Hearonymus as a premium platform
The free Hearonymus app can be described as a premium platform for several reasons; the key ones are set out below:
Made in Vienna: Hearonymus’s central audio guide production facility is located at the company’s headquarters in Vienna. Hearonymus also has an office in Berlin and numerous partners in Germany, Switzerland and Italy. However, it is exclusively in Vienna that every single guide is compiled, finally checked, submitted and published online. Only after this process and approval by the client is each guide allowed to see the light of day.
No guide leaves the production facility without undergoing this final, rigorous quality control by one of our audio guide experts.
Premium Partners: We work exclusively with professionals in all areas of audio guide production. Our editors possess expertise in their respective subject areas, as well as extensive knowledge of ‘writing for audio guides’. Our translators have relevant qualifications and the target language is their mother tongue. The narrators are trained professional voice-over artists and are used to recording in their mother tongue. An important rule: the translator and the narrator must never be the same person. The reason for this is that the narrators act as a form of additional quality assurance and would point out any translation errors.
Top-tier development: The app was developed natively for Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. Native programming represents the highest possible standard of quality in software development, as it involves developing the app specifically for each of the two operating systems. Whilst this type of development is significantly more labour-intensive than others, it offers numerous advantages: the app remains very lightweight and is more stable than those developed using other programming methods. Furthermore, native programming allows access to almost all device functions, which is not possible with a mobile app.
Premium Clients and Users: Naturally, our clients play a vital role in ensuring Hearonymus truly lives up to the “premium” label. The high-quality content provided to us, along with the carefully selected images and videos we receive, is exceptional.
Premium content attracts premium users, and over 600,000 people have already installed the app on their smartphones. Since every Hearonymus app user has access to all 1,300 audio guides, participating in the platform allows locations to expand their reach. The more audio guides available on the platform, the more attractive it becomes to new users—and vice versa.
It is a classic network effect that benefits both sides. Free, open, and low-barrier access—requiring no registration—makes the service easily accessible to everyone, regardless of social background. Furthermore, inclusive features such as sign language, Easy-to-Read language, and object descriptions for the visually impaired help reach additional target audiences.