Your first audio guide in 10 minutes

This walkthrough takes one artwork from nothing to playing on a phone. You need a space (see Create your space), a short text and a phone with a camera. If you created your first artwork during the guided first steps, open it from Artworks and jump to the step you are missing.

1. Create the artwork

1. 1

   Go to Artworks and press New artwork.

2. 2

   Type the Artwork name, for example the title of the painting.

3. 3

   Leave the proposed Audio guide number or type another one. Visitors see it and can type it in the player.

4. 4

   Press Create and open. The editor opens on the text of the main language.

The image, the fields and the rest of the details can wait. Create an artwork explains each of them.

2. Write the text in paragraphs

Texts in Muvo are always a list of short paragraphs. Each paragraph has its own audio, so fixing one sentence later only redoes one paragraph.

1. 1

   Click Write the first paragraph here… and type, or paste a text you already have.

2. 2

   Press Enter to start a new paragraph.

3. 3

   Keep an eye on the character counter of each paragraph. The limit is 800 characters by default; if a paragraph goes over, use Split here.

4. 4

   Wait until the indicator says Saved. The text saves itself as you write.

When you paste a long text, Muvo first tells you how many paragraphs it will make, splitting at line breaks and sentence ends without ever cutting a sentence. More tips in Write in paragraphs.

3. Generate the voice

The AI voice reads each paragraph in a few seconds and costs 1 credit per paragraph. Muvo always shows the cost before charging anything.

1. 1

   Press Generate what is pending in the editor. The number in brackets is how many paragraphs will get audio.

2. 2

   In the confirmation, check the Cost, your Current balance and the Balance afterwards.

3. 3

   Press Confirm with the cost shown on the button, for example Confirm · 3 credits.

4. 4

   Keep working while it runs. The bar at the bottom counts the paragraphs with audio, for example 3 of 3 paragraphs with audio.

5. 5

   Press Listen to all to hear the whole artwork.

4. Publish

Until you publish, the artwork is a Draft and visitors cannot hear it.

1. 1

   Press Publish at the top of the editor.

2. 2

   Wait while it shows Publishing…: Muvo joins the audio of all the paragraphs into one continuous track.

3. 3

   Check that the status now says Published.

Later edits stay in a draft until you press Publish changes, so visitors never hear a half-finished text. See Publish and versions.

5. Scan it and listen on your phone

1. 1

   In the editor, open Artwork details and go to the QR tab.

2. 2

   Point your phone camera at the QR code on the screen and tap the link. The artwork opens in the browser: visitors need no app.

3. 3

   Press play and listen, as a visitor would.

4. 4

   When you are happy with it, press Download to get the QR code for printing.

The QR code never changes when you edit the name, the text or the audio, so you can print it now. Print QR labels for your artworks explains label templates and A4 sheets, and How visitors listen shows the player from the visitor's side.