There is a cross-platform web kiosk that can be locked down called Open Kiosk, is is based on Firefox and has a plethora of features. //Riley
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 22, 2014, at 5:25 PM, "Andrew Gordon" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Very cool, did not consider these approaches but they are worth looking into. > Out of curiosity, would there be good recommendations if we were to forego > the touch screen requirement? Just plain ole' dumb mouse and keyboard? > > Thanks again, > drew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Derek > Merleaux > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 3:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Digital Collections Browser Kiosk Software Options > > On a similar note to Sam's suggestion, I saw a demo by Open Exhibits > http://openexhibits.org/category/software/ of their multi-touch image browser > - they just released a new version of their open-source sdk that allows use > of the Leap Motion controller (or several of them for more > users) - that way you can use a less expensive non-touch screen and get the > same or better effect. Been meaning to try this out but the time it keeps > getting away from me. Would love to hear of someone making it work. > -Derek > > Derek Merleaux > @dmer > > > > > >> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Andrew Gordon <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> We are looking into options for setting up a physical kiosk >> (touchscreen monitor and computer) in our lobby to allow visitors to >> our building to browse digital versions of some items from our >> collection. I see that Turning The Pages (e.g. >> http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/) provides a nice solution for >> this but I just wanted to see if anyone else had worked with something >> similar and might know of any other options (open source?) so that we >> can do a little comparing and contrasting. For some reason I am >> thinking there was a discussion a little while back about 3D digital >> collections browsing but can't seem to locate it and don't know it if was >> like the above scenario. >> >> I think since it's a kiosk style implementation and we are looking for >> apples-to-apples comparisons, we are interested in the physical, >> touch-screen turning of the page interaction rather than a browser >> pointed at a more pragmatic digital collections browser, at least at >> this point in the exploration. >> >> Thanks in advance for anyone that might have potential suggestions, >> >> -d >> >> ________________________________________ >> Andrew Gordon, MSI >> Systems Librarian >> Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health New York Academy >> of Medicine >> 1216 Fifth Avenue >> New York, NY, 10029 >> 212.822.7324 >> http://nyamcenterforhistory.org/ >>
