One guide. One group. Every language.
Walking tours, curator talks, openings, and school groups — translated live into each visitor's own phone and earbuds.
Two-page guides: guided tours & operators (PDF) · museums & attractions (PDF)
Whenever a real person is doing the talking.
Walking, city, and site tours
One guide can now take the whole group and each visitor hears it in their own language, at their own volume, through their own earbuds.
Curator talks and exhibition tours
The programme that is hardest to translate is the one built around a person: a curator walking a new exhibition, an artist talk, a members' preview.
A mic on the guide, a code on the sign.
Mic the guide
A clip-on or headset mic paired to the guide's own phone. No booth, no case, no separate operator.
Open the languages
Pick the languages on today's booking sheet — and add one when a group turns up speaking something else.
Show the code
On a lanyard, a sign at the meeting point, or the booking confirmation. Visitors scan and choose a language once.
The tour doesn't have to end at the exit.
A visitor who kept the transcript has your names, dates, and stories in their own language when they get home — which is where reviews and recommendations actually get written.
Per language-hour, not per visitor.
You never pay per listener and nobody is cut off. Each plan is sized for a typical audience (75, 150 or 500 listeners; unlimited on Campus and one-off events).
Start free on a real tour — one free event of up to 3 hours, no card. Full plan detail on pricing.
What would it cost your programme?
Estimate only. Final price is confirmed before you pay, and unused hours do not roll over.
Questions from operators.
What happens outdoors, where coverage is patchy?
It needs a live connection, so patchy coverage means patchy translation. Visitors listen over their own mobile data or your Wi-Fi, so someone on roaming uses a little of their data. On a route you run often, walk it once with the free session and you will know exactly where it drops. Underground and remote sites are honestly not a fit — there is no offline mode.
Do visitors have to install anything?
No. Scanning the code opens it in the browser. The Koine app is worth it for visitors who want their history, photos, and replay afterwards, but it is never a condition of joining the tour.
Does this replace our audio guide handsets?
No, and we would not sell it as that. A recorded audio guide plays a fixed script per exhibit. Koine translates a live person, which is the part of your programme that currently only exists in one language.
What about visitors who are hard of hearing?
The same session helps them: audio straight into their own earbuds at their own volume, or captions to read instead — see accessibility & assistive listening.