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An audio tour or audio guide provides a recorded spoken commentary, normally through a handheld device, to a visitor attraction such as a museum. They are also available for self-guided tours of outdoor locations,〔As employed in the gardens of Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England〕 or as a part of an organised tour. It provides background, context, and information on the things being viewed.〔Fisher (2004), p. 49.〕 Audio guides are often in multilingual versions and can be made available in different ways. Some of the more elaborate tours may include original music and interviews.〔(Walkin' Broadway from CityListen Audio Tours includes several original interviews with notable Broadway artists and producers )〕 Traditionally rented on the spot, more recently downloaded from the Internet or available via the mobile phone network. Some audio guides are free or included in the entrance fee, others have to be purchased separately. ==Electronic multimedia guides== A multimedia electronic guide is a device specially designed to provide audio, visual or textual content to museum visitors with or without user interaction. It may also provide alternative content corresponding to different personal preferences. It may include accessories such as headphones, a digital pen and displays with LEDs or LCD screens. These smart guides may be operated to supply content in different languages and accents, with different voice alternatives like (Man/Woman/Child/Native Speaker/TV Speaker/etc.), with text, and with age group specific content.〔(An Electronic Guide In Use ).〕 They can be operated in several ways: * Touch/push buttoned systems will be operated by the visitor. Visitor will enter the code assigned to the object to the electronic museum guide and the related content is provided.〔(The Learning Experience With Electronic Museum Guides ).〕 * Location aware systems will semi automatically operate. They sense the location by several alternative technologies and provide the related content. If the sensing area is not narrow enough to detect every different object then the visitor will enter or select the content he or she wants. Location aware systems provides better quality tours to disabled people.〔(Accessible Design of a Portable Electronic Museum Guide for Universal Access ), University of Cambridge, UK.〕 * Line of Sight Aware Systems will automatically operate. They sense the location and the target object and provides the related content. These systems may include an artificial intelligence that will measure the visitor aims and interest areas and may provide shallower or deeper information for the object.〔(Affective Aware Museum Guide ).〕 These systems may need special technologies for target detection. These electronic guides can provide the museum management with useful statistics and reports,〔''Learning from Museums: Visitor Experiences and the Making of Meaning'' (2000), American Association for State and Local History Book Series. ISBN 0-7425-0295-3.〕 which may include tour statistics, visitor statistics, opinions, and other surveys. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「audio tour」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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