Click ^ Rice University - Fondren Library Art & Cultural Object Tour; English, Spanish, Mandarin

CLICK ^ City of Houston Art Collection: English, Spanish

CLICK ^ University of Texas at Austin, LANDMARKS - English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese

CLICK ^ Florescence 2023 Flower Show at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - English, Spanish

CLICK ^ Florescence 2019 Flower Show at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - English, Spanish

CLICK ^ Florescence 2017 Flower Show at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - English, Spanish

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TIPS & TUTORIALS:

TIPS
Voice Recording: Use free app Auphonic to record CD quality. 
     (Settings: Formats AAC, PCM/WAV; Sample Rates 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz; Presicion 16 bit, 24 bit; Input Gain -12dB, -24 dB, -36 dB)
     Podcast/Audiobook industry standard minimum bit rate (sound volume) is 192 kpbs (kilobits per second) and
     sample rate (pitch) of 44.1 hKZ (kilohertz)

Fade-in/out background music: Use Audacity (free, PC and Mac) or GarageBand (Mac).
     Adding background music in Audacity tutorial
     Adding background music in Garage Band tutorial

TUTORIALS
Click on the video below to see how EASY it is to add an object to an Audio Guide!​

Want to add an object to your audio guide?
Click the video tutorial below to learn how to create a new 'site' on your audio guide.

Want to have friendly, easy-to-understand QR codes?
Click the video tutorial below to learn how to create smart QR codes with embedded descriptors.

​We provide continuous 24/7 online access to museum content by means of mobile device applications.

Let us help you speak to the head and heart of every visitor - one story at a time.  Multilingual and Title III ADA Compliant tours.
​Contact us at info@actusaudio.com.

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​The analytics below measure visitor interest and engagement.  

​​The Florescence Time 2019 exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, received 600+ visitors who observed 10,000+ floral artworks and spent over nine minutes on average actively learning.
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During the lenten seasons of 2016 and 2017, St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas received 168 visitors who observed 1523 instances of the fourteen Stations of the Cross.  And parishioners spent over five minutes on average actively learning.  This audio guide allowed visitors to focus their eyes on the artistic representations of the Passion of Christ while hearing about Christ's journey instead of diverting attention to the printed booklet.
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Improve your museum's GuideStar rating with analytics automatically collected by your audio guide!

GuideStar performance metrics (click here)
Your audio guide will track:
General Metrics: 
(1) Knowledge Development and Dissemination - Number of downloads of the organization’s material and explanations
(2) Standards Identification and Setting/Accountability - Number of evaluations conducted (SURVEY button on audio guide)
(3) Standards Identification and Setting/Accountability - Number of publications identifying sector best practices
     ADA Title II applies to State & Local government entities), ADA Title III applies to Places of public accommodation, e.g., museums, hotels, schools
     program access: TEXT on audio guide displayed in large sans-serif font, no background, left-justified…
(4) Capacity Building - Number of group/individuals benefiting from tools/resources/education materials provided (ANALYTICS Unique Visitors)
(5) Change Behaviors/Attitudes - Number of participants reporting change in behavior or cessation of activity (SURVEY button on audio guide)
(6) Customer Satisfaction - Number of customers reporting satisfaction with program
(7) Customer Satisfaction - Number of participants who would recommend program to others (SURVEY button on audio guide)
(8) Direct Services - Number of clients served (ANALYTICS Unique Visitors)
(10) Direct Services - Number of participants engaged in programs (ANALYTICS Unique Visitors)
(11) Direct Services - Hours of programming delivered (ANALYTICS Avg. Time on Site)
(12) Direct Services - Average daily attendance (ANALYTICS Visits)
(13) Education - Number of clients reporting increased knowledge after educational programs (SURVEY button on audio guide)
(14) Improved Skills/Education - Number of clients participating in educational programs (ANALYTICS Unique Visitors)
(15) Organizational Finances - Number of new donors (DONATE button on audio guide: link to your website online giving AND/OR direct donation with credit card or Venmo)
(16) Organizational Finances - Average online donation (DONATE button on audio guide)
(17) Outreach - Number of participants reporting greater issue awareness (SURVEY button on audio guide)
(18) Research - Number of copies of work distributed/sold (ANALYTICS Unique Visitors)
(19) Other - Number of website page views (ANALYTICS Pageviews)
(20) Other - Number of countries represented by visitors (ANALYTICS Locations)
(21) Other - Total downloads of the organizations mobile application (ANALYTICS Visits)


Arts and Culture Metrics:
(22) Access to Resources - Number of entities served by expertise (ANALYTICS Unique Visitors)
(23) Broadcasting - Number of pre-recorded hours of broadcast (LIBRARY sum duration of recordings)
(24) Creation and Circulation - Total number of works developed (SITES count number of artwork stops)
(25) Events - Total number of guided tours given (ANALYTICS Unique Visitors)
(26) Events - Average dollar price of tickets for guided tours (APP STORE if publish paid audio guide through iOS/Android app stores)
(27) Events - Number of paid participants of guided tours (ANALYTICS Unique Visitors if publish paid audio guide through iOS/Android app stores)
(28) Events - Number of free participants of guided tours (ANALYTICS Unique Visitors)
(29) Events - Total number of audience members  (ANALYTICS Unique Visitors)
(30) Exhibiting - Total number of works exhibited (SITES count number of artwork stops)
(30) Exhibiting - Total number of works exhibited permanently (SITES subtotal-count number of artwork stops)
(30) Exhibiting - Total number of works exhibited temporarily (SITES subtotal-count number of artwork stops)