Our Curator of Exhibits, Claudia Berg, offers the
     following response:

     1.  My guess is most visitors would prefer to hear the
     information rather than read it.  An audio would lend
     itself to all visually impaired visitors.
     2.  If you stay with the written word, having the
     capability to enlarge text for the visually impaired
     would prove useful.
     3.  The different levels of information would be
     interesting.  Instead of a child's level you might
     consider a parent's self-guided tour, where the adult
     can gleen information that is appropriate to the child
     they are taking to an exhibit.  Again, my guess is most
     children wouldn't or can't read the label.
     4.  If you stay with the written word format, consider
     having an audio component that enhances the experience,
     ie. if the artifact is a train or there is an image of
     a train, include the whistle sounds made by different
     train engineers, music of a time period that
     corresponds to the painting or artifact, or a clip of
     an oral history.
     5.  Foreign language material is always a nice customer
     service, but again, audio might work as good if not
     better.
     6.  How are repairs and maintenance of these units
     handled?  Could these be plugged into a charger when
     not in use?
     7.  Price is always a concern, maybe $125 each?

     Chris Dill

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