We used old computers with Elo touchscreens at our branches. For software, we used Chrome or Firefox in kiosk mode. For touchscreens, I bumped up the size of the buttons and layout using Koha's JS and CSS system prefs.
I think we ended up using Chromium or Chrome in kiosk mode -- I had issues with firefox. I used Debian for this and I think Fred's idea of using a Rasp. Pi ( latest ) would work great with Chrome/Chromium in kiosk mode. We've used a Pi for a digital display kiosk -- again, with Chrome in kiosk mode, but any cheap hardware should work fine. Windows would work too. We used PWB on Win 2000 from https://www.teamsoftwaresolutions.com/ for many years ( pre-Koha migration ) as a Windows-based public catalog kiosk solution but there are probably many alternatives today. Chad On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 12:55 PM King, Fred <fred.k...@medstar.net> wrote: > I'm not sure if this would work, but maybe someone can take my idea and > turn it into something practical. > > How about running Firefox on a Raspberry Pi? You could lock it in a box > and run cables to a keyboard, barcode scanner, mouse, and monitor to it. > Definitely inexpensive, especially if you have a spare monitor, keyboard, > and mouse hanging around. I'm not sure how easy it would be to prevent > people from browsing to other sites, but someone here might know of a way. > > Fred King, MSLS, AHIP > Medical Librarian, MedStar Washington Hospital Center > fred.k...@medstar.net > 202-877-6670 > ORCID 0000-0001-5266-0279 > MedStar Authors Catalog: http://medstarauthors.org > > I was singing the blues when I was six. Kind of sad, eh? > --Harry Dean Staunton > > -----Original Message----- > From: Koha <koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz> On Behalf Of Chris Brown > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2020 3:24 PM > To: Lisa Peel <lp...@swisseducation.com> > Cc: Koha <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Koha] Self-service hardware question > > ** ATTENTION: This email originated from outside the MedStar network. ** > DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know > the content is safe. > > Hi Lisa (and everyone) > > We have started looking at this for a couple of the community libraries we > support here in Sheffield (UK). Partly this is as a social distancing > measure as and when we re-open after the pandemic. > > Self-service checkout mode is straightforward to configure in Koha ... > take a look at the Bywater Solutions tutorial at > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__bywatersolutions.com_education_setting-2Dself-2Dcheckout-2Dfeature-2Dkoha&d=DwIGaQ&c=RvBXVp2Kc-itN3g6r3sN0QK_zL4whPpndVxj8-bJ04M&r=vKh6XwOmjyC51IkP1OfsdjQZoWT2vpi6VZl8El8EPRI&m=ULJzl7snsamosQnLCPdubRO_x_K1emz4q2NQR8LecY0&s=eIi0-JPLRXKgTOOD48ufAIwj8nkZKS0FzOuynUdtyMo&e= > > For hardware we are looking at something really cheap and cheerful ... > probably just a chrome book and a bar-code scanner. (Our books don't have > RFID tags). The challenge is to lock the chromebook down tight enough so > that users can't browse out to other sites (we are looking at using Google > Chrome in Kiosk mode), or escape the browser altogether. We're not > expecting to pay more than around £350 for the hardware. > > We haven't looked at printers because we don't need receipts but Koha's > self-checkout module certainly has the option to print them. > > I am not an expert so if you get a reply from someone with more experience > you should defer to them! > > Best Regards, > > Chris Brown > > > > > On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 7:09 PM Lisa Peel <lp...@swisseducation.com> > wrote: > > > Hello everyone > > > > I am hoping those of you with experience of implementing self-service > > with Koha would be able to give me some assistance. > > > > We are looking at implementing self-service in order to extend our > > service hours – however I have little experience of this, especially > > what hardware would be needed. > > > > Am I right in thinking that it is not actually necessary to buy one of > > the very fancy free standing units I have seen in many supplier > > catalogues? 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