Have you considered putting it onto mobile phone? We produced an audio tour
last year specifically for MP3 players but we also made it available via mobile
- very cost effective as there is no hardware involved and truly 21C!
Andy Wood
www.audioexhibitions.com
Quoting "Hillis, Catherine" <[log in to unmask]>:
> Dear David
>
> RNIB have done a lot of research into the accessibility of audio guides
> through the Talking Images project. You can find out more about the project,
> publications and conference that took place last year at
> www.rnib.org.uk/leisure (and then click on Talking Images in the current
> projects section) Please feel free to give me a call if you'd like to
> discuss this at all or if you'd like me to send any info through to you.
> all the best
> Catherine
>
> Catherine Hillis
> Talking Images Arts and Heritage Officer
> RNIB
> 105, Judd Street
> London WC1H 9NE
> call: 020 7391 2328
> fax: 020 7387 7109
>
> For a selection of what's on in museums and galleries this month for blind
> and partially sighted people, go to www.rnib.org.uk/museum
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> David & Carol Lingard
> Sent: 13 January 2005 17:23
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Audio Guides
>
>
> Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen,
> I am the Chairman, Administrator and otherwise dogsbody assistant to
> the Curators of the Dartmouth (Town) Museum in deepest Devon. We are
> currently trying to bring our small establishment into something approaching
> the 21st Century and I am interested in purchasing a number of small tape
> recorders to lend - against a deposit - to visitors. I have used one of
> these myself in another place and found it an excellent idea quite apart from
> the obvious advantage to anyone with poor eyesight.
> Could anyone let me know of a suitable source of such devices,
> approximate costs and any other appropriate advice including the sort of
> specification to look for. Robustness springs to mind as an important
> quality......
> I look forward to the usual plethora of replies! Please don't hold
> back!
> Regards David Lingard
>
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