Since its launch, Guide-U has been the audio tour guiding system of choice for some of the world's biggest visitor attractions. Featuring the latest digital standard, Roger, the new generation of the guiding system offers "crystal-clear speech understanding even to large visitor groups or several groups simultaneously". Leveraging Phonak's longstanding expertise in hearing technology, the barrier-free Roger Guide-U makes sure that even people with hearing loss can easily follow the audio tour. Pass around microphones allow visitors to ask questions without anybody in the group missing out on the discussion.
With city trips and cultural travel becoming more and more popular, the leading landmarks and museums worldwide have seen a significant increase in visitor numbers over the last years.
"Incorporating our latest digital standard Roger, allows us to cater optimally to the needs of these venues", explains Maarten Barmentlo, group vice president marketing of Phonak. "Roger Guide-U can not only be used by visitor groups of any size, but also by multiple groups being guided through the same room. Its unlimited channel approach ensures zero audio interference with other appliances such as WiFi, Bluetooth and GSM networks. This means: no hissing or static can be heard." The versatile system is also used more and more frequently for factory tours.
Visitors with hearing loss can easily connect their hearing aids with the system - either with an inductive-loop receiver or, if their hearing aid is already equipped with the Roger technology, without any additional receiver. A dedicated Roger receiver sends the speakers words directly into the hearing aids of guests for optimal sound quality and understanding.
Roger Guide-U is also suited for multi-media presentations, training sessions and conferences. The system is multi-media ready and easily connects with existing loudspeaker systems in conference rooms.
(Jim Evans)
