisher 2004, p.49). Recently, city audioguides describing the attraction of cities or recommended walking tours are becoming more popular. An audioguide can be rented on the spot, often in multilingual versions, but also downloaded from the internet, often in mp3 format. Some audioguides are free or included in the entrance fee, others have to be paid for. Audioguides are similar to audiobooks. Major producers of museum audioguides are [1], [2], examples for city audioguides can be found [3], [4].

Besides of the classical audio guide, new multimedia guides are available, some with on the fly transmission of the content over wireless connections. Companies offering such solutions: [5]