The folks at Sheringham Museum gave a presentation on using Raspberry Pis
for their kiosk interactives at the MATech conf which has already been
mentioned:
http://www.museumsassociation.org/museum-practice/28012016-sheringham-museum-shares-budget-technology-package
They used Powerpoint and a PDF viewer alongside some cheapo Ilyama touch
screens in order to achieve their interactive displays.
Unfortunately this isn't going to integrate with your collection management
system without further development, but it's certainly the bargain basement
option.
Best regards,
Nick
On 11 March 2016 at 11:15, Nicolas Tyack <[log in to unmask]>
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> Hi all,
>
> This is my first foray into the world of MCG posting but thought you were
> all the ideal people to help me.
>
> I've been reading with interest various recent threads about touchscreens,
> digital stories etc, and I wonder if anyone out there has had any good
> experiences with creating in-gallery collections explorer interactives for
> touchscreens.
>
> I've had a look at off-the-shelf packages such as IntuiFace and Kiosk Pro
> and thought I'd ask you all if you have either good or bad experiences with
> them or similar systems?
>
> The key thing for us (as with many museum without in-house tech support)
> is keeping costs as low as possible, and ideally having some software which
> can be re-used for future exhibitions. Flexibility of design, look, style
> etc is therefore key, and it's important to have something we can do
> ourselves rather than go to external designers and software experts.
> Another ideal situation would be something that can link in to our
> collections management system API so we can power the interactive from the
> CMS and not a separate system, but that might be asking too much!
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Nico
>
>
> Nico Tyack, Documentation Officer
> Museums and Galleries, Cultural Services, City of Edinburgh Council
>
> Museum of Edinburgh, 142 Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DD
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