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The 23 most common questions about TourTranslate, answered briefly.
Visitors
Do visitors need to install anything?
No. Visitors install no app and create no account: they go to tt24.es with the room code or scan the QR.
What phone is needed?
An iPhone with iOS 15 or later, or an Android phone with Chrome 105 or later, plus earphones.
How much data does it use?
Audio is sent compressed, on iPhone too, so it uses little data, which matters when visitors are roaming.
Can the phone stay in a pocket with the screen locked?
Yes. Audio keeps playing with the screen locked.
Can visitors hear the guide untranslated?
Yes, on the Original channel: the guide's voice as it is, for those who speak the guide's language.
Can visitors ask the guide questions?
Yes. They can send messages, which the guide reads translated, and talk face to face, each in their own language.
Do they get anything afterwards?
If the guide turns it on, a PDF summary of the tour in their language.
The tour
What language does the guide speak?
Spanish, today.
Does it translate names of monuments, dishes and sayings well?
Yes. We have our own glossary of more than 4,000 terms, curated in each language: monuments and cities, architecture and art, Spanish cuisine, idioms and proverbs, kings and historical figures, and IT terms.
How many visitors can listen? Does it cost more with more visitors?
It has been tested with 60 listeners in one room, and more visitors cost no more.
Does it hold up on a long tour?
Yes. Tested on tours of more than an hour and 45 minutes non-stop, in several languages at once, and it worked properly.
What if a visitor wanders off?
The guide sees the group on a map and gets an alert if someone wanders off; they can also set a meeting point.
Signal and connection
What happens without a signal?
On tour operators' coaches, a 4G travel router with its own wifi. In places without a network, custom audio guides, downloaded on joining the room and played offline. And if the connection drops, visitors rejoin their room on their own.
What if the guide loses signal for a moment?
If the guide's phone loses signal for a few seconds, their voice is stored (up to 30 seconds) and translated as soon as the connection is back: the translation is not lost.
What are custom audio guides?
The audio guide for your own tour, with your voice and your words. You record or write each stop, it is translated and voiced automatically, and visitors listen offline by tapping the number you show them. They are included. How they work.
The guide
What if the guide locks their phone?
There is a guide app for Android, with which the microphone keeps working with the screen off or while using WhatsApp. Without the app, the page locks the screen with a black layer so it keeps picking up sound.
What if the guide's microphone stops picking up sound?
The guide gets a “They can't hear you” alert and it reactivates on its own.
What is a fixed room?
A room with a code that never changes, per coach or per route. The guide shows it on their phone, as a code or a QR.
Data and getting started
Are tours recorded? What data is stored?
Tour audio is not recorded. Visitors do not create an account or give personal data to listen. The text of what the guide says is used for the PDF summary, which is deleted after 6 hours, and stays in the server's technical logs, which are deleted automatically after a month. Data is hosted in Europe.
How much does it cost?
For guides, no fees and no commitment: you only pay in the months you use it, and what counts is the time the microphone is on, not how many visitors listen. Work out your month with the price calculator. For tour operators, pricing is fully tailored: write to us and we will arrange a meeting, in person or online, where you will see your quote there and then.
Can I try it for free?
Yes. Sign-up is free: fifteen minutes to try it, with 10 languages at once and no card details. The minutes only count while the microphone is on and cannot be extended; when they run out, write to us and we will set up your account. The guide panel is in Spanish for now. Sign up for free. If you would like to see it first, we do a 15-minute demo with just a phone.
Where does it run? Is it a shared server?
No. Independent servers in Europe, not shared hosting: a complete infrastructure, with security and monitoring, run by our own team.
Who is behind TourTranslate?
Securclass (Acro Securclass, S.L.U.), a company with more than 10 years in tourism and a team specialised in app development, infrastructure and cybersecurity. About us.
Try it free on your own route.
Sign-up is free: fifteen minutes to try it with 10 languages at once, and no card details needed. Write to us with your city, languages and group size and we will set up your trial. If you would like us to show you first, we do a demo: all you need is your phone.
TourTranslate is a product of Securclass (Acro Securclass, S.L.U.), a company with more than 10 years in tourism, developed by Solucitron, its technology brand. About us