With post modern technological
trends like Wi-Fi, RFID and biometrics peeping into our living
rooms, this is the ripe time for all concerned to take the maximum
advantage of the information kiosks. Identifying the wide scope,
both the government and different corporate houses are taking
maximum advantage of our information kiosk services to provide
their customers with self service facilities that would take
their business to the next level. Kiosk services are used by
a variety of industries, for various purposes and we have just
listed a few of them:
| E-GOVERNANCE |
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Many interactions
between citizens and the government are routine and
repetitive, which can be very easily made into a self
service system, reducing cost and labor while adding
to efficiency. A well-designed e-government kiosk can
save time, resources, and taxpayer frustration. |
| EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION |
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Educational
Institutions can make use of these information kiosks
for routine communication with its students and faculties.
This can also be used to store information like class
schedule and other details like billing details which
the students and teachers can access at any point of
time.
Internet Kiosks: This can be extremely effective as
internet kiosks and placed on public places like airlines,
railway stations, cyber cafes even in shopping malls
etc and can be used by the public to access the internet. |
| MEDICAL CENTERS / HOSPITALS |
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Medical
centers and hospitals use these information kiosks to
help their patients with related information. These
information kiosks can list important information like
availability of doctors, fees for different treatments,
floor plans and location of important facilities in
big hospitals etc. |
| SHOPPING MALLS |
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These
days’ shopping malls are also deploying information
and retail kiosks to help their customers with relevant
information. |
| TOURISM |
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Tourism
offices and tourist spots can effectively use these
kiosks to provide necessary information about tour schedules
or information about the tourist spot. These kiosks
can be a good supplement to a guide providing the background
information about any historical tourist spot. |
| HOTELS |
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Hotels
can effectively use these kiosks to cater information
to its guests and customers. A kiosk can provide useful
information to its guests about the different entertainment
shows, or different menus available in different restaurants,
flight details etc. |
| AIRPORTS |
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Information
kiosks are also placed on airports that dispense important
information like flight arrival and departure schedules
and other necessary information to the passengers. |
| RAILWAYS |
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Railways can
use information kiosks to provide passengers with necessary
information about reservation availability, fares, arrival-departure
schedules etc. |
| CORPORATE HOUSES |
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Corporate houses
can place these information kiosks inside the office
building specially at reception or can also use them
in the trade shows and industrial fairs to display information
about the company background or their products and services.
Traning modules are very effective for imparting specific
informations and evaluation. |
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