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AUDIOGUIDES & APPS


App tracks Pompeii’s devastation


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The app helps transport visitors back to the time of Pompeii and Herculaneum


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padmi’s app for the British Museum, UK allows guests to access information on the Life and Death in Pompeii and


Herculaneum exhibition. Available on iOS and Android


on some devices, it is designed to let visitors explore Pompeii and Herculaneum using street maps of the areas, with key objects fea- tured in the exhibition plotted on the maps. The app also includes insights into what life was like along the themes of urban context, com- merce, religion and beliefs, wealth and status, grooming and adorn- ment, relaxation, entertainment, and food and drink. Each theme has an exclusive video introduction by the exhibi- tion curator, Paul Roberts. Experts in Roman history, including Mary Beard and Andrew Wallace-Hadrill from Cambridge and Amanda Claridge, professor of Roman Archaeology at Royal Holloway, share their insights and shed light on what life was like in Roman cities. Specially recorded excerpts from the fi rst-hand account of Pliny the Younger, who witnessed the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79, provide the narrative in an immersive sound- scape that brings the animation to life and illustrates how the two cities and their inhabitants met their end. There is also a timeline showing the devastating progress of Vesuvius in the 24 hours of the eruption where users can tap information points to fi nd out more.


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magineear has developed an interactive audioguide for the Household Cavalry museum, UK, set to re-open in April 2014


following redevelopment. Imagineear created a touch-


screen guide using its personal multimedia MPtouch tablet, which visitors collect from reception to guide them on a journey through the operational and ceremonial activities of the regiment. Listening to the guide with head-


At 23 points in the museum, visitors can immerse themselves in the stories of the objects on display


phones provided by Imageinear, visitors interact with the screen to explore the long history of the regiment since its formation under Charles II, understand the importance of the ceremonial activ- ity alongside operational campaigns, and listen to fi rst-hand accounts of modern warfare. At 23 points throughout the museum,


visitors are invited to immerse them- selves in the stories of the objects they are looking at. They can view a camel saddle while watching original footage of the Household Cavalry riding cam-


els during the early 20th century. They can listen to a fi rst-hand account of the 1982 Hyde Park bombing in front of the helmet of Trooper Simon Tipper, who was killed in the attack. While studying the tiny piece of paper it was written on, guests can hear the Riot Act read to them, as it was by the Household Cavalry. The guide prioritises the stories that make up the cavalry’s heritage, and is available in multiple languages.


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Storytime with Charles Dickens


attraction at Christmas, opening even on Christmas Day, Acoustiguide launched eight tours at the museum. The Charles Dickens Museum is


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the fi rst UK client to have the new Acoustiguide Mobile application availa- ble on-site. The tours include an English adult tour, children’s tour, a storytelling tour, and multiple language versions as well as a tour for the visually-impaired, which is delivered on Acoustiguide’s Opus equipment. The tour is narrated by Ollie Dickens, Dickens’ great, great, great grandson, and includes unscripted interviews with Michael Slater, who wrote Dickens’ biography. Further addi- tional content was added to the tour in January and released on the App Store. Acoustiguide has also provided iPod


Touch players in specially-designed robust cases for visitors to hire on-site.


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coustiguide has launched its new Acoustiguide Mobile application at the Charles Dickens Museum, London, UK. A popular visitor


Users can listen to narration by Dickens’ great, great, great grandson


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