A real walk between stops
A short video moves them to the next place, so they always know where they are. They can choose slow, normal, fast or no walks.
Pick a demo
Both demos work on a phone, a tablet or a computer. Open one on your phone to get the real feel.
Church
First Presbyterian Church, Lynchburg
From the front door, through the sanctuary and up to the memorial garden. Close-ups of the windows and a then-and-now picture.
Start the church tour
House
A Cotswolds country house
Nine rooms, from the front path to the snug. Made from a phone video shot upright, the way most people film.
Start the house tourHow it works
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Film one walk
Walk slowly through the building with a phone, a camera or a small drone. Go forward, towards each thing you want to show.
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Choose the stops
Pick the places to pause and write a short story for each one. The tools make the pictures, the walks, the close-ups and the voice.
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Put up a code
Visitors scan it at the door, or open the link at home. The tour is a web page, so it opens at once.
What visitors get
A sharp picture at each stop
Every stop shows the clearest frame of the video. The build checks for blur and stops if a picture is not sharp.
Listen
A natural voice reads each stop out loud. The words light up as they are read, so it is easy to follow along.
Look closer
Tap a spot on the picture to see a large close-up of a window, a carving or a plaque, with its own short story.
Then and now
Drag across the picture to compare an old photo from the archive with the same place today.
Many languages
The tour opens in the phone's own language when the tour has it. The words, the buttons and the voice all change.
Easy for every visitor
Big buttons, three text sizes and clear contrast. It works with screen readers, and it stops the motion for people who turn motion off.
Works with no signal
A few seconds after it opens, the tour saves itself on the phone. Thick stone walls and a weak signal do not stop it.
Fast on any connection
It picks smaller files for slow connections and never makes anyone wait for a walk. The whole house tour is about 3 MB on a phone.
Short or full tour
Visitors choose a short tour or the full one at the start. "All stops" lets them go straight to any place.
Plan your visit
Opening times, how to get in and what is there, in one place, from the start and the end of the tour.
A way to give
The last stop can show a short note and a link to your own giving page, when the visitor has just seen what it pays for.
Simple to run
- No app. It is a web page. Visitors do not install, sign up or log in.
- No server to look after. The tour is a set of plain files. Free hosting is enough, on your own web address.
- Easy to change. All the words are in one text file. Fix a date or add a language without filming again.
- Private by default. No tracking and no adverts.
See it for yourself
The best way to judge it is on a phone, standing up, the way a visitor will.