One can make a nice open source touch screen box.  If you have a real
I.T. dept they should have no problem making them and they should be
less expensive then off the shelf touch screen devices.   You will
also be able to re-purpose them  or used re-purposed older computers
depending on the needs of the device.    This is just one example.
A local IT person would also be able to do this really easy and then
support it if you need support.

http://www.linux.com/base/ldp/howto/XFree86-Touch-Screen-HOWTO.html

R.


On 10/16/07, David Lewias <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Oscar -
>
>  We've recently installed five touch-screen digital video players in our
> museum made by MedeaWiz.
>
>  The advantage of a touch-screen digital players is it's free-standing and
> self contained (although ours are hooked up to also play on a larger TV
> screen).  The disadvantage is they are a one-trick-pony.  They play video --
> and they do it well -- but that's about it.   They *will* display JPG
> photos, but there is an annoying, unchangable, default of a five second
> display time before the screen moves onto the next image or goes back to the
> menu.
>
>  The MedeaWiz touch-screen can be divided into 4, 6, or 24 sections using
> small switches on the back of the player.  The video files are then numbered
>  (either 1 through 4, 1 through 6, or 1 through 24) to coorospond with the
> various touch-sensitive squares.  Touch the fourth little square over, and
> then movie 4 plays.
>
>  The other nice featire of this player is that all contenct can be created
> in-house, saved as a MPG movie file, and saved on a compact flash card.
>
>  Let me know if anyone wants to know more -- Always happy to answer
> questions.
>
>
>
>  - David -
>  David Lewis, curator
>  Aurora Regional Fire Museum
>  www.AuroraRegionalFireMuseum.org
>
>
>
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