By Antonio Maldonado | Secretary, Friends of the Pterocarpus Forest
Since our last report, we’ve contracted a highly-regarded local tech company to develop the tour app and we are now in the design stage. Educational content is being developed separately, but in close collaboration with the app developer.
Thus far we’ve created the basic structure of the application, which contains a short dummy of the tour part, including some visuals and content. At this stage, we still envision that the application will contain general information about the Pterocarpus Forest, as well as audiovisual content specific to approximately 20 “stations” at the entrance to and within the Forest. The scripts for each of the “stations” are in development, with some additional research underway to insure comprehensiveness, accuracy and timeliness. Once the scripts are finalized, they will be translated into Spanish. We’ve also created a list of professional voice artists from whom one or more will be selected to narrate the content, which will be available in both English and Spanish.
The selection of appropriate pictures, videos and illustrations for each station is also underway.
Scientists, environmental educators and copywriters with whom the Forest has worked in the past will review the app and the interpretative content as it is developed and give us feedback.
During this learning process, we’ve had to increase the project budget by nearly double, with most of that due to the costs of the professional narrator (possibly two, one for each language), and copywriting. Hopefully, we’ll be able to avoid expenses for visuals that will be part of the app content, by using excellent, high quality images that are in the public domain.
In conclusion, the development of the tour app has been a more complex, expensive and exciting undertaking than we initially estimated. It’s value, however, relative to the fulfillment of the Forest’s educational mission, is inestimable.
By Antonio Maldonado | Secretary, Board of Directors
By Antonio Maldonado | Secretary, Board of Directors
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