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coustiguide’s Opus Multimedia Guide has become an important part of the experience at
the Henry Moore Foundation in Hertfordshire, UK.
The multimedia guide, which is included in the ticket price, gives visitors a tour around the grounds of Perry Green, where sculptor Henry Moore lived and worked. The tour explores his workshops explaining the process of his work from concept to sculpture. The guide offers visitors a great insight into the life of Henry Moore through interviews with his daughter Mary Moore, produced spe- cially for the audio tour. The guide is narrated by broadcaster Joan Bakewell, who once interviewed Henry Moore on the estate, and features contributions from members of staff at the Foundation. Visitors can also view exclusive archive material about Moore on- screen as well as images of the sculptures. Opus, launched in 2008, is a multimedia guide offering images, video, gaming, visitor questionnaires, and data collection, which
The guide offers a great insight into the life of sculptor Henry Moore through interviews with his daughter, produced for the audio tour
can be managed by the staff on-site using the Opus Content Management system. Using a number keypad, visitors key in
the numbers provided at the attraction to get information on the exhibits. Opus is also available as a touch-screen
device, Opus Touch, which uses the same charging facilities as Opus Click, so that operators can offer visually impaired and sign language tours.
(Above and left) visitors key in the numbers provided at the attraction to get information about the exhibits
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mation about exhibits throughout an attraction and is a translation device for foreign language visitors. It also acts as an accessibility aid for those who are visually or hearing impaired, serving as an alternative to physical information points as well as including expan- sions for two sets of headphones and built-in loop induction for those with hearing aids.
mong Blackbox-av’s audio and video interpretation products for the museums and heritage industries is the AT 100 Museum
Audio Tour Guide – a portable tour guide designed to provide audio content to visi- tors as they explore exhibits. The AT 100 supplies additional infor-
Capable of holding 1,000 min- utes of audio, users enter the number displayed on an exhibit to access content. No installa- tion is needed, as the units are supplied with a docking station for charging and reprogram- ming. Unlike an app, which requires specifi c hard- ware to operate and
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may require updates over time to both software and hardware, the audioguide is purpose built and is independent from other technical requirements, such as a wireless network. No specialist knowl- edge is required to change content – the software oper- ates through a simple drag and drop interface – or to operate the units, as they are provided ready to use.
The guides’ aim is to ensure operators have value for money with an easy to use system.
The AT 100 Tour Guide can act as an accessibility aid for the visually or hearing impaired
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