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AI descriptions & audio

beacbeac can draft an interpretive description for an artwork using AI, and it reads descriptions aloud to visitors using their device's built-in voice.

AI-drafted descriptions

On the Add New Artwork or artwork edit screen, look for the AI Describe button next to the Description field.

  1. Fill in at least the Title and Artist, and add the image.
  2. Tap AI Describe. The button changes to Generating… while it runs.
  3. When it finishes, the generated text appears in the Description field. Review and edit it before you save.

Always review AI output

AI-generated text is a starting point, not a finished description. Read it carefully, correct anything wrong, and make sure the tone fits your venue. You are responsible for the accuracy of anything that ends up in front of visitors.

Audio for visitors

There is no separate audio file to generate or upload. Visitors tap the Listen button on the artwork popup and their phone reads the description aloud using its built-in text-to-speech voice.

That means:

  • What you write in the Description field is what visitors will hear. Edit it as if it'll be spoken — short sentences, no parenthetical asides, no abbreviations the voice will mispronounce.
  • The voice is the visitor's device voice, not something you select in beacbeac. Different phones will sound slightly different.
  • No admin action is needed to enable audio. Every artwork with a description is automatically listenable.

Test it yourself

Open the visitor Explore Gallery, pull up the artwork, and tap Listen. If anything sounds off — odd pauses, mispronounced words, awkward run-ons — edit the description until it reads cleanly.