AudioSteps Tour Development and Production Services

Service Details

Whether your tour will be of a neighborhood, campus or even an indoor facility, each project includes the same basic steps. Before starting a project, we meet with you to determine the level of effort required for each step, and propose a price and timeline accordingly. Below are some of the considerations we’ll discuss with you before starting your project:

• Area historical research. AudioSteps staff has extensive research experience, and can dig out whatever is interesting about an area through interviews and good old-fashioned research. Or, you may already have a historical story to tell, and wish to shorten the research process by providing that input yourself.
• Script writing. AudioSteps can take the historical and cultural information you want to communicate and turn it into an informative, entertaining script. We also write clear walking or driving directions for the user to each next stop.
• Narration/recording. AudioSteps has access to professional narrators with their own recording studios, and these are available for all kinds of narration. Or, your project might be better narrated by students, if this is a campus tour, or other personalities you have in mind from your local area. We can work with you to get the guides recorded in several different ways.
• Map development. Each AudioSteps tour guide comes with a printable route guide with the stops laid out on the streets or pathways, so visitors always know where they are. We design and produce those for you.
• Hardware. Will this be a guide only be available for visitors to download to their own MP3 players, or do you want to make players available for visitors who came without their iPod? We have various hardware solutions for you, from providing pre-loaded tours onto MP3 players for you to simply recommending the best solutions.
• Marketing/sales support. Depending on your target audience, we can make your guide available on www.audiosteps.com, or help you develop a page for your own web site to market the guide, or both. We can also help with designing and producing printed and electronic marketing materials to distribute. at your facility and in logical places.
• Technical support. For as long as you are promoting your tour guide, we are here to answer any technical questions you have about your tour, either with the MP3 files and printed material or the hardware itself. We stay up-to-date on available hardware, making suggestions to you as new devices become available.
• Tour updates. Our proposals include provisions for keeping your tour up to date. You never know when a business on your tour route will close, a new building will spring up or when a site will change in other ways. Our own tours are in constant flux as buildings get knocked down for new construction and even hurricanes change our landscapes! We don’t underestimate the importance of keeping a tour current.

Other Considerations

• How long will the tour be? Tours can range from just a few blocks that can be covered in less than an hour to several miles.
• What style?Tours can range from straightforward and informative to downright funny.
• Where is it? We’ll need to visit the area to develop the best narrative, and travel is a cost consideration. Keep in mind that we have staff in both California and the UK, and we do our best to economize!

The price for AudioSteps tour development services varies considerably depending on the above factors. After we talk with you and learn more about your needs, we’ll present a detailed proposal for you.

Let AudioSteps help you show off your area. Contact us to schedule a chat today! Call us at 415-346-2604 or e-mail us at