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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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