Audio guide · for exhibitions
We turn your texts into an audio guide.
- You send wall texts, catalog or object lists
- We produce, you approve
- Put up the QR codes — visitors listen without an app
Next generation audio guides.
You send the texts, we voice them. Via QR code — no app, no hardware.
Two products for museums.
Lumina Live · for guided tours
We translate your guided tours live.
- Your guide talks into the Lumina app
- Guests scan the QR code and choose their language
- Everyone listens live, with subtitles
You send us your texts. We deliver the finished audio guide.
Scripts, voices, translations and QR codes: we handle the whole production. You approve every text, and your visitors listen without an app or rental devices.
Ready in a few days✳︎No app✳︎Just scan a QR code✳︎In many languages✳︎No rental devices✳︎Edit anytime✳︎Kids’ & Easy Read versions✳︎A fraction of the cost✳︎You approve every text✳︎Guided tours translated live✳︎No receiver devices✳︎
Audio guides used to be a luxury.
Studio, voice actors, translators, agency: a traditional audio guide easily runs into five figures and takes months. Out of reach for small museums, and simply not worth it for temporary shows.
Traditional audio guide
- Production time
- Several months
- Budget
- Often five figures
- Languages
- Each one costs extra studio time
- Changes
- New recording, new invoice
- Hardware
- Rental devices and chargers
With Lumina
- Production time
- A few days
- Budget
- A fraction of that
- Languages
- Added with a click
- Changes
- Updated in minutes
- Hardware
- Your visitors’ own phones
For museums, exhibitions and galleries of every size
- 4.7/5
- Average guest rating
- 500+
- Guest reviews
- 30+
- Languages available
What’s included
Everything an audio guide should do.
Listen
Hear it for yourself.
Try a real audio guide, and listen to the voices you can choose from.
Scan and listen.
This is how your visitors experience Lumina: scan the QR code and the audio guide starts right in the browser.
Just open your camera app and point it at the code.
Open the sample audio guide Or open it here in your browserVoices to choose from
Lumina Live
Guided tours, translated live.
Your guide speaks, and your guests hear the tour in real time in their own language, with live subtitles. On their own phones, with no app and no receiver devices.
- The guide simply talks into the Lumina app.
- Guests scan the QR code and choose their language.
- Everyone listens live, with their own headphones.
Where Lumina Live helps
Museum tours
One tour for international groups, everyone listening in their own language.
City & outdoor tours
Outdoors too: guests listen on their own phones, no devices to hand out.
Company & factory tours
For customers, partners and delegations from around the world.
Group travel & excursions
The tour leader speaks and the group follows along, with live subtitles.
Includes a dashboard for statistics, team and guides.
Questions
Frequently asked questions.
Do we need any technical knowledge?
No. You send us your texts and we do the rest. At the end you get ready-made QR codes to print and put up.
Don’t AI voices sound artificial?
Modern voices are hard to tell apart from human speakers. Listen to the voice samples above, or ask for a free sample using your own text.
Who checks the content?
You do. Your team approves every script before it goes live.
Do visitors need an app or a rental device?
No. Visitors scan a QR code and listen right in their smartphone’s browser. No install, no sign-up.
How does Lumina Live work on guided tours?
Your guide talks into the Lumina app on their phone. Guests scan a QR code, choose their language and hear the tour translated in real time, with live subtitles. 13 languages are currently available, including English, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese.
What does it cost?
It depends on scope: for audio guides on the number of stops and languages, for Lumina Live on usage. Write to us and we’ll send you a no-obligation quote in euros.
How quickly is an audio guide ready?
Usually a few days after we receive your texts. A traditional audio guide with a studio and voice actors often takes several months.
Which languages are available?
More than 30 languages, each with its own natural voice. On request we add a children’s version and an easy-to-read version.
Can we change the content later?
Yes, at any time. Changes are online within minutes, with no new studio recording.
Is it worth it for small museums and temporary exhibitions?
Yes, that is exactly what Lumina is built for. Because the audio guide costs a fraction of a traditional one and is ready in days, it pays off for small museums, galleries and short exhibitions too.
Do you collect visitor data?
No. There is no tracking and no sign-up. You only see anonymous statistics, for example which chapters are played how often.
A free audio sample with your own text.
Tell us briefly about your museum, exhibition or guided tours. We’ll get back to you personally, and on request we’ll create a free audio sample using your own text.
By email
theodore@getlumina.org