Wendy
I'm not sure from your post how much experience you have with these sorts of things, but I sense you will need to be clear on one issue: the difference between a touchscreen/kiosk (the hardware) and any application that runs on it (the software).
The former can be an off-the-shelf item (HP, Acer etc make touchscreen PCs, and the freestanding kiosks are available from many vendors), but the application that you run on it will likely be a bespoke application, and this is the "complicated" bit. You can't just choose and install this software.
Sorry if you know all this...
Michael
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On 29 Apr 2012, at 11:36, Caroline Moore wrote:
> Dear All
>
> Below is a request from Wendy at Ashby Museum please reply on list
> list or off list to Wendy at [log in to unmask] .
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> We at Ashby Museum are thinking about installing a touch screen to
> enable visitors to browse objects etc. in our collections not normally
> on show. We are in the very early stages with this and although I
> have seen some freestanding so-called”kiosk” type touchscreen designed
> for Museums and similar venues, I realise that it is a complicated
> business. I wondered whether any colleagues who have touch screens in
> their museums would be willing to share their experience of choosing,
> installing and using them?
>
> Wendy Freer
> Ashby de la Zouch Museum
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