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David, the group led by Elena Not at IRST, Trento Italy had a paper in the same ICHIM97 issue. They are going to be conducting an evaluation of an 'intelligent' adaptive audio guide prototype in the spring and so may have looked into existing audio guides. Doug Douglas Tudhope [log in to unmask] School of Computing University of Glamorgan Pontypridd Mid-Glamorgan CF37 1DL Wales UK tel 01443-482271 fax 01443-482715 http://www.comp.glam.ac.uk/pages/staff/dstudhope > -----Original Message----- > From: Alice Grant [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 1999 3:02 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Evaluating Audio Guides > > David, > > There was a paper at ICHIM '97 by Jonathan Broadbent, (CB&J) and Patrizia > Marti (Univ. of Siena) that looked at usability issues. I have a copy of > the proceedings if you're interested. I remember someone from MSIM taking > part int he discussion following the paper - perhaps they have done some > evaluation on them? > > Alice > > It was byAt 01:18 PM 1/14/99 -0000, you wrote: > >I have been asked by a museum if anyone has evaluated the use of > >audio-guides in their museum. Lots of people have figures about how many > >are hired out etc, but little information about how they are used and > >what visitors find most useful. This is particularly as there may be > >differences in the way that guides are used on sites and in historic > >houses, to the way that they are used in museums and galleries. > > > >Any comments would be useful. > > > >David > >David Dawson > >Museums New Technology Adviser, Museums and Galleries Commission > >tel: 0171 233 4200, email: [log in to unmask] > > > >see the Sharing Museums Skills Millennium Awards website - > >www.smsma.org.uk > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%