Hi Nico!

Happy to discuss your requirements and engage in conversation directly with
you as I am involved in a similar project that has the same requirements
re; portability.

Let me know your outline thinking as I have some limited experience in this
area, especially within considerations of usability and access. For
example, when you say 'kiosk', would any portable (then freestanding
mounted) touchscreen PC / tablet with a HTML5 browser be sufficient? Would
you like to have the ability for people to use their own devices, or access
the display through a "portal" at any location?

Crucially the project I am working on at the moment requires a CMS that has
API capability (with say Adlib or equivalent) and is either open source /
licensed that is easy to use by content editors. The ability to host
"offline" content where network access not available may also be a
consideration (e.g. temporary exhibition spaces / venues that don't have
network connectivity).

I am personally more drawn toward web-apps that can be tailored to your
requirements via project-partnership with designers, rather than
"off-shelf" bespoke software, but that's from my also limited technical
understanding.

Robin


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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