We've made audio exhibits such as this using a small single chip board that
we produce. It can hold up to 2 mins in recorded audio. The audio is easily
changed but doesn't get lost when the power is off. Audio quality is pretty
good. This can be interfaced to button input for a true/false quiz and
provided with a simple housing for the price range mentioned. - Matthew B.

On Thu, 20 Jan 2000 16:28:26 -0700, Charlene
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I've just received an inquiry from someone who works for one of our
>Province's Community Health Centres and since it has to do with the types
of
>interactives that museums often use, I thought I would turn to the list for
>help.
>
>She is looking for something she called a buzzer-board that she describes
as
>a desktop interactive unit that can be programmed with a series of true and
>false statements. Participants would push the "True or False" button
>depending on what they believed was the correct response to the statement
>and a voice (apparently from a sound card) would indicate if it was the
>right answer. She used the example of Bart Simpson's voice saying
>"excellent!" but apparently different sound cards could be purchased that
>had other types of sound responses. The units were very flexible, since the
>content of the true/false questions could be customized on a regular basis.
>She wants to be able to change things every two/three weeks to promote
>Heart/lung/mental health awareness week, etc. There was a supplier of this
>type of interactive (priced between $500-$1000) in Red Deer, Alberta but
>they are no longer doing this.
>
>Does anyone out there know of supplier of a unit like this? Any help would
>be appreciated.
>
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>Charlene Garvey, Coordinator
>Information & Technology Services
>Museums Alberta
>e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>URL: http://www.museumsalberta.ab.ca
>9829 - 103 Street
>Edmonton, AB  T5K 0X9
>phone: (780) 424-2668 ext. 228
>fax: (780) 425-1679
>

=========================================================
Important Subscriber Information:

The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes).

If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).