Korean Kiosk Association & Kiosk Accessibility Council Formed

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Korean Kiosk Association Formed June 2023

South Korea has once again exceeded expectations and show many of us the way forward. In late June they formalized:\

From one of our LG people —

Ministry of Science and ICT & National Information Society Agency organizsed “Kiosk Accessibility Council” with 40 some companies including LG Electronics, kiosk manufacturers and kiosk operators on 27th June. Note LG Business Manager Chanuk Song there in the middle of the group

On the same day, LG Electronics and NICE TCM (our Korean partner who provides a kiosk app for Korean market) received the very first Kiosk Accessibility Assurance Certification from Ministry of Science and ICT. I also briefly had an opportunity of presenting LG Kiosk with a tactile keypad on NICE TCM’s Audible Menu Guide Solution.

Tuesday, June 27, 2023, 1:30 p.m. Location: Post Tower 10th Floor Conference Room (Session 1) Corporate Activities for Digital Approaches ‘Accessibility, exploring new customers and markets’ (Session 2) International Trends and Our Current Status ‘Accessibility as a global trend’

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Note

  • from 27:00 is launch of accessibility council
  • from 1:04 is launch of first barrier free kiosk
  • We are almost surprised the YouTube doesn’t offer any automatic language translation.

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Excerpt

The first presentation was made by Mr. Song Chun Wook, General Manager of LG Electronics, and Mr. Chang Yong Jang, Head of Korea Electronics Finance. Please give a presentation on the topic of Accessibility Assurance Kiosk No. 1 Loud applause [applause] Hello, this is LG Electronics’ Song Chan-hyuk responsibility, good to see you, good afternoon He is the head of the long-term team of Korea Electronic Finance, inadvertently I’m sorry to come up as a duet, we’re none other than that As of yesterday, as of June 26, one of the electronic kiosks The accessibility of the intelligent information product kiosk to be purchased first After a test evaluation, it is now verified by the No. 1 accessibility siusque I received it, and I would like to briefly introduce the product to Kyung Chang, the head of Korea Electronic Finance, thank you As you have heard, the first caring fire in the country is a kiosk We were selected to have a similar content here two years ago I made a presentation once, and the solution I made at that time was It was a bit very expensive, so I have to settle for this, but the difficulty is obvious When I was constantly thinking about the possibility of having a chance, the person in charge of the sacrament business of LG Electronics asked me You came to us and made a new proposal for us, and we have been doing it for 3 years. We developed the kiosk by mixing software hardware and we were on the left The kiosk was created in collaboration with LG Electronics and Korea Electronics Fund You can think of it as a kiosk hardware When planning the product at the beginning, LG Electronics and Korea proceeded together. 1:05:27 The product design was done by LG Electronics. 1:05:32 The basic design and this development part was handled by our company, and the hardware development was completed 1:05:38 The design is a whole of the parts that have been in the function that we have been doing for years. 1:05:44 LG Electronics did all the software design again, and we changed the development a little bit to fit that 1:05:51 If you take a quick look at the accessibility application, there is now a braille panel for the visually impaired.

Kiosk Design – Rapid Prototype Kiosks – Modular

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Rapid Prototyping Becoming the Norm for Kiosk Design

From Olea Kiosks — Today, businesses are always looking for ways to stay ahead, particularly as it relates to technology adaptation or the next evolution in their digital transformation. Rapid prototyping has emerged as a key strategy, allowing companies to quickly turn ideas into tangible models for testing. This approach is essential for fostering innovation and efficiency in product development.

It’s also essential for growth, exploring new markets, and staying ahead of competitors. Rapid prototyping offers businesses the speed and adaptability they need.

  • Rapid Prototyping: A process of quickly creating and testing physical models of a product using computer-aided design (CAD) data1. It helps speed up product development, reduce costs, enhance creativity, improve collaboration, and manage risks.
  • HYPERMODULAR™ Kiosk: Olea’s solution for rapid prototyping2. A flexible and customizable kiosk that can deliver various configurations and peripherals for different use cases and markets. It streamlines product development and encourages innovation3.
  • Olea Kiosks: A leading provider of self-service kiosks for various industries, such as casinos, healthcare, theme parks, retail, and more. Olea offers custom kiosk design, OEM manufacturing, service and support, financing, and more.

About HYPERMODULAR™ Kiosk by Olea Kiosks

The HYPERMODULAR™ Kiosk is a flexible and customizable kiosk that can deliver various configurations and peripherals for different use cases and markets. It streamlines product development and encourages innovation. Here is how it works:

  • The kiosk can be configured as a desktop kiosk or a free-standing kiosk with even more room for peripherals1.
  • The kiosk has interchangeable face panels and side cars that can accommodate different peripherals such as barcode scanners, RFID readers, payment devices and more1.
  • The kiosk can also integrate HID’s facial recognition camera for secure and convenient self-service access and authentication2.
  • The kiosk is designed with access control in mind, and can be used for various applications such as healthcare, hospitality, retail, banking, government, transportation and more

Resources

  • Kioskindustry.org: A website that covers news, trends, best practices, and insights about the kiosk industry. It features articles, white papers, events, and resources for kiosk manufacturers, suppliers, and users.

Kiosk Market Statistics and Reports

  • From R&M (which is always high). The global self-service kiosk market is expected to reach $43.65 billion by 2028, growing at a CAGR of over 8.7%. The self-service kiosk market in North America is expected to experience significant growth and adoption across various industries. Businesses have adopted self-service kiosks to improve efficiency, enhance customer experience, and reduce operational costs. With this, self-service kiosk has gained widespread adoption in the retail sector. Thus, the high adoption of kiosks in retail and customized consumer preferences are some of the major trends that will gain higher popularity in the market.
  • According to the 2020 Kiosk Market Census Report1, the sales of interactive kiosks (not counting ATMs and refreshment and amusement vending machines) totaled an estimated $11.9 billion in 2019, and are projected to reach $21.42 billion by 20272. The report also states that modular kiosk design is one of the key trends in the kiosk industry, as it allows for more flexibility, customization, and innovation1. Modular kiosks can also reduce costs, improve collaboration, and manage risks345.

About Olea Kiosks

  • The company is focused on adaptation of innovation and technology among their products in the market. In July 2023, the company announced a HYPERMODULAR kiosk technology to address the rising challenge of configuration of kiosks with complex access controls.
  • Investment activity focused on the future-oriented expansion of production capacities and the extension of the sales  infrastructure.
  • The company is expected to increase its acquisition of companies in various countries and increase the implementation of digital transformation in different industries.
  • Key Strengths
  • Olea Kiosks has a strong commitment to its quality, reliability, and cutting-edge technology.
  • The company mainly offers a range of customization options, including branding, color schemes, enclosure materials, and software integration. This allows businesses to create self-service kiosks that align with their brand identity and seamlessly integrate into their existing environments.
  • The firm holds a strong brand name in its comprehensive services throughout the kiosk lifecycle, including consulting, design, manufacturing, installation, maintenance, and support.

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Lottery Printers TITO for Quebec & Nanoptix

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LOTO-Quebec Selects Nanoptix Ticket-In Ticket Out (TITO) for Gaming

Quote: “Nanoptix designs and produces some of the most reliable ticketing printers in the world.  Not surprising to see them win this huge project”, said Craig Keefner of Kiosk Industry.

Dieppe, NB, Canada – February 8, 2024 – Nanoptix Inc., a global provider of printing technologies for the global gaming, lottery and kiosk industries, announced today that Loto-Québec has selected its PayCheck® NextGen™ printer as the exclusive Ticket-In Ticket-Out (TITO) printer for all gaming establishments in the Province of Quebec.

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Lottery Printer TITO

“We look forward to working with Nanoptix as our new, exclusive supplier of TITO printers for our gaming establishments throughout the Province of Québec. We are impressed by the quality, and features of the PayCheck NextGen printer”, stated Stéphane Fraser, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Gaming Establishments at Loto-Québec.

“We are very proud to have been selected as Loto-Québec’s TITO printer supplier, as well as to continue expanding our presence in the Canadian marketplace. We are also very proud that Loto-Québec has chosen the PayCheck NextGen printer as its printer of choice. We look forward to building a longstanding partnership with Loto-Québec”, stated Daniel Vienneau, President and CEO of Nanoptix.

“The PayCheck NextGen is the most innovative and reliable printer of its kind and has been designed with many industry-leading capabilities. We have designed the PayCheck NextGen printer to ensure a quicker print speed, and to provide our customers with additional features and benefits such as a built-in computer, multiple connectivity ports, anti-spilling channels, as well as the ability to hold more tickets”, concluded Mr. Vienneau.

Contacts:
Bruno Roy, Vice President of Sales
Nanoptix
[email protected]
506-588-0943

About Nanoptix
Nanoptix is a global supplier of thermal printing solutions and technologies for the gaming, lottery,
kiosk, POS and amusement industries. Nanoptix has earned a reputation for having superior technology, as well as excellent value and leading customer support. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada, Nanoptix designs and manufactures a diverse portfolio of printing solutions including Ticket-In Ticket-Out (TITO)

Kiosk Accessibility LabCorp – Lainey Feingold Feb 2024

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February 27, 2024 Update

Analysis 2/27 by William D. Goren, lawyer.

Previously, we have blogged on a case involving Julian Vargas and the inaccessibility of kiosk equipment used by Quest diagnostics. It turns out that he is involved in a similar case involving Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings with another plaintiff, Luke Davis. A district Court in California approved a class under the California antidiscrimination law, Unruh Act, as well as a nationwide class under the ADA. Laboratory Corporation appealed. As usual, the blog entry is divided into categories, and they are: facts; court’s reasoning that Vargas had standing; court’s reasoning that the Unruh act class action as certified by the district court goes forward; court’s reasoning that the district court did not abuse its discretion in certifying the nationwide class under the ADA by determining that a nationwide injunction could provide relief to all members; and thoughts/takeaways. Of course, the reader is free to focus on any or all of the categories.

Summary

  • Inaccessible Kiosks Can Cost You Big Time: The page discusses a case where two blind plaintiffs sued Lab Corporation for violating the ADA and the Unruh Act by using inaccessible kiosks for their services.
  • Court’s Reasoning on Various Issues: The page analyzes the court’s reasoning on several issues, such as standing, class certification, and injunctive relief, and explains how the plaintiffs prevailed on most of them.
  • Thoughts/Takeaways: The page offers some insights and suggestions for businesses and lawyers regarding the accessibility of kiosks and the implications of the case. It also provides some links to other resources and blogs on related topics.
Thoughts/Takeaways
  1. When it comes to class actions, the whole key comes down to whether a class is certified in the first place. If a class is certified in the first place, the stakes go up exponentially. So, it wouldn’t surprise me to see this case head towards settlement rapidly.
  2. The case is not published.
  3. Standing for a person with a disability is conferred when the allegations show that the person with the disability was denied full and equal enjoyment of the facility.
  4. This case makes you wonder why Quest Diagnostics, which we discussed here and which involved the same plaintiff, appealed their case. While this case is unpublished, the facts are essentially the same.
  5. As mentioned previously, I am involved with the Kiosk Manufacturers Association on an informal basis. There are companies making accessible kiosk and it is a significant point of emphasis of the Kiosk Manufacturers Association.
  6. It is significant that the court said that full and equal enjoyment of facilities includes effective communication because now effective communication becomes a statutory requirement rather than just a regulatory requirement. That distinction can sometimes be important when it comes to being able to claim a cause of action as not every final regulation can automatically serve as the basis for a cause of action.
  7. While discomfort, difficulty, or embarrassment was not required in this case, a blind individual having to go through this would certainly suffer difficulty, discomfort, and embarrassment.
  8. Interesting that the first name on the pleading at the Ninth Circuit is not Vargas but someone else, since Vargas is the subject of the appeal
  9. One wonders why Lab Corporation litigated all this because my understanding is that fixing the situation with accessible kiosks is not terribly difficult or expensive, especially considering the resources of the defendant, and would certainly be much cheaper than litigating the matter.
Feb 9 Update

LInk to full article — There was an important court order (and a big win for accessibility) from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on February 8, 2024 in the case against LabCorp about check-in kiosks at their medical labs.

The case was filed by the American Council of the Blind (ACB) because the check-in kiosks were not accessible to blind patients.Lawyers representing the ACB are Matt Handley of Handley Farah & Anderson and Benjamin Sweet of Nye, Stirling, Hale, Miller & Sweet LLP

The court ruled that the case can proceed as a national class action for possible injunctive relief (fixing the problem) and as a California class action (for possible money damages to blind people in California who had experienced the inaccessible kiosks). LabCorp had appealed a lower court order arguing that the lawsuit should not be a class action.

Read the June 28 2022 Update below for more information about the lower court’s class certification order.

The case will now continue in the lower court to determine if there is in fact a legal violation and if so, what LabCorp must do to remedy the violation. The Ninth Circuit’s opinion saying this case can proceed as a class action for money damages in California means that LabCorp may have to pay a significant amount of money to blind California patients in addition to making the kiosks accessible.

The Ninth Circuit Opinion in this case is “unpublished” which means it is not binding on other federal courts in the Ninth Circuit like published opinions are. (The Ninth Circuit covers California, Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and the Northern Mariana Islands.) Still, it can be cited in other cases, and should serve as a serious wakeup call to any kiosk providers who have not yet considered whether disabled people can use their kiosks.

Read the Ninth Circuit’s Unpublished Opinion in the LabCorp case. [Ignore the first page at this link. Opinion starts on page 2.]

HIMSS 2024 Kiosk Industry – Feb Press Release

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HIMSS 2024 Kiosks, Telehealth, AI and Accessibility

WESTMINSTER, Colo., Feb. 12, 2024 (APnews link) — The Kiosk Association’s mission is to inform and educate on self-service. Membership is open to all companies across the world. If you follow accessibility guidelines and encourage ADA and would like to be recognized, contact us at [email protected]. — Here is our post on PRNewswire.

This month it is healthcare and HIMSS 2024. See our HIMSS booth. We are in 2189 (right across from Epic and not far from Oracle). We’ll have 7 demos including Storm Interface, ImageHOLDERs, Vispero JAWS, Dolphin Screen Reader, Entropy (ECS) kiosk, Olea Kiosks, Kiosk Innovations + latest telehealth by RedyRef. HIMSS is March 11-15 in Orlando. Exhibits are Tuesday the 12th thru Thursday the 14th.

You can request a copy of the Advance Regulatory Guidelines here. You may want to allocate budget for retrofits…

Featured: Elevating restaurant finances – in-depth ROI review of three different restaurant kiosk deployments and their return on investment numbers (and dollars) including cost savings, employee costs and income. Also case study from Human Bean on drive thru headset tech from Panasonic.

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Advanced Kiosks News

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Advanced Kiosks Newsletter

  • Advanced Kiosks celebrates Exceptional CPARS rating
  • Partnership and Reseller resources
  • Advanced Kiosks becomes a Gold Sponsor of KMA.Global
  • New 32-Inch Pedestal Kiosk
  • Visitor Management System – Visitor Check in / Check out
  • New Product Alert: AK CityGuide
  • “Ask AK AI”, our new Support Assistant
  • Office Extension impacting organizations
  • More Customer news

View these stories and more in our latest Q4 Newsletter: https://advancedkiosks.com/advanced-kiosks-newsletter

CUSTOMER NEWS

Custom Tribute Solution For Roslyn Cemeteries

In the historic cemeteries of Roslyn, WA, an innovative project is underway, transforming the way they connect with and preserve the legacy of the past. This initiative, a collaboration with Advanced Kiosks (and customized variation of the Tribute Station), integrates cutting-edge kiosk and software technology to create an interactive digital archive. The Roslyn Cemetery kiosk serves as a gateway to the rich histories of individuals resting in these sacred grounds, allowing visitors and families to explore and contribute to a living tapestry of memories.

The kiosk is not only a digital storyteller but also a navigator, guiding users to specific grave sites with ease. By entering a name, visitors can access detailed profiles, complete with photographs and stories, bridging the gap between past and present. This project is a shining example of how technology can enhance connection to history, bringing communities together to celebrate and remember their shared heritage.

Western Ohio Regional Treatment & Habilitation Center

According to its website, The W.O.R.T.H. Center utilizes a cognitive intervention program from the National Institute of Corrections known as Thinking for a Change (TFAC). The program has been researched and shown to be effective with criminal offenders.

​The center reached out to Advanced Kiosks for a secure and convenient solution for their 106 residents to access treatment software. After weighing several options, they opted to go with four Countertop Kiosks loaded with Office Extension Lite, which offers the same features of Office Extension 3.0 in a smaller, more affordable package designed for shorter interactions in low-risk environment.

City Of Fresno, Calif.

A few hundred miles north of Paramount, the City of Fresno’s Economic Opportunities Commission has procured a quantity of seven Office Extension Lite Kiosks in order to connect residents with services. Founded in 1965, Fresno EOC offers services addressing almost all facets of human services and economic development, including preschool education, vocational training, senior citizen hot meal services, and preventative health care.

Using the kiosks, residents can apply for services, contact the organization, view food distribution schedules and more. Additionally, they can do so in a variety of languages by utilizing our Translation feature.

Celebrating Our Customers

We are thrilled to share the latest updates and stories from our valued customers in this month’s newsletter. Our “Customers” page, a vibrant tapestry of success stories and innovative collaborations, has recently been updated with new highlights and in-depth case studies. These updates not only showcase the diverse range of industries and challenges our customers navigate but also highlight the creative and effective solutions we’ve developed together.

These case studies not only reflect the flexibility and adaptability of our products and services but also our commitment to understanding and addressing the unique needs of each client. The stories reveal the impact of our collaborative approach, highlighting how customer feedback and insights lead to innovation and improvement in our offerings.

Whether you are a long-time client or new to our community, these customer highlights and case studies are a testament to what we can achieve together.

City Of Paramount, Calif.

The City of Paramount recently deployed the Office Extension 3.0 solution to improve the delivery of government services.

Using the intuitive Office Extension interface (shown below), residents can apply for and renew business licenses, request public records, and view city job opportunities. They can also pay water bills and parking tickets as well as receive information on rebate programs designed to incentivize the replacement of traditional grass with drought-tolerant landscaping.

Office Extension Impacting Organizations Across Industries

Organizations of all types face a common challenge in today’s economy. In spite of the price of everything from rent and utilities to office supplies and labor on the rise, those organizations need to find ways to provide services without a large capital investment.

One of the ways they are meeting that challenge is with Advanced Kiosks’ Office Extension Software. Office Extension 3.0 is a complete solution of hardware and software which can be configured to a deployer’s needs, allowing them to combine the automation of services and paperwork with the convenience of 24-hour customer access.

Customers can fill out forms, scan documents, look up services, check in to appointments, and print forms and documents as needed, instantly sending those forms and scanned documents to the deploying organization. The solution also provides weekly reports and notifications, Keeping the organization up to speed on its kiosk operations.

Office Extension Software is allowing these and dozens of other organizations to reshape the way they serve their clientele. Whether it’s assisting customers with form filling, scanning documents, checking appointment availability, or printing forms on-demand, Office Extension 3.0 is there to help. This dynamic solution not only enhances the user experience but also aids in information accuracy.

Want to see how Office Extension 3.0 can benefit your organization? Contact us today!

U.S. Kiosk Market Research Report by KMA – Updated 2024

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We begin a series of releasing our kiosk market report that we served as chief analyst.

Below is the Introduction, Chapter One and Chapter Two.  The remaining five chapters will be released each month


Chapter 1: Introduction 1
Study Goals and Objectives 2
Scope of Report 2

Chapter 2: Summary and Highlights 9
Chapter 3: U.S. Self-Service Kiosks: Market Overview 12
History of Self-Service Kiosks 12
Adoption of Kiosks in Non-Traditional Industries 12
Further Popularity of Small-Sized Models 12
Period of Acquisitions, Mergers and Partnerships 13
Future of Self-Service Kiosks 13
Development of Artificial Intelligence-Based Self-Service Kiosks 13
Tablet Kiosks: Future of Self-Service 14
Impact of COVID-19 14
Consumer Perception Towards Touchscreen Kiosks 16
Growth in Demand for Touchless Kiosks 16
Increase in Usage of Mobile Phones for Self-Ordering 17
Regulatory Impacts 17
ADA & Accessibility 17
Access Board Regulations 18
PCI Regulations 19
EMV Regulations 20
HIPPA Regulations 21
FDA Regulations 22
Market Drivers 22

Self-Service Kiosks Enhance Consumer Experience in the QSR and Retail Segments 23
Self-Service Kiosks Increase Revenue and Reduce Operating Costs 23
Growth of Smart City Kiosks 24
Increasing Demand for Contactless Payment 24
Market Restrains 25
Increasing Cyberattacks 25
High Initial Costs 26
Chapter 4: U.S. Self-Service Kiosks Market by Application 28
Introduction 28
Check-In Kiosks 30
Check-Out Kiosks 31
Ticketing Kiosks 32
Self-Ordering Kiosks 33
Financial Services Kiosks 35
Bill Payment Kiosks 36
Digital Signage Kiosks 37
Bitcoin Kiosks 39
Temperature Screening Kiosks 40
Others 41
Chapter 5: U.S. Self-Service Kiosks Market by End-User Industry 44
Introduction 44
Hospitality & Entertainment 46
Financial Services 47
Medical/Healthcare 49
Benefits of Kiosk-Enabled Healthcare System 49
Applications of Self-Service Kiosks for Telemedicine 49
Retail 50
Restaurants & Quick Service Restaurants 52
Travel & Transportation 54
Government 55
Educational Institutions 57
Others 58
Chapter 6: Competitive Landscape 60
Market Share Analysis 60
Strategic Analysis 61
Key Developments 63
Select Insights from Industry Leaders 68
Chapter 7: Company Profiles 70

List of Tables

Here are the updated companies  (120 or so mainly, but then another 600 in our database file)

Olea Kiosks
KioWare Software
Pyramid Computer
Nanonation Software
Vispero ADA
KIOSK Information Systems
Kiosk Group Tablets
22Miles Digital Signage
Intel Kiosk
LG Business Solutions
Peerless-AV Kiosks
Acquire Digital Software
DynaTouch Bill Payment
Panasonic Restaurant Solutions
Ingenico Payment
Star Micronics Printers
Advanced Kiosks
Entropy Cabinet Solutions
Dolphin ADA
Pitney Bowes Service
Kodak Moments
ImageHolders Kiosks
REDYREF Kiosks
10Zig Thin Client
Elotouch Touch Screens
Alpine Kiosk
LG-MRI
POSBANK
Sitekiosk
MIMO Monitors
UCP Unattended Payments
FEC Kiosks – custom kiosks & standard kiosks
Storm Interface
Tech For All
ELATEC RFID
Keyser
Self-Service Networks
Evolis Badge & Card Printers
Verneek AI Assist for Retail
DotInCorp for accessibility and Braille
AAG Consulting
WelcomeWare – virtual receptionist kiosk
Datacap Systems, Inc. — kiosk payment systems and merchant account software
TouchPay Bill Payment Kiosks
Alveni– custom kiosks and software
Insight Touch touchscreens + kiosks
SapientX – conversational AI voice avatar
Kiosk Innovations — custom and standard kiosks of all types
TDS TOUCH Touchscreens
BOCA Systems Ticket & Receipt Printers
Identiv – Identification Systems
Nanoptix – printers gaming & more
Xtreme Power — kiosk UPS & power solutions
Accushield – Health Screening Kiosk
SUZOHAPP – OEM Components + kiosks
Actineon
SelfPay — Since 2009,  Automated Payment Stations
SysTech Displays, Inc. — the Leader in Braille, ATM and Custom Signs

Additional Companies
Esper | Android DevOps Solutions for Dedicated Devices
American Kiosks
TECA – Thermoelectric Air Conditioners
Frank Mayer – Kiosks and Retail Displays
Evolis | badge and card printers solutions
TSItouch
AXIOHM, thermal printing solutions
IDmission | Biometric Security and Authentication
Innovative Technology
Panel Brite Sunlight Readable Displays
Qwick Media Inc.
Intuiface: Next Generation Interactive
OTI Global Card Readers
Lazenby Group UK Kiosk Solutions
Marathon Deployment
Practical Automation – Ticket Printing (closing shop)
EMSAR – On-Site Service & Support
General Touch Co., Ltd.
TEAMSable
Evoke Kiosks
Parabit Systems
OptConnect – Wireless Solutions
TokenWorks – IDWedgePro
AUO
Custom Digital Display | Signage | The Bluefin
Touch Dynamic | All in One Touch Computers
STEGO: Thermal Management
Microcom Corporation
Wells-Gardner Technologies, Inc. – LCDs
IHL Group
Samsung Displays
Lilitab Tablet Kiosks
Goldfinger Monitors
TouchPay Bill Pay Kiosk
Burroughs – Service
TTCE Card Dispensers
Custom Covers, Retail Display Covers, Concessions Covers
Gibco Kiosks
CUSTOM Printers and POS Terminals
KFI CUSTOM PRINTER
Visualplanet
Crane Payment Innovations (CPI)
ARCA – Currency Systems (defunct)
Boyd Sign Systems
ICI Kiosk | 360 Group Holdings
NEXTEP SYSTEMS
MagTek – credit card payment
Agile Foorce – Remote Technologies
Source Technologies
ACF Technologies
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Advantech Computers – also resells kiosks

Here are the original tables which are now out of date (28 total – several withdrew or do very little in kiosk space)

Summary Table: U.S. Self-Service Kiosks Market, by Application, Through 2025 ($ Millions) 10
Table 1 U.S. Self-Service Kiosks Market, by Application, Through 2025 ($ Millions) 29
Table 2 U.S. Self-Service Kiosks Market, by End-User Industry, Through 2025 ($ Millions) 45
Table 3 U.S. Self-Service Kiosks Key Developments Market, 2019 and 2020 63
Table 4 22Miles Inc.: Products and Solutions 71
Table 5 Acquire Digital Inc.: Products and Services 73
Table 6 Acquire Digital Inc.: Recent Developments, 2020 74
Table 7 Alveni LLC: Products and Services 75
Table 8 KioWare: Products and Services 76
Table 9 KioWare: Recent Developments, 2019 77
Table 10 AU Optronics Corp.: Products and Services 78
Table 11 AU Optronics Corp.: Recent Developments, 2019 and 2020 78
Table 12 Burroughs Inc.: Products and Services 80
Table 13 Burroughs Inc.: Recent Developments, 2020 80
Table 14 DynaTouch: Products and Services 81
Table 15 Evoke-Creative: Products and Services 83
Table 16 Evoke-Creative: Recent Developments, 2019 84
Table 17 Frank Mayer and Associates Inc.: Products and Services 85
Table 18 Frank Mayer and Associates Inc.: Recent Developments, 2019 and 2020 86
Table 19 Honeywell International Inc.: Net Revenue, 2017-2019 ($ Millions) 87
Table 20 Honeywell International Inc.: Products and Services 89
Table 21 Honeywell International Inc.: Recent Developments, 2020 89
Table 22 Kiosk Group Inc.: Products and Services 90
Table 23 Kiosk Group Inc.: Recent Developments, 2019 91
Table 24 Kiosk Innovations: Products and Services 92
Table 25 Kiosk Information Systems: Products and Services 93
Table 26 Kiosk Information Systems: Recent Developments, 2019 and 2020 93
Table 27 Lilitab LLC: Products and Services 95
Table 28 Marathon Deployment Inc.: Products and Services 96
Table 29 Mimo Monitors: Products and Services 97
Table 30 Mimo Monitors: Recent Developments, 2020 98
Table 31 Nanonation Inc.: Products and Services 99
Table 32 Nanonation Inc.: Recent Developments, 2020 100
Table 33 Olea Kiosks Inc.: Products and Services 102
Table 34 Olea Kiosks Inc.: Recent Developments, 2019 103
Table 35 Parabit Systems: Products and Services 104
Table 36 Peerless Industries Inc.: Products and Services 105
Table 37 Provisio LLC.: Products and Services 107
Table 38 Pyramid Computer GmbH: Products and Services 108
Table 39 Pyramid Computer GmbH: Recent Developments, 2019 and 2020 109
Table 40 Qwick Media Inc.: Products and Services 110
Table 41 Qwick Media Inc.: Recent Developments, 2019 and 2020 111
Table 42 Self-Service Networks: Products and Services 112
Table 43 Storm Interface: Products and Services 113
Table 44 Storm Interface: Recent Developments, 2019 and 2020 114
Table 45 TEAMSable POS: Products and Services 115
Table 46 TEAMSable POS: Recent Developments, 2019 115
Table 47 Tech For All Inc.: Products and Services 116
Table 48 Vispero: Products and Services 117
Table 49 Zebra Technologies Corp.: Net Revenue, 2017-2019 ($ Millions) 118
Table 50 Zebra Technologies Corp.: Products and Services 120
Table 51 Zebra Technologies Corp.: Recent Developments, 2019 120

List of Figures

Summary Figure: U.S. Self-Service Kiosks Market, by Application, 2019-2025 ($ Millions) 10
Figure 1 U.S. Self-Service Kiosks Market, by Application, 2019-2025 ($ Millions) 29
Figure 2 U.S. Check-In Kiosks Market, 2019-2025 ($ Millions) 31
Figure 3 U.S. Check-Out Kiosks Market, 2019-2025 ($ Millions) 32
Figure 4 U.S. Ticketing Kiosks Market, 2019-2025 ($ Millions) 33
Figure 5 U.S. Self-Ordering Kiosks Market, 2019-2025 ($ Millions) 34
Figure 6 U.S. Financial Services Kiosks Market, 2019-2025 ($ Millions) 36
Figure 7 U.S. Bill Payment Kiosks Market, 2019-2025 ($ Millions) 37
Figure 8 U.S. Digital Signage Kiosks Market, 2019-2025 ($ Millions) 39
Figure 9 U.S. Bitcoin Kiosks Market, 2019-2025 ($ Millions) 40
Figure 10 U.S. Temperature Screening Kiosks Market, 2020 and 2021 ($ Millions) 41
Figure 11 U.S. Other Types of Kiosks Market, 2019-2025 ($ Millions) 42
Figure 12 U.S. Self-Service Kiosks Market, by End-User Industry, 2019-2025 ($ Millions) 45
Figure 13 U.S. Hospitality & Entertainment Kiosks Market, 2019-2025 ($ Millions) 47
Figure 14 U.S. Financial Services Kiosks Market, 2019-2025 ($ Millions) 48
Figure 15 U.S. Medical/Healthcare Kiosks Market, 2019-2025 ($ Millions) 50
Figure 16 U.S. Retail Kiosks Market, 2019-2025 ($ Millions) 52
Figure 17 U.S. Restaurants & Quick Service Restaurants Kiosks Market, 2019-2025 ($ Millions) 54
Figure 18 U.S. Travel & Transportation Kiosks Market, 2019-2025 ($ Millions) 55
Figure 19 U.S. Government Kiosks Market, 2019-2025 ($ Millions) 56
Figure 20 U.S. Educational Institutions Kiosks Market, 2019-2025 ($ Millions) 57
Figure 21 U.S. Other Types of Industry Kiosks Market, 2019-2025 ($ Millions) 58
Figure 22 U.S. Self-Service Kiosks Market Share Analysis, by Company, 2019 (%) 61
Figure 23 U.S. Self-Service Kiosks Market Strategic Share Analysis, 2019 62
Figure 24 Honeywell International Inc.: Revenue Share, by Segment, 2019 (%) 88
Figure 25 Honeywell International Inc.: Sales Share, by Country/Region, 2019 (%) 88
Figure 26 Zebra Technologies Corp.: Revenue Share, by Business Segment, 2019 (%) 119
Figure 27 Zebra Technologies Corp.: Revenue Share, by Region, 2019 (%) 119

Introduction

A self-service kiosk is an interactive device that enables a customer to conduct some sort of transaction or to facilitate a service at their convenience. For example, by using a self-service kiosk a consumer can buy a ticket for a train or bus trip by just going to the device, paying their fare and getting a ticket, all without waiting in line or asking for help. Self-service kiosks are being used more and more at quick-service restaurants, where they can help reduce ordering and waiting time. Kiosks are also very useful for checking in and out of hotels; offices use them to check in their inventories; and airports deploy them to enable consumers to check in to a flight to save the consumers and the airlines time. Prior to kiosk technology being widely adopted, cost-conscious businesses had to choose between slower service with fewer employees of more employees to provide quicker service. Now, kiosks make it possible to both provide quick service and limit the number of employees providing service. Self-service kiosks provide a convenient alternative for consumers to the full-service counter.

The intent of a self-service kiosk is to speed up customer interaction, ensuring a fast and convenient exchange on both sides. Four basic services are normally offered by self-service kiosks: payment options, check-in services, branding/promotion, and product management. Near-field communication (NFC) and other safe payment options are provided by some self-service kiosks, enabling users to purchase a vast range of digital services via an automated system. With self-service kiosks, check-in for hotels and flights can be done very quickly, saving a lot of time compared to other types of check-in. Without any extra effort from the company, branding and marketing are easily done because any ads can be shown on the kiosks for a large number of people to see. Finally, if a product needs to be delivered rapidly, kiosks can do this, handling heavy foot traffic while ensuring accurate service.

In this report, the U.S market for self-service kiosks is segmented based on the application and end-user industry. Based on applications, the self-service kiosks market has been categorized into Check-in Kiosks, Check-out Kiosks, Ticketing Kiosks, Self-ordering kiosks, Financial Services Kiosks, Bill Payment Kiosks, Digital Signage Kiosks, Bitcoin Kiosks, Temperature Screening Kiosks, and Others. Check-in Kiosks accounted for the largest share of the market in 2019. 

Based on the end-user industry, the self-service kiosks market has been segmented into Hospitality & Entertainment, Financial Services, Medical/Healthcare, Retail, Food Service, Travel & Transportation, Government, Education Institutions, and Others.

In this report, ATMs and vending machines are excluded.

Study Goals and Objectives
The goals and objectives of this study are to:

Define the U.S self-service kiosks market.
Analyze the market by application and end-user industry.
Estimate the market revenues for the self-service kiosks market, by application and end-user verticals.
Identify market drivers, restraints and other forces impacting the U.S. self-service kiosks market.
Profile major players and discuss solutions and strategies.
Analyze the current regulations in the self-service kiosk market.

Scope of Report
Focusing on the U.S market, this report provides an extensive analysis of the self-service kiosks market, considering the application and end-user industries. It includes market projections for 2020-2025, segmented by revenue forecasts based on application and end-user industry. The report also encompasses the total revenue of self-service kiosks OEMs, software providers, and service providers to estimate market values.

Furthermore, the report explores the market for self-service kiosks regarding the user base across various end-user industries. It highlights key market trends, challenges, and the vendor landscape. Additionally, it estimates the size of the U.S market for self-service kiosks in 2019 and provides projections for the anticipated market size through 2025.

It is important to note that market projections for 2021 were estimated based on the assumption that the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines would be largely completed by the end of the second quarter of 2021.

Intended Audiences
The report will interest the following audiences:

Technology providers.
Self-service kiosks solution developers.
Display manufacturers.
Tablet kiosk developers.
Academic institutions.
Advertising agencies.
Cloud solution providers.
Software developers.
Research institutions.
Private organizations.
Government agencies.
Independent consultants.
Investors.

Information Sources
The following sources were used to obtain the information required for the study:

Primary sources:
Selected experts from related industries.
Market leaders.

Secondary sources:
Industry publications.
Company websites.
Directories.
Research papers.
White papers.
Databases such as OneSource, Factiva and Bloomberg.
SEC filings.

End User Application

Chapter 2: Summary and Highlights

Self-service kiosks are interactive, intuitive electronic systems used in various domains such as restaurants, healthcare, travel, and retail. They enhance operational efficiency and streamline product and service delivery.
In 2019, the U.S. self-service kiosk market was valued at $2.6 billion, projected to grow at a CAGR of 16.1% to reach $4.4 billion by 2025.
The market is segmented based on applications (check-in kiosks, check-out kiosks, etc.) and end-user industries (retail, healthcare, hospitality, etc.). Check-in kiosks had the largest market share in 2019.
In the retail segment, self-service kiosks are widely used in department stores, grocery stores, and specialty retailers. The need for a multi-channel environment to connect with customers and the proliferation of contactless payments contribute to their growth.
The fastest-growing end-user segment is medical and healthcare, valued at $312.3 million in 2019. Self-service kiosks can be used for various purposes in healthcare, such as appointment check-in, patient identification, and prescription refills.

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Creditcall Kiosk Virtual Terminal With KioskSimple

The Creditcall EMV Virtual Terminal is a convenient way to test your EMV implementation without requiring a physical EMV terminal.

Fortunately, the Creditcall EMV Virtual Terminal is designed to emulate an EMV terminal.  This makes for a quick and affordable way to test EMV contact and contactless NFC payments in your application without purchasing EMV hardware.

In this article we’re going to cover how to use the Creditcall EMV Virtual Terminal with KioskSimple kiosk software.

Step 1: Register for a Creditcall WebMIS Sandbox Account

This article will cover how to use the Creditcall EMV Virtual Terminal with KioskSimple.

The first step is to register for a WebMIS sandbox account (aka test account) with Creditcall.  This will allow you to make test transactions without actually charging your credit card.

Once you’ve completed the registration process you’ll receive an email with your WebMIS Terminal Id and Transaction Key.

Step 2: Install the KioskSimple Creditcall EMV Payment Gateway Plugin

The KioskSimple Creditcall EMV Payment Gateway Plugin allows you to access the Creditcall EMV payment gateway via the KioskSimple EMV JavaScript API.

If you haven’t done so already, download and install the free demo of KioskSimple.

Next run the KioskSimple Configuration Tool and navigate to the PLUGIN STORE.

Install the Creditcall EMV Payment Gateway Plugin.  The configuration tool will restart and some dependencies will be installed.

You should now see a menu option called CARD READERS.  Navigate there and select the Creditcall EMV Payment Gateway Plugin and then press CONFIGURE.

Step 3: Configuring the Creditcall EMV Virtual Terminal

The Creditcall EMV Payment Gateway Plugin comes pre-configured to work with the Creditcall EMV Virtual Terminal.

The only configuration necessary is to enter your WebMIS Terminal Id and Transaction Key under the Transaction Settings tab.  As you can see in the screenshot below, the Terminal ID and Trans ID (Transaction Key) just need to be populated.

We’ve went ahead and included screen shots of the Device Settings and Server Settings tabs for your reference, but you shouldn’t need to change these values in order to use the Creditcall EMV Virtual Terminal.

 

Creditcall EMV Virtual Terminal Transaction Settings. The Terminal ID and Trans ID still need to be populated.

Creditcall EMV Virtual Terminal Device Settings

 

Creditcall EMV Virtual Terminal Server Settings

Step 4: Configuring KioskSimple to Show the Creditcall EMV Virtual Terminal

By default, KioskSimple blocks popup windows and 3rd party applications from running to ensure a smooth user experience at your kiosks or POS.

We’ll want to disable this feature in order to use the Creditcall EMV Virtual Terminal since it’s a 3rd party application.

This can easily be accomplished by changing the setting Enabling Closing Popup Windows to OFF as shown below.

 

Popup blocking disabled in KioskSimple

Now that we’ve configured KioskSimple to not block the Creditcall EMV Virtual Terminal we need an easy way to switch to it while KioskSimple is running.

I prefer to disable the filtering of the Windows hotkey ALT-TAB as shown below, which allows you to easily switch between open applications.

 

Disabling the ALT-TAB hotkey in KioskSimple

Step 5: Launching the Creditcall EMV Virtual Terminal

The Creditcall EMV Virtual Terminal gets installed automatically when you install the Creditcall EMV Payment Gateway Plugin in KioskSimple.

The Creditcall EMV Virtual Terminal is located here…

C:\ProgramData\RedSwimmer\KioskSimple\Plugins\8c43efed-7611-42ec-9942-874798728c88\ChipDNA Virtual PINpad\ChipDNAVirtualPINpad.exe

 

Running the Creditcall EMV Virtual Terminal

Step 6: Running an EMV Test Transaction in KioskSimple

Now you’re ready to test the Creditcall EMV Virtual Terminal with KioskSimple.  The easiest way to do this is to run our Creditcall EMV JavaScript API example.Running a Creditcall EMV test transaction in KioskSimple

Once the example is setup, you can take the following steps to launch KioskSimple and run some EMV test transactions.

  1. Start KioskSimple.
  2. Select “Try the Demo” and then “Test Mode”.
  3. Now you’ll see the EMV JavaScript API website example shown above.  Press “Get Status” and you should see the status of the Creditcall EMV Virtual Terminal.  You can also enter a dollar amount and press “Start Authorization” to begin your transaction then ALT-TAB over to the Creditcall EMV Virtual Terminal.
  4. When you’re done press ESC and any password will work while KioskSimple is unregistered.

Got Questions?

Please contact us and we’ll get you up and running quickly.  We offer free phone and email technical support for all of our code examples.  Try finding that anywhere else in this industry.

We’re dedicated to making your next kiosk or POS project a success and are happy to hold your hand through the hardware integration.

Sneaker Kiosk Vending Contest

MALVERN, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–USA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:USAT) (“USAT”), a payment technology provider of cashless and mobile transactions in self-serve retail, today announced that Sneaker Syndicate, a high-end athletic shoe boutique in Orlando, Florida, has launched a series of self-serve amusement kiosks that allow consumers to win sneakers, which leverage USAT’s ePort Connect® cashless payment systems.

According to AnythingResearch, the amusement arcades market is approaching being a $2 billion industry, and cashless payments represent a huge growth opportunity for the still largely cash-based market. With what we believe to be a low barrier to entry, this is an industry ripe with opportunity. Sneaker Syndicate has deployed USAT’s cashless payment technology on an amusement “Crane Game” as part of a marketing strategy for its retail location. For five dollars, shoppers could test their luck at winning high-end footwear such as Adidas Yeezy Boosts or Nike Air Jordans – sneakers that range in value between $300 and $2,000.

[Here is separate writeup on game site with pictures]

One month after installing USAT’s state-of-the-art ePort Connect cashless payment systems onto a small number of the store’s amusement machines, sales nearly doubled, with cashless transactions accounting for about 45 percent of the machines’ intake. Given the positive results, the company now plans to expand its business over the next two years with additional machines at a variety of East Coast locations.

“Because of USA Technologies, we are developing franchise agreements with companies across the East Coast for our popular high-end shoe amusement machines,” said Stewart Bryant, owner, Sneaker Syndicate. “The ability to easily accept payments using the ePort platform has made a critical difference for us. This technology has opened the door to a new world of amusement and vending games.”

Implementing ePort Connect on its kiosks has given Sneaker Syndicate the ability to track the acceptance of cash, credit/debit cards, NFC and mobile wallet payments such as Apple, Android and Samsung Pay. The connected nature of the devices also gives the growing company critical remote access to sales and payout data for all of its machine locations.

“The opportunity for the unattended retail market is greater than ever. In the amusement and gaming industry, going cashless not only enables more payment options, and increased revenue potential, but also allows for the sale of game credits. Additionally, the MORE loyalty program facilitates repeated sales of games,” says Maeve Duska, senior vice president of Sales and Marketing, USA Technologies. “More and more consumers are also going cashless simply recognizing that the convenience of paying with their mobile wallet is as simple as tap and go.”

Useful Links:
USA Technologies:
USA Technologies: https://usatech.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/usa_tech
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/USATechnologies
Resource Center: https://usatech.com/resource-center/the-benefits

Sneaker Syndicate:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sneakersyndicate

Sales and Partnership Inquiries:
Please contact USA Technologies, Inc. at +1 800.633.0340 or [email protected].

 

Ticketing Kiosks by REDYREF

Kiosk RedyRef

Ticketing Kiosks REDYREF

Reference link on REDYREF. For more information contact [email protected] or contact REDYREF direct. REDYREF has several kiosks that are excellent for ticketing, especially the newest version of the Skyline, including a smaller 22″ version. The Glydways (pictured above)is the larger, 43″ version of the same kiosk. Bazooka is great, too.

BENEFITS OF TICKET KIOSKS

Self-ticketing kiosks can increase sales and revenue while improving guest satisfaction. They help manage foot traffic, and reduce labor costs while enhancing user experience.

– Versatile: Can be used in both indoor and outdoor venues

– Convenient: Gives consumers 24/7 access to a product or service

– Fast: No waiting at will-call to pick up tickets or waiting for an available agent to be free to process an order

– Cost-effective: Reduce staffing needs and other similar expenses / overhead

– Increased revenue: Greater opportunities for hands-off upselling / cross-selling of products and services via incremental sales

HOW TICKET KIOSKS WORK

Digital ticket kiosks integrate specialized components into an indoor or outdoor touchscreen kiosk. Consumers can pay for and print tickets of almost any kind utilizing customized ticketing software. Components can include:

– Keypad
– Credit card reader
NFC / RFID payment processing
– Signature pad
– Receipt printer
– Cash and coin collector / dispenser
– Headphone jack

WHAT INDUSTRIES USE TICKETING KIOSKS?

Indoor and outdoor self-service ticket kiosks are used all around the world by a wide variety of industries. Some of these include:

– Regional transportation authorities (buses, trains, subways)

– Airlines / airports

– Concert, entertainment and sports venues (including theaters, cinemas and stadiums)

– Amusement parks

– Banking / financial

– Parking facilities (lots and garages)

 


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EMV Kiosk – On Track Innovations Receives Interac Certification for Canadian Market

ATM Security & KABA Locks

Originally published on https://www.otiglobal.com/pr-news-events/on-track-innovations-receives-interac-certification-for-canadian-market/

ROSH PINNA, Israel – October 30th, 2018 — On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI) (NASDAQ: OTIV), a global provider of near field communication (NFC) and cashless payment solutions, has received a renewed Interbank Network Interac certification, which now allows Canadian businesses to integrate OTI’s secure cashless payment solutions into vending machines, kiosks and other unattended devices throughout Canada.

Interac Corp. operates an economical, world-class debit payments system with broad-based acceptance, reliability, security, and efficiency. The organization is one of Canada’s leading payments brands and is chosen an average of 16 million times daily to pay and exchange money.

“We are pleased to announce that we have received the Interac certification, reaffirming our commitment to remain at the forefront of innovation within the exciting Canadian unattended payment market,” said Shlomi Cohen, CEO of OTI. “Canada has over 59,000 automated teller machines and over 450,000 merchant locations accessible through the Interac network, making this certification essential to doing business in Canada. I look forward to addressing this significant market opportunity by leveraging our continued technological advantage and aggressive new sales efforts nationwide,” concluded Cohen.

About OTI

On Track Innovations (OTI) is a global leader in the design, manufacture, and sale of secure cashless payment solutions using contactless NFC technology. OTI’s field-proven innovations have been deployed around the world to address cashless payment and management requirements for the Internet of Payment Things (IoPT), wearables, automated retail, and petroleum markets. OTI distributes and supports its solutions through a global network of regional offices and alliances. OTI is the proud recipient of the 2017 AI Award for Best Cashless Payment Solutions Provider – Israel. For more information, visit www.otiglobal.com.

 

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Investor Relations Contact:

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    SlabbKiosks & Ingenico provide EMV unattended payment

    SlabbKiosksLas Vegas, March 29, 2016 – SlabbKiosks, a leader in self-service technology, announced today that it has partnered with Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payment, to bring secure, EMV-enabled unattended payment devices to the market. SlabbKiosks, well known for its customized kiosk solutions, will utilize Ingenico Group’s unattended payment solutions, and become a member of the company’s Unattended Partner Program.

    According to Mike Masone, Sales Director at SlabbKiosks, “Ingenico Group’s iSelf series represents a departure from typical payment devices. The solutions were designed from the ingenico kioskground up for unattended environments, and Ingenico Group provides unparalleled support, by making in-house engineering and support personnel available to our customers. These customers are spread across many verticals but their needs remain the same – to have simple and secure payment applications developed for their unattended applications.”

    Ingenico Group’s Unattended Partner Program will allow SlabbKiosks to provide secure, EMV- and NFC-enabled unattended self-service payment solutions via its various kiosk models and customized hardware solutions. The Program was designed to facilitate integration among partners allowing them to offer turnkey unattended solutions for a wide variety of uses with secure EMV and NFC payment acceptance built in.

    Bruce Rasmussen, Director of Strategic Verticals for Ingenico added, “We’re seeing high demand for unattended payment solutions. Companies such as SlabbKiosks want to protect their customers from post-EMV deadline fraud liability, while enabling consumers to pay using the latest payment methods, including Apple Pay and Android Pay. We’re looking forward to working closely with SlabbKiosks to bring its new turnkey solutions to market.”

    About SLABBKIOSKS

    SlabbKiosks is a leading international manufacturer and distributor of cost effective, interactive kiosks. The company has installed and customized interactive kiosks for thousands of clients in over 150 countries and distinguishes itself from the competition by offering the latest in technological advancements including the wireless kiosk, while utilizing high quality components with designs that facilitate quick and efficient maintenance of their units.

    Additional information can be found at:

    http://www.slabbkiosks.com

    For further press information about this release, please contact:

    Kisha Wilson (Marketing Manager)
    SlabbKiosks

    Tel: 702-605-4845
    Email: [email protected]

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    NRF Kiosks – Ingenico and Pyramid announcement

    Press Release: Ingenico and Pyramid announcement

    Paris, Thursday 10 January 2019

    Ingenico and Pyramid blend their expertise to distribute the ultimate connected kiosk Ingenico Group (Euronext: FR0000125346 – ING), the global leader in seamless payment, and Pyramid, leading integrator and kiosk solution provider, today announced their partnership for the distribution of Think&Go connected kiosks. These combine Ingenico’s expertise in secure payment acceptance and Pyramid’s know-how in kiosk design.

    Connected objects have followed an exponential growth over the past few years worldwide and multiplied potential interactions between consumers and brands. Connected screens, especially, bring along new opportunities for retailers. DOOH displays featuring contactless payment acceptance, they form a new sales channel – screen commerce, which complements businesses’ traditional online, mobile and in-store operations.

    Present in the street, in public places or in-store, connected screens contribute to the digitalization of the physical world and create a ubiquitous shopping experience. These can serve as points of sale prompting impulse purchases, as well as interactive digital signage supporting loyalty programmes and electronic coupon schemes, to increase footfall in-store.

    Ingenico and Pyramid have joined forces to produce the ultimate connected kiosk, suitable for large-scale roll-outs, offering a seamless consumer experience, and addressing numerous retail use cases and verticals.

    How does it work? This Think&Go solution builds on a Pyramid touchscreen and an inner layer of Ingenico readers integrated behind the touch panel. The screen, therefore, supports interactions or transactions made with all NFC devices consumers have at hand nowadays, including NFC bank cards, smartphones, travel cards, ID cards, loyalty cards. One of the kiosk’s distinctive features is the capacity to offer several amounts and several products simultaneously. It only takes a single tap of an NFC bank card or wallet on the selected product zone to complete a purchase.

    Given the NFC payment limit in many countries, this Think&Go kiosk is particularly suited to quick-serving restaurants (QSR) and cinemas, for self-ordering and booking purposes. However, it can be tailored to all sorts ofretail needs and verticals, using its software development kit (SDK). Ingenico and Pyramid will demonstrate some of these use cases – including loyalty programme enrolment, lottery ticket sale and e-coupon schemes – at NRF on their respective booth (Ingenico booth 2137, Pyramid 4545).

    ‘We are pleased with this very fruitful partnership with Pyramid. Their superb and truly seamless integration of our NFC payment acceptance technology into their interactive kiosks is a first. This bodes well for the development of payment acceptance across existing screen estates.’ said Michel Léger, EVP Innovation at Ingenico Group. ‘We take pride in enabling Pyramid to enhance their product offer with a connected kiosk that creates new consumer experiences and helps retailers grow their business.’

    ‘With its track record in integrating payment into IoT, Ingenico was a natural partner for Pyramid.’ said Patrick Hagemeister, International Account Director at Pyramid. ‘We were excited to discover how simple it
    was to add NFC payment acceptance to our screens, with the Think&Go solution developed by Ingenico. And we are looking forward to serving many industries together.’

     

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    Bitcoin ATM Kiosk Patent News – Bitcoin Capital Group Claim

    Bitcoin ATM aka Bitcoin Kiosk

    Bitcoin Capital Group Claims Bitcoin Kiosk Patent

    Editor Notes: Kiosk Industry monitors patent suits and will be monitoring this one regarding Bitcoin Kiosk patent. Noted on Yahoo news 8/1/2019

    TEL AVIV, ISRAEL / ACCESSWIRE / August 1, 2019 / FIRST BITCOIN CAPITAL CORP (OTC PINK:BITCF) (“the Company”) a prolific generator of more than 100 unique cryptocurrencies and the developer of blockchain powered technology is proud to announce today that it has acquired http://legacy-assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/q?db=pat&reel=049886&frame=0552 U.S. Patent No. 9,135,787 – “Bitcoin Kiosk / ATM Device and System Integrating Enrollment Protocol and Method of Using the Same.” Known as the “Bitcoin ATM patent” this patent is related to the purchase and sale of cryptocurrencies utilizing a Bitcoin ATM or kiosk that allows customers to purchase Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies by using cash, debit or credit cards.

    Bitcoin ATMs do not require their users to have bank accounts, so customers can simply pay and instantly buy or sell Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies.

    Greg Rubin, Company’s Chief Executive Officer stated, “Being the first ever publicly traded company in the Bitcoin and Blockchain industry, we now have acquired one of the most important intellectual properties in this space, as we believe that this patent will provide us a unique and leveraged position, in addition to our other projects as we continue moving forward into the digital asset and cryptocurrency businesses. This patent complements our innovation in the field.”

    According to Coin ATM Radar, there are more than 3,000 Bitcoin ATMs in the United States as of July, 2019, with average daily 3.7 Bitcoin ATM installations in the US.

    https://coinatmradar.com/charts/growth/united-states/

    All Bitcoin ATMs and Kiosks manufactured and sold in the U.S., and all Bitcoin ATMs and Kiosks operated in the U.S. are believed to be subject to this patent and the company intends to enforce its right upon acquisition of same.

    The Company has already begun negotiations with a major law firm that has a very successful track record in enforcing patent rights when working on a contingency basis.

    U.S. Bitcoin ATMs represent 13.5 percent of all venues transacting in the digital currency worldwide, according to research by Larry Cermak, head of analysis at The Block.

    It is expected that this number of Bitcoin ATMs will continue to rise in the near future with more and more people discovering bitcoin as a payment method and store of value.

    First Bitcoin will develop strategies for structuring and implementation of an IP management plan. A business plan prepared by a third party foresees the owner of this unique Bitcoin patent earning more than 50 million dollars in profits over a 5 years period.

    The acquisition of the Bitcoin ATM Patent was arranged through the facilities of IPOfferings LLC, a leading patent brokerage, patent valuation and IP consulting services firm.”

    Related Bitcoin Kiosk News

    KeyMe Rolls Out Next Generation Kiosks with New Functionality

    KeyMe, the rapidly growing NYC based company that is revolutionizing the locksmith industry, today announced that the company’s new retail kiosks are going to be deployed in over 100 locations across the U.S. before the end of the year, including over 20 locations in the metro NYC area beginning in November. 

    Source: www.twice.com

    The new kiosks will be able to copy car keys, both with transponder chips and those without. This is an industry game-changer as this is the first time car keys have ever been able to be copied at a self-service kiosk


    These next generation kiosks are also integrated with the popular and free KeyMe mobile app, creating a seamless multi-platform experience – keys can be saved, accessed and then printed at the kiosks or via mail.  The KeyMe iOS mobile app has hundreds of thousands of customers storing their keys and a new Android app is set to be released in November.

    Redbox kiosk Outerwall doubles down on automated technology

    Redbox Kiosk Turns Phone Into Cash

    If you’ve ever dumped a jar of pennies into a Coinstar machine or rented a DVD from RedBox, then you’ve helped Bellevue-based Outerwall become a pioneer in automated kiosk technologies.  See on www.king5.com

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    by RENAY SAN MIGUEL / KING 5 News

    Posted on March 31, 2014 at 7:56 PM

    Updated Tuesday, Apr 1 at 3:07 PM

    It’s new technology that appraises your old technology.

    Outerwall’s ecoATM kiosks offer automated recycling of smartphones, tablets and MP3 players. Yet it also gives the Bellevue-based company – parent of the Redbox and Coinstar product lines – a chance to jump-start its revenue growth.

    It hopes to do that with kiosks that can evaluate a wide range of devices, determine if they’re in working order, and can tell if they’re stolen. If the device is accepted, the machine immediately pays cash; a working iPhone can net its former owner $185 on the spot.

    “It’s one of those businesses that makes sense from a business perspective, from a shared value perspective, but also it’s one that works well for the environment,” said Outerwall CEO Scott Di Valerio.

    The company thinks the $15 billion-a-year electronics recycling market can work well for its bottom line. Outerwall made $2.3 billion in 2013, but Di Valerio admits that revenue growth from DVD rentals and automated coin exchanges is slowing down. Last year the company exited three underperforming food-based kiosk business and laid off more than 200 employees, but it also decided to continue its investment in newer product lines like ecoATM.

    Right now Outerwall has 900 ecoATMs throughout the country, mostly in malls, but will add many more this year.

    This opportunity also pits Outerwall against other companies that recycle electronic devices, such as phone providers like Apple and AT&T, retail chains including Best Buy and websites that specialize in e-waste recycling. Why should consumers choose an ecoATM?

    “Some of those other places, you either get credit or you have to sign up for a long-term contract,” Di Valerio said. “Or you have to send your phone in with an estimated price and then you get cash back later at a different price point. So this is really about understanding what my phone is worth today.”

    Redbox Instant, Outerwall’s streaming video business that is a partnership with Verizon, has its own big-name competition – namely Amazon and Netflix, and their digitally-delivered movies, TV shows and original content. Yet DiValerio insists that Outerwall is committed to making Redbox Instant a success.

    DiValerio likens the Redbox/Redbox Instant synergy to what customers used to experience when they walked into video stores like Blockbuster (which Redbox has outlived).

    “You used to walk around the outside walls because that’s where all the new releases were,” he said. That’s Redbox, and Redbox Instant is the center of the store. It’s all the great historical content, and some of the more unique stuff. So we have the best of both worlds.”

    That also means no original content.

    “We really are focused on movies and movie content, as opposed to maybe our competitors, which have focused a little bit in different areas than that.”

    Another new Outerwall product line that’s in the testing phase is Coinstar Exchange, which will pay cash for unused gift cards. Like Redbox Instant, it’s a chance to put a twist on an Outerwall core business. It helps evolve the 23-year-old Coinstar brand, which is vital since Outerwall’s business model involves sharing revenue from its kiosks with its retail location partners.

    “We process about $3 billion a year in coins through our Coinstar machines, and more than 50 percent of that is spent in the store in which it’s processed,” Di Valerio said.

    Link on wayback machine

    Inclusive Kiosks – McDonalds Kiosks Incorporating Vispero

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    Updated – McDonald’s Kiosks Adds Accessibility

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    More information on McDonalds incorporating screen reader software from Vispero.

    JAWS Kiosk will allow blind and low vision users the ability to interact with a self order kiosk by inserting headphones into the headphone jack, located on the navigation pad, which will then navigate the kiosk screen, reading the content as they move through the application.

    “McDonald’s prides itself on fostering an inclusive restaurant experience for all,” said Kelsey Hall, Senior Manager of Global Digital Accessibility at McDonald’s. “This inclusive kiosk solution ensures blind and low vision customers can independently order their McDonald’s favorites for themselves, their families, and their friends.”

    McDonald’s is in the process of deploying this solution to corporate-owned stores and select franchise locations across the US.

    Initial deployments are in Illinois.


    From Mashed Sep 2021

    It’s good to see accessibility options for users who are blind and/or have low vision being integrated in self-order kiosks at McDonalds.

    In Brief

    • For those who are blind or those who have low vision, current kiosks are not accessible
    • Tested on corporate stores and now moving to franchisees
    • Headphone jack on POS terminal used

    Excerpt:

    Those who wanted to skip the line to order at the register at McDonald’s were likely pleased when the self-order kiosks first arrived in 2018 (via Forbes). Yet, the kiosks were not well suited to all customers. According to QSR Web, McDonald’s is finally incorporating new kiosks with some new technology. For those who are blind or those who have low vision, the original kiosks were not accessible. However, the massive chain has had time to study how people interact with the kiosks and is now ready to implement new, more inclusive ones.

    To make this happen, McDonald’s plans to incorporate assistive technology created by Vispero into the new kiosks. The new systems have already been tested in select locations within the United States that were owned by corporate. Now, the kiosks are also being used at franchise locations. So, it will likely be sooner rather than later before everyone encounters the new style of self-order kiosks.

    Read More: https://www.mashed.com/599743/mcdonalds-just-made-its-self-order-kiosks-even-more-inclusive/


    ll company-owned restaurants to offer screen-reader on their kiosks by 2022

    More information

    • Mounting new keypads and headphone jacks to the touch-screen kiosks it introduced in 2015.
    • Blind users can connect their headphones to the system and browse the digital menu using screen-reader technology and tactile arrow buttons, adding items to their basket by pressing a central button.
    • McDonald’s said its existing self-service kiosks were rolled out in compliance with accessibility laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act.
    • NFB raised its concerns with McDonald’s in 2019.
    • The technology will be added to all existing kiosks in company-owned restaurants in California, and 25% of existing kiosks in other U.S. states.
    • McDonald’s operates 5% of 14,000 U.S. restaurants
    • Long term (july 2022) new kiosks installed in any restaurants will include the accessibility function

    Excerpt

    The NFB raised its concerns with McDonald’s in 2019. The organizations worked together to create and test the new system, which employs existing technology developed by TPGi, an accessibility software provider and consulting firm owned by Vispero, and Storm Interface, which develops assistive hardware and trades as Keymat Technology Ltd.

    The results of the collaboration are arriving as an increasing number of lawsuits over accessibility are being filed. Between January and June of this year, just over 6,300 suits were filed in federal court alleging violations of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in public spaces and commercial facilities, according to the Chicago-based law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP. The firm expects the number of those suits to exceed 12,000 this year, which would be the most since it began tracking them in 2013.

    From UK and McDonalds — Dirty Touchscreens UK McDonalds – Verdict — Not So Dirty

    Editors Note: We originally reported this on November 28 and continued to monitor this story from the UK to see how it developed. It originated on the tabloid website — https://metro.co.uk/ which generally publishes things that only some people on Facebook are looking to believe.

    The article below came out on a tabloid and it certainly bears a closer inspection before taking it at face value.

    See the subsequent No The Screens are not contaminated article on Washington Post. Thank you Washington Post!

    Then there is Science Alert.

    Not that screens don’t need to be cleaned. They do. And they are treated with antimicrobial treatments to ensure they stay as clean as possible.

    Editors Note: It is amazing to us the number of top-tier,  presumably news organizations that felt compelled to excerpt a tabloid site and push it out to the masses though.  Maybe our current President is correct in some fashion here. They need to revisit their ethics. Being first and being the most extreme in delivery can reverse the criminal act here in our opinion.  I don’t eat at McDonalds but I do read the news.  I’d rather not read tabloids or a rehash of one.

    Sad to see kiosk niche sites propagate this with no restraint.  Are they working for the self-service industry or for a buck?  Appears to be a buck…


    Excerpt:  “Poo found on every McDonald’s touch screen tested.”

    So says a tabloid headline that conjures an image of stool smeared on McDonald’s self-order touch screens ― you know, those giant screens that people touch just before they eat their cheeseburgers.

    But the reality is far more mundane, not the public health pandemonium this headline suggests.

    No, there is no poop on McDonald’s touch screens. There are, however, bacteria — a lot of them. These are the same bacteria that live in people’s gut, intestines, nose, skin, mouth, throat and, yes, stool. Some live in soil and water. The article with the aforementioned headline lists the harmful bacteria that were found on the touch screens of several McDonald’s restaurants in the London area. It notes the infections and diseases people could get from them.

    Also — The McDonalds order kiosk manufacturers in the US, Canada and Rest of World are using a special hardened AntiGrafitti powder coating which is resistant against aggressive, disinfecting cleaning substances. It is unknown what kind of surface treatment is used or done by the UK manufacturer.

    Maintenance and design are critical steps and even more critical when it is a multi-national deployment that involves multiple providers in the supply chain.  We would estimate as high as 7-10 kiosk manufacturers involved across the world. This incident is just some restaurants in the UK.

    Here is our page on Antibacterial for reference and also see our recent post on Clean Kiosks.

    These strains of bacteria are not “an active threat to human health but something to be monitored,” one of the study’s authors said in a statement.

    Additional excerpt: Matewele said he did not intend to place any blame on the fast-food giant and only wanted to raise awareness, especially among people who consume food at restaurants or other public places.

    “If people know about it, they can do something. … They can probably take something like an anti-bacterial cleanser,” Matewele said.

    In a statement, McDonald’s said: “Our self-order screens are cleaned frequently throughout the day with a sanitizer solution. All of our restaurants also provide facilities for customers to wash their hands before eating.”

     


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    Traces of feces have been found on every single McDonald’s touchscreen swabbed in an investigation by metro.co.uk. Samples were taken from the new machines that have been rolled out at restaurants across the country – every one of them had coliforms.

    Metro.co.uk’s study with the university’s school of human sciences involved swabs taken from eight McDonald’s restaurants. Six in London and two in Birmingham.

    A McDonald’s spokesman said: ‘Our self-order screens are cleaned frequently throughout the day. All of our restaurants also provide facilities for customers to wash their hands before eating.’

    Full tabloid article with pictures

    More on McDonalds Kiosk Self-Order

    Craig is a  senior staff writer for Kiosk Industry Group Association. He has 25 years of experience in the industry. He contributed to this article.

    McDonalds Kiosks are no labor savior – Employees increase

    Blog: Despite some reports, McDonald’s not cutting labor by adding touchscreen kiosks

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    McDonalds Restaurant Kiosk Switzerland

    Source: www.nrn.com

    Point of view on what self-order kiosks at McDonalds in fact portend, require and generally mean. And its not replacing people.

    Excerpt:

    McDonald’s is promising kiosks in most of its 14,000 locations by 2020, through its Experience of the Future, beginning with thousands of stores across the country this year.

    Earlier this week, CNBC said that, “Wall Street cheers replacement of cashiers with kiosks.”

    The blog ZeroHedge then proclaimed that, “McDonald’s is replacing 2,500 human cashiers with digital kiosks.”

    Too bad it’s not true.

    McDonald’s, contrary to popular belief, is not saving on labor by rolling out those kiosks. Rather than any mass layoffs of cashiers, those workers will be reassigned to other tasks in the restaurants, according to several people associated with the company. And a McDonald’s spokeswoman confirmed this to Business Insider.

    Kiosks, in fact, are not a labor saver, certainly not now, and certainly not inside a fast-food chain that gets more than two-thirds of its business from the human managed drive thru.

    Plenty of reasons exist for chains to use kiosks, notably in that they enable customers to more carefully consider their order. That reduces mistakes, and customers order more. They also enable companies to handle more orders during busy times, improving efficiency.

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    October 2021

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    September 2021

    • Healthcare Kiosk Case Study
    • Kiosk Supply Chain – China in NY Times news. This is a fact. Many factories have been notified that in the next 3 months, they can only supply power for half of the time; This will inevitably affect the production and supply, and further increase the price of the product.
    • Banking Kiosk — Keba releases D10 new model for financial services kiosks for banks
    • Voter Registration Kiosks — Alabama – The kiosks will be on the campuses for Auburn University at Montgomery, Faulkner University, Troy University at Montgomery, Huntingdon College, Trenholm State and Alabama State University. With one machine accessible on each campus, some of the universities are including voter registration education into their curriculums.  Also Voter Registration kiosk in DeKalb County.
    • Amazon Palm Ticketing – Starting Tuesday, concertgoers at Red Rocks can sign up to connect their palm to a ticketing account by hovering their hand over a device. An Amazon account is not needed to use it.
    • Toshiba Introduces New Kiosk — Countertop and not very attractive. Apparently just a hardware enclosure. No specification provided.
    • Appetize Acquired — Appetize, a digital and mobile commerce payments platform for enterprises such as sports and entertainment venues, theme parks and zoos. SpotOn is paying $415 million in cash and stock for the Los Angeles-based company.
    • Biometric Kiosks For Airlines — In July and August alone, over 568,000 customers used the kiosks so they could skip queuing at the counter, breeze through the airport and proceed directly to immigration.
    • New DMV License Renewal Kiosks — Since 2019, over 500,000 vehicle registrations have been renewed at participating locations across Georgia. Similar to an ATM, the tag renewal kiosks allow residents to renew their automobile registrations in as little as two minutes.
    • PharmaSmart kiosks added to U.S. Validated Device Listing — PharmaSmart’s kiosks offer measurement of blood pressure, weight and BMI, as well as a glucose meter and loyalty app integration. It also offers media and healthcare sponsorship programs.
    • Eyeglass Kiosks Going Into Hy-Vee — Hy-Vee Inc. has teamed with online retailer Pair Eyewear to roll out in-store Pair Eyewear kiosks at select Hy-Vee stores across the company’s eight-state Midwestern footprint. The first of these kiosk will be at the new Grimes, Iowa, Hy-Vee, which officially opens on Sept. 14.

    August 2021

    • All this drive thru technology news. So what about scanning car licenses. Great look at systems that do that.
    • Quiznos is testing bitcoin payment — Quiznos announced earlier this month that the sandwich chain is partnering with digital asset marketplace, Bakkt to launch a pilot test that would allow customers to pay for their toasty subs in bitcoin. The pilot will be available at first in select locations across the Denver metropolitan area.
    • Will Vaccine Passport Kiosks Catch On As A Common Tool For Safe Access To Venues?
    • QR Codes go mainstream (hackers start exploiting them) — link
    • Payment Methods Added for AMC Movie Tickets – coming soon is Bitcoin and also Google Pay and Apple Pay — link to article
    • Smart Lockers Benefits and Features Writeup from Retailsystems.org (GRUBBRR and FMA blogpitch)
    • Sports Betting Kiosks — D.C. Lottery players now have another option when choosing to place sports bets. They can visit one of four sports bars in the District and use a self-service kiosk
    • Olmsted County (MN) Information Kiosk – Using the kiosks, residents can get help accessing services provided by Olmsted County’s Health, Housing, and Human Services teams. – video
    • Cannabis Kiosk News – announcement of Alt36 offering merchant account for dispensaries as kiosk solution

    July 2021

    • DMV Kiosk News — North Dakota adds 44 new kiosks. Use case = With these kiosk upgrades, drivers can now renew a license, request a replacement license or ID card, schedule a road test, pay a reinstatement fee, change their address, and edit donor registry information. They can also check the status of their license, driving record, CDL medical card and validate their date of birth. Individuals are not able to get their initial REAL ID via a kiosk but would be able to renew at one.
    • Lottery Terminals and Cashless Vending Trend — IGT extends contract with Washington State Lottery to provide nextgen “cashless” stations. Debit cards allowed only.
    • Rumored News — Jeremy Brooks, the Chief Marketing Office for GRUBBRR, leaves GRUBBR.  DSE has decided to dust off David Drain and have him manage the DSE resurrection. Not sure how that will revolutionize DSE.  Meanwhile we hear of severe shortages of Elo touchmonitors.  Not verified but people are certainly looking.
    • Outdoor EMV Liability Shift Increasing — A CMSPI analysis found that chargebacks have tripled since January 2021. “If you look at January as the baseline month, May is almost triple of what January was in terms of overall chargebacks. There was a pretty substantial increase of about 50 percent in April, and that really ballooned in May,” Pynn said, explaining that chargebacks are often delayed because it takes some time for the consumer to realize the fraud and file a report. “The feedback loop takes some time.”
    • The California attorney general’s office started enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) on July 1, 2020. Does your app or website collect data?
    • Minnesota Grows Number of Legal Kiosks — hard to say if these “kiosks” which are really just computer workstations utilize any secure browser or lockdrown browser solution. One would hope they do.
    • Bitcoin ATM — Circle K Going All In on Bitcoin ATMs — The crypto kiosk company plans to hit “thousands” of locations with 700 units already installed.
    • TV Commercial for Coinflip on the airwaves – Neil Patrick Harris – So Flippin’ Easy
    • What Is Digital Kiosk Advertising In 2021? — In 2017, in a Bouncepad survey of 1,000 consumers, 61% of them stated they preferred self-service tools instead of finding a store assistant. Kiosk use has grown and so has the demand. Market Analysis Report estimated that kiosk growth will increase by 6.1% from 2021 through 2028.
    • AUO Revenues Hit Alltime High – Displays and Touchscreens
    • Nice video on healthcare check-in units by Pyramid. I wish I spoke German
    • Ransomware Attack on Ticketing Kiosks — Over 600 touchscreen ticket machines have been disrupted by a ransomware attack just two months after they were installed at stations across the north of England.
    • Houston Airport Kiosks by JCDecaux — The new, more accessible kiosks — installed by JCDecaux the at both airports — feature oversized touchscreens that are more responsive to the touch and easy to use and read. The screen display can be lowered to ensure it is ADA compliant. ViaDirect 3D map software helps passengers find directions to boarding gates by entering their flight information or scanning their boarding pass in the updated search function. The kiosks take that information and display a 3D map that will show the quickest and most efficient route to the departing gate.
    • Smart Vending Kiosk for Tea, Coffee and Soup — In a bid to bring a change in tea consumption pattern in India, startup venture Cherise India Private Limited has unveiled their IoT & Android-based tea vending machines that have their own proprietary Cherise IoT dashboard and app for monitoring the operations.
    • Norway’s largest theme part chooses point-of-sale and self-service solutions. Hospitality, Elotouch and Leisure.
    • New Gesture Touchless Solution — The UK kiosk firm imageHOLDERS has launched what it calls its first touchless kiosk, using Ultraleap’s hand tracking camera and software to capture the movement of hands and fingers working in front of a screen, but not touching it.
    • Visitor Check-In Kiosk for Healthcare – Vendormate Kiosk for expanded visitor management pitch
    • GRUBBRR puts up Samsung pitch sheet — Welcome to the Future of Self-Ordering Kiosks is the tagline
    • Scan and Ship —  Sam’s Club announced it is testing a new app-based feature, Scan & Ship, that allows people to use a smartphone to buy items in the club and send purchases directly to the home.
    • BNPL News — Visa, the global card network giant, is collaborating with mega-processor Global Payments to allow Canadian merchants to offer buy now-pay later (BNPL) options to eligible card holders at the point of sale, according to a July 13 press release from the two companies.
    • CBD Kiosk News – Charlotte’s Web has approved at least 30 of its Charlotte’s Web brand product SKUs for retail sale in recently launched Limelight’s TRUYU retail self-service kiosks.  The Limelight kiosks have been tested at physical retail locations across the U.S., provide the benefits of constant and convenient access and educational content displayed on a 50-inch interactive video screen.
    • Grocery Self-Checkout Installations Surged 25% in 2020 According to RBR. A record number of self-checkout units were shipped globally last year and in a key shift more than half of the 175,000 units shipped were cashless. That’s according to RBR, a London-based strategic consulting firm that has been publishing its annual Global EPOS and Self-Checkout 2021 report since 2008.  Definitely Europe/etc focus.  Progressive Grocer
    • Smash and Grab ATM Incidents Are On The Rise — Rob a bank in the US and your take is <$1800 on average. Getting caught means federal charges. OTOH destroying an ATM can often net thieves > $200k, & is treated as a property crime. Small wonder then that ATM “smash and grabs” are on the rise nationally
    • Digital Check-In Kiosks going in at Volkswagen dealers — Volkswagen retailers across the UK have introduced Tjekvik’s airport-style self-check-in digital kiosks in a bid to facilitate a contactless aftersales service. The kiosks incorporate functions including self-check-in and check-out, a locked key drop and home check-in via SMS direct to the customer’s mobile phone.
    • Supply Chain Woes Impacting Shipping NowBloomberg and other media outlets are reporting how the cost, for example, of shipping a 40-foot steel container of cargo by sea from Shanghai to Rotterdam now costs $10,522, 547% higher than the seasonal average over the last five years, based on data from the consulting firm Drewry Shipping.
    • Foodstorm Catering Kiosks — FoodStorm catering kiosks are currently live in multiple Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace locations across New York and New Jersey; Roche Bros. Supermarkets (MA) and Mollie Stone’s (CA) are currently in the implementation process. Essentially a 12″ tablet with Verifone wart attached.  Catering is their big focus (and hope).

    June 2021

    May 2021

    April 2021

    • New CPI Crane Pricing –  CPI will be introducing a temporary 3% surcharge/price increase effective May 6th on all new orders, this is driven by our continued increasing costs for raw materials, electronic components and transportation. There is never an ideal time for this type of notification; however, the current global market place is driving this immediate action.
    • Lekkerland in Germany putting in self-checkout kiosks — Lekkerland is owned by the REWE Group, which has begun testing self-checkout systems in its other outlets, including REWE, REWE To Go, and Penny outlets.
    • Cool looking airport kiosks include live chat – Hong Kong airport
    • EMV Should Not Be Afterthought to Self-Service Solutions — When it comes to providing secure solutions, the benefits of adopting them always outweigh the costs.  Bruce Rasmussen from Ingenico
    • Pickup Towers in Walmart Are Going Away April 22, 2021 — Walmart Pickup Towers From the NYPost Apr2021 — The retailer is removing 300 of these towers and “hibernating” another 1,300 because customers grew accustomed to curbside pick-up during the pandemic
    • How Do QR Code Payments Work? — Ingenico blogpost
    • $195 Raspberry PI All-In-One-Computer Touch Screen Now Available —
    • Bitcoin ATM News — Coinme Launches 300 Bitcoin-Enabled Coinstar Kiosks in Florida
    • Hospitality Update – Hotel Lobbies and Marriott Contactless Arrival Kiosks — Marriott is testing contactless check-in and check-out kiosks and a “grab-and-go marketplace.”
    • By this summer, only 150 McDonald’s will remain inside Walmart stores — down from a peak of 1,000 locations at the height of the two chains’ 30-year partnership. The paper also reported that Subway franchisees are closing locations inside Walmart stores. The news comes as Walmart is trialing new operating models for in-store restaurants. It’s putting ghost kitchens inside select locations that offer pickup and delivery service from popular chains like Saladworks.
    • Related to Walmart and McDonalds and result of pandemic — H-E-B is partnering with Texas A&M University to provide grocery delivery to people who live on its main and West campuses in College Station, Texas. Even as mass vaccinations promise to boost store and restaurant traffic, newly established online buying habits mean retailers are prioritizing omnichannel meal service. Kroger is testing ghost kitchen locations in Indiana and Ohio, while Texas-based H-E-B recently opened a food hall that offers takeout and delivery options.
    • Instant COVID Test Coming To European Airport Kiosks — Pics — ICTS Sentinel Kiosks in airports will incorporate the rapid COVID-19 test from Virusight Diagnostics. (Courtesy of ICTS Europe)
    • How To Exit Kiosk Mode When Running Esper — Includes a couple of videos exiting on a Samsung device
    • BT dials up ‘Adopt a Kiosk’ scheme – with almost 4,000 red phone boxes available for local communities to adopt for just £1

    March 2021

    • Digital Pickup Window Coming To Pizza Hut – Drive Thru Restaurants Snowballing — Three Lanes Now with Burger Lockers March 31, 2021
      From NRN March 2021 — Pizza Hut is launching a digital pickup window at 1,500 restaurants — The Hut Lane is a dedicated pickup lane that will allow customers to …
    • Amazon Driver Quits — New AI in delivery trucks finally got to him
    • Bill Pay Kiosks Go Into Laredo for paying water bills. Looks like Mansur and Adcomp. Not sure about the “being held up by magnet” sign
    • Digital Signage Merger News – Four Winds Interactive and Poppulo Combine to Create a Global Employee Communications Powerhouse
    • Antibacterial Kiosks and Temperature Kiosks. The Washington Post did a nice article on temperature kiosks this month.  Our take is still that touchscreens along with their POS devices/etc are the best way to allow the public to interact.  MRSA is probably a bigger concern as far as remaining on surfaces than COVID (mainly aerosol in the air). Antibacterial treatments for touchscreens have so many caveats and only a very narrow and basically useless range of effectiveness. And you are much more likely to get infected from the front desk (and they from you) than you are from a properly maintained check-in kiosk with a touchscreen.  Many of those also support the mobile handheld as a proxy input (think remote control) but then you should be aware that your mobile phone is likely the 3rd most likely infection point (#2 is toilet and #1 are sinks actually). But there are people that will sell the coating (figure $200 upcharge) and if you are into hygiene theater you can arrange some signage that tells people you have antimicrobial treated touchscreens. The CEO of Marriott broke down hygiene theater into the swiss cheese analogy. Enough layers and pretty soon you have a complete wall with no holes. There are new UV and UV-C treatments. One of them is UL and FDA approved and has been adapted for elevators as well as ATM screens and pinpads. Contact us if interested.
    • QSR Business – El Pollo Loco is expanding in Denver adding 10-15 restaurants. The restaurant chain said the Colorado expansion is part of a plan to open 140 new locations throughout the western United States by 2026. El Pollo Loco currently operates 478 locations in Arizona, California, Nevada, Texas, Utah, and Louisiana.
    • Financial Kiosks Soon? – Square is now operating its state-chartered industrial bank, Square Financial Services, in Utah after the state’s Department of Financial Institutions gave it the green light. From Pymnts.
    • Touchless Technology for your toilet. Only in Japan for now. Also included is pic of new UV antibacterial treatment for sinks (think the hotels…)
    • Contactless kiosks all the rage in South Korea.  Korea’s kiosk industry has largely been led by mid-sized companies. Hanasis, I-Tech and BT.One are among the recognized players. They rake in between 10 to 40 billion won in annual revenue. Conglomerates — Samsung Electronics introduced the Samsung Kiosk in Korea on Feb. 17. The device’s screen is coated with a special film that has a sterilizing effect, the company said. The kiosk uses Samsung Knox, the same software present in its laptops and handsets, to prevent hacking.
    • Samsung Electronics introduced a smart ordering kiosk solution called “Samsung Kiosk,” which allows both non-face-to-face ordering and payment.  They are selling it via Fiserv

    February 2021

    • Credit Card Payments for IKEA and others via FISERV go totally offline. Customers at McDonald’s, Ikea, Popeyes, and others say they can’t pay using their credit cards. The payments processor Fiserv said its services were interrupted on Friday. Earlier in the day, Chick-fil-A experienced an outage and gave out free meals.
    • Touchless large format displays from Samsung in the news. Samsung Electronics France and iNUI Studio have introduced the IRxTOUCH KIOSK SERIES 2, a touchless interactive kiosk solution that is said to offer the same experience as a touch device but for the fact that the user doesn’t have to touch the screen to use it but only has to move a few centimetres from the display to navigate precisely through the various menus. The solution is designed to offer a clear advantage from a health point of view.
    • Looking for a job or maybe you are looking for people (sales people usually)? Be sure and check the Jobs listing.
    • Interview with TSI Touch Mundrake — big proponent of more touch. TSI provides the touch overlays used on many touchscreens especially large format screens (55 and up). Good explanation of PCap versus IR and why IR is better for large format touchscreens (higher fidelity).  And he seems to imply that as long as we touch our mobiles, we will touch everything else.  At some point we may truly start talking to our mobiles and then things will change. Interview by 16:9 good job.
    • What McDonald’s Shows About The Minimum Wage — excerpt of Planet Money’s newsletter —
      • No relationship between minimum wage increases and the adoption of touch-screen technology
      • McDonald’s restaurants raise their wages after a city or state raises its minimum wage ($1.00 premium above)
      • when the minimum wage goes up, the price of a Big Mac goes up too (just not very much given generally low wage component)
    • Intel UK Keeps Up Kiosk Related Content – this one on hardware required (openvino and intel vpro). There is a semi-useful link to qsrmagazine on left effect. Has an old Zivelo push tactic. There a better ways to burn a budget.
    • Good writeup on credit card surcharges – anomalies between states and more in the U.S.
    • Emirates smart contactless touchless self check-in kiosks. Pictures. The 32 self-service bag drop machines and 16 check-in kiosks can be controlled completely by personal mobile devices without touching the screens
    • Microsoft offers guidance for customers using kiosk mode in Microsoft Edge Legacy – Microsoft Edge Legacy browser support ends on March 9, 2021. The Microsoft Edge Legacy will be removed and replaced with the new Microsoft Edge when you apply April’s Windows 10 Update which will become available on April 13, 2021. To continue using kiosk scenarios, customers need to install the new Microsoft Edge and set up kiosk mode before installing April’s Windows 10 Update Tuesday release to their devices.
    • Hy-Vee to build grocery pickup kiosks at Rochester store location
    • Displays Getting Insanely Large – New Sony Bravia Weighs in at 100 inches. Also 32 inch upgraded.  600 NIT, 4K, SOC, Android TV, built-in Chromecast
    • Self-service kiosks – following the lead of fast food — Nice reference to Pyramid and McDonalds. Intel pitching its footprint in restaurants though from all accounts Android cannot be ignored. By BigHospitality and sponsored paid for pitch — The QSR sector has been the quickest to adopt technology such as self-service kiosks, and are so far reaping the benefits

    January 2021

    December 2020

    November

    • Compact, Ready-Made kiosk line announced by Posiflex. The new Mercury EK Series is a line of sleek, compact kiosks available in either a floor-standing or countertop setting, with two Windows OS models and one Android OS model to choose from. BusinessWire
    • McDonald’s announced a new growth strategy for 2021 — “Accelerating the Arches” — includes a new crispy chicken sandwich and a new loyalty program: MyMcDonald’s.  Described as a “new digital experience growth engine,” the personalized loyalty program and all-in-one platform will offer tailored promotions for members and the ability for customers to place orders “through the channel of their choice.” Test pilot in the Phoenix area over the coming weeks. Link to article on NRN

    October

    • Home Depot 6,000 units (we are guessing) — Reality Interactive, a leading retail technology design firm and digital agency in Middletown, Connecticut, announced the launch of its AXSIS™ Thermal Enabled Digital Hub. The leading home improvement retailer in the world has already deployed 6,000 units
    • Pizza Automation Option – Basil Street Pizza — An autonomous pizza baking machine that cooks a thin crust brick-oven style 10″ pizza in 3 minutes for around $10 reducing exposure and risk with touchless baking and tap and swipe payment!
    • NRN article – Touchless tech gets prioritized at restaurant chains during the coronavirus pandemic. QR codes, artificial intelligence and robots help make the lives of customers and employees easier. — Link 
    • PSA – Deceptive Meridian Temperature Tablets Endanger Public Safety. Includes video. — Link to IPVM article
    • NRN article on Paul Brown Keynote — link
    • AI Kiosk – Lenovo and Reese team up for AI-driven crowd behavior modification to maintain health protocols at sporting events. First use of AI we have seen in this fashion. LINK
    • Betting Kiosk – Newgioco Obtains GLI-20 and GLI-33 Certification for Kiosk Installations of Elys Platform on Yahoo News
    • Canadian retailer vends ready-made meals from contactless kiosks. link
    • Michigan DMV hits 1 million transactions. The kiosks located in stores around the state allow residents to renew license registrations and purchase tabs without going inside a branch office. There are 127 kiosks around the state with plans to add 23 more outside Secretary of State branches and at Kroger and Meijer stores.
    • Texas A&M deploys self-swabbing COVID-19 testing kiosks
    • Dubai Airport Kiosks — Nice pics. Your Contactless DXB Airport Experience Cranked Up A Notch As Emirates Introduces Self Check-In Kiosks In Dubai
    • QSR with Self Service Kiosks, Pickup Cubbies Launches in Toronto. Here in the US there have been a few concepts using self-service ordering kiosks and pickup cubbies. Pioneers in the US space include Brightloom, formerly eatsa, and Little Caesars Pizza’s self-service mobile order pick-up station, known as the Pizza Portal.
    • Amazon Go Stores are using palm biometrics now. Nice little unit and guessing fujitsu. Link
    • From the UK — Kiosk and Digital Signage 2020 (KDS 2020), Europe’s leading one-day summit for kiosk and digital signage industry professionals has been postponed.
    • Temperature kiosks — we saw an article push from a kiosk portal promoting Chinese temperature kiosks.  We’ve notified the portal about the product and hopefully paid advertising does not trump public interest.

    September

    • CLEAR providing app and kiosks for MGM Resorts meeting in Minnesota. Combines identity credentials with COVID tests, Link
    • Great background on Harrahs purchase of Caesars along with William Hill context — GGB Magazine
    • Kioskmarketplace news —  Emirates self check-in,
      Walmart store redesign,  Treasury to forgive PPP loans,
      BioLife Sciences introduces touchless vending machines, Voice technology provider teams with Mastercard, ViewSonic introduces hand sanitizing stations, Toshiba introduces multifunction printer
    • Can Kiosks Find New Life During Coronavirus? QSRMagazine article talking with Mike Geiger of Moe’s and also Michael Cecchini of Pure Green on kiosk opportunities. Link
    • Digital Signage —  Turns out DSE has no assets for refunding payments or anything.  The digital presence at Digital Signage Connection is toast.  Remains to be seen what DSF does. Link
    • Gaming — Caesars Entertainment’s play for William Hill is the latest sign Las Vegas sees tons of upside in moving chips in the direction of online gaming and sports betting. Article
    • Marriott CEO Sorenson on Hygiene Theater in Hospitality
    • Viewsonic Offers Hand-Sanitizing Stations — The Health Flex Kiosks include options for integrated displays and secure storage for media players, routers or surge protectors, and a touchless hand sanitizer dispenser holder (hands-free dispenser is optional). See the catalog for hand sanitizer stations that the KMA offers.
    • DSE Declares Bankruptcy – writeup on 16:9 — It was matter of time. It was a few years back they opted for quality argument over quantity. Show never grew. ISE and InfoComm are still running but we suspect most will migrate over to NRF just like we did in the kiosk industry.
    • QSR Market Update Opinion – QSR & Fast Casual Restaurants – Is the Restaurant Business Getting Better? September 18, 2020  Editor Note: We do interviews with magazines (recently for NRN) and in those we express what we call “ad hoc” opinions based on what we have seen and heard. For sure
    • Contactless Curbside Pickup Update El Pollo Loco – Self-Order with Geo-Fencing From National Restaurant News Sep2020
    • 09/20 – HOW IS COVID-19 CHANGING THE SHAPE OF TOUCHSCREEN TECHNOLOGY? Dean Ward of Evoke Creative explains.
    • 09/11 Buyer Beware — Appears to be a McDonald’s outdoor menu (Samsung OF55F?) with some severe burn.  Link
    • 09/11 Video – Behind-The-Scenes Look At Changes Coming To TSA Checkpoints Amid Pandemic | NBC Nightly News
    • 09/11 Question: How to count people without any concerns regarding privacy or data protection regulations? Nice writeup by Wick of Heimann Sensors on LinkedIn – link
    • 09/11 Questionable Claims — Copper-infused antimicrobial film – called NanoShield – its makers claim will self-disinfect something like a touchscreen in less than 15 minutes. Thanks to 16:9 for the expository article.
    • 09/10 – PCAP TILE for seamless across multiple 55 inch screens announced by TSItouch (includes video) – link
    • 09/10 Touchless Vending Kiosks for PPE – link
    • 09/03 – HT News – Contactless Check-In Changing The Fraud Environment for Hotels (in a bad way)
    • White Castle Trials of Vehicle Recognition Underway –
    • 09/02 — 16:9 Interview with David Levin of Fourwinds Interactive post acquisition
    • 09/02 — Touchless video demo by Tucker Lightsey of KIOSK

    August

    • 08/25 — Whole Foods Cashierless By Next Year? Amazon may be looking to bring the cashierless tech found at its Go convenience stores to Whole Foods supermarkets as early as next year
    • 08/25 — Taco Bell Drive-Thru Expansion for Mobile Customer Orders Excerpt: Taco Bell is rolling out a new store design that combines digital innovation with a people-first approach.
    • 08/25 — Circle K piloting autonomous self-checkout technology LINK
    • 08/25 — Walmart adding new modern self-checkout bays in Wichita. Pics. LINK
    • 08/25 — Five steps of legal advice on handling anti-mask customers from National Restaurant Association LINK
    • 08/25 — From JAL website – Japan Airlines (JAL) today announced the decision to trial new touchless technology at Tokyo`s Haneda Airport, starting August 24. LINK
    • 08/25 — DART Gets Touchless Kiosks for Wayfinding LINK
    • 08/23 — Nice LinkedIn article on Project Ray and McDonalds.
    • 08/23 — Article on UV-C Wands from CNET. The dangers of. LINK
    • 08/20 — South Korea begins using a robot greeter. checks temperatures, dispenses hand sanitizer, enforces social distancing and makes sure you are wearing a mask. Thanks to Ross at QwickMedia. Video. Link
    • 08/14 — More than 15,000 Canadians have died of an opioid-related overdose since January 2016. is transforming the distribution of regulated products with an integrated platform that combines industry-leading software, advanced biometrics, and tamper-resistant hardware. Article

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    • 08/13 –  Digital signage news — Fourwinds Acquires SmartSpace. Workplace software for employees (tough market). Expands FWI’s international presence and capabilities with offices and employees in the US, UK, Europe, and Asia. Link
    • 08/13 – report from IPVM on the Alabama Fever Detection deal which involves HKVision (blacklisted). $1M deal. Link
    • 0812 – VA and Cerner appear to be “back on”. This time the date is October.  Veterans Patient Check-in kiosk and Mobile in play here. Link
    • 08/12 — Recommended Accessibility requirements for RFPs article by The Paciello Group (TPG). Link
    • 08/11 — Simon Malls in talks with Amazon (ditto Penneys)
    • 08/11 – TSA is putting in new ID verification (CAT).  Credential authentication technology (CAT) at Thurgood Marshall Airport and others. Not kiosks, just desktop devices inline for use. Link
    • 08/10 — GRUBBRR works with BlueStar. BlueStar is a Solutions-based distributor seeking to offer its customers complete solutions which can be taken to market and not just individual pieces of hardware. GRUBBRR will work with BlueStar for ready-to-go self-ordering solutions. BlueStar distributes much of the hardware used in GRUBBRR products, and now will have access to the software that can transform those products from simple hardware into automation solutions.  Link to full article
    • 08/04 — From HotelBusiness —  Temperature Scanning Can Help Employees & Guests Achieve Peace of Mind– article link
    • 08/04 – Elo announces Elo AccessTM temperature screening kiosk. Looks to be a “turnkey solution” application for wellness-check at the door. Specs for bolometer and camera not disclosed. Press release link
    • 08/02 — Curative deploys first Covid19 testing kiosk in California. Not bad looking. Link

    July

    • 07/29 – Business News – McDonalds Profit Plunges 68%
    • 07/29 – Henry Ford hospital adds temperature screening kiosks. Note that this has been misreported as retinal scanning when in fact after speaking to hospital they confirmed to KI that it is in fact inexpensive Infrared sensors.
    • 07/29 – Esper Partners with Point Mobile rugged Android Lifecycle
    • 07/29 – Sonic Launches New Design for Drive-In / Drive-Thru
    • 07/26 — A man using a prosthetic mask stole more than $100,000 at casinos, prosecutors say. Colletti, 55, allegedly targeted his victims by illegally obtaining their personal information and then using counterfeit driver’s licenses to withdraw funds from their personal bank accounts via self-service kiosks at the casinos. The kiosks, operated by Global Payments Gaming Services, are used by the casino industry for bill-breaking, jackpot processing, cash withdrawals, cash advances, and ticket exchanges, among other services, according to the complaint. The kiosks require users to insert their driver’s license and the last four digits of both their Social Security number and phone number before checking account funds can be withdrawn. Each victim had previously enrolled to have their bank accounts linked to their profile in Global Payments’ “VIP Preferred Program,” the complaint said.  Link to article on CNN
    • 07/21 — How the pandemic is affecting business travelers in airports. Lots of pictures with this article.  Malaysia, UAE, Canada, Doha. Link
    • 07/21 — 170 companies now offering thermal imaging. In Just 6 Months, ‘Fever Cameras’ Have Become a Full-Fledged Industry More than 150 companies now sell alleged fever-detecting technology aimed at the coronavirus. Link
    • 07/21 — Temperature screening — Suprema Adds Thermal Camera to Biometric Kiosk Solution LINK
    • 07/21 – American Airlines unveils touchless kiosks. The kiosk prints the bag tags, all without the customer having to touch the kiosk. Link
    • 07/20 – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) has selected passenger temperature screening technology for use at Hawaii’s public airports to help protect the community and identify passengers with a potentially elevated body temperature. Nice article too at Homeland Security
    • 07/20 – Temperature Screening Kiosk video for Border/Immigration by Wello.
    • 07/20 — Olea offers financing on temperature kiosks. $8 per day for a temp screening kiosk including shipping and extended onsite warranty when you finance. Compared to assigning and employee to scan everyone coming in the building not to mention safety it’s a no brainer really.
    • 07/16 – Olea Hires Director of Alliances & Partnerships – Olea announces the hiring of channel sales and partnerships industry expert, Rusty Gaynes, as Director of Strategic Alliances and Partnerships.
    • 07/16 – Networld announcers new virtual summit — Self-Service Innovation Virtual Summit Dec. 8-9, 2020. Wide range of self-service interest including vending, food packaging and more.
    • 07/16 – South Hall Kroger gets new DMV tag renewal kiosk. Link
    • 07/16 – Webinars – July 16th — Panel Discussion — The rapid growth of kiosks and the next evolution beyond self-service
      Thursday, 16th July at 4:00pm UK time
    • Tradeshows – Yesterday (7/9) NRF announced the Big Show will not be happening in January. Instead it will be in early June.  A virtual show will occur in January.. Now NRF is just about two weeks after the National Restaurant Association show in Chicago.  We were expecting the postponement as we became aware of several of their marquee “biggest show of the year” companies grounded their travel thru January.  At NRA the KMA has a 10×20 in the Tech Pavilion. Here is our booth location.
    • Payment — KIOSK Achieves Bill Payment Solution Approval by Intel and Becomes Affiliate Member of the Intel® Internet of Things Solutions Alliance – get the update: https://lnkd.in/guvyWkX
    • Customer Experience – Top 80 Stats About A Future Customer Experience Shaped By Technology — Link
    • Electric Cars – Electric Car Charging Stations Are Finally About to Take Off – Bloomberg
    • Kiosk Software – KioWare for Windows | Configuring KioTouch™ YouTube Video
    • Airlines – Changing the way we fly and interact at airports with smart self-service solutions by . This is not a short #COVID response but a sustainable solution to upgrade the flyer’s customer journey. Pyramid Computer GmbH is very proud to be part of that solution. New Self-Bag Drop Materna
    • Thermal Imaging — MoviTHERM launches FLIR A500-EST. A camera designed with your elevated skin surface temperature screening needs in mind. https://zcu.io/yEJu
    • Coming soon: The new embedded RFID module from Zebra Technologies. The RE4000 is Zebra’s first RFID module designed to be embedded into Zebra’s RFID printers and third-party OEM equipment. Endless applications include medical devices, kiosks, access control, smart lockers, robots, vending machines, casino terminals, ticketing systems, POS terminals and many more.

    June

    • McDonalds Kiosks — McDonalds permanently closing Times Square Flagship. Link.  McDonald’s confirmed this week that the company has made the “difficult decision” to close the famed corporate store in Times Square, a move that was in the works prior to the coronavirus pandemic.
    • Healthcare Kiosks — as news reports detail the impact COVID-19 will have on our population and the healthcare system that serves it, many medical facilities have put systems in place to streamline services and keep frontline workers safe…… — Link
    • Budget Considerations for Self-Service Kiosk Success — Link — carefully consider each of these five high-level areas in solution budgeting – they will all come up. This is a macro view of the main elements of project budget, and supplier evaluation considerations that can most effect your budget
    • Touchless Hand Sanitizer Kiosk video —
    • Custom America announces the availability of the all new D4 desktop label printer – read more about the new product release here:
    • Appetize on “What is a Virtual Kiosk” — Virtual Kiosk allows guests to instantly access mobile ordering on their smartphone. It uses QR or Quick Response Codes– a surprisingly easy to use technology– to bring guests directly into the ordering site.
    • Evoke Partners with Core Intelligence on Distancing Application — We’re excited to partner with Evoke Creative for CORE | Intelligence Powered By FastSensor, designed to allow business owners to monitor social distancing in real-time through our groundbreaking, AI technology, all while allowing you to get to know your customers better than ever.
    • Frank Olea Podcast with 16:9 — Excerpt on touchless — Yeah, it’s fun. It’s gimmicky. But yeah, getting the public to change their behavior is gonna be really hard. I mean, it ‘s about the path of least resistance, right? So unless it’s easier, it’s not gonna happen.
    • New telemedicine kiosk option from Lilitab —  Introducing new Telemedicine Tablet Cart. It’s perfectly suited for any healthcare environment to be wheeled into patient rooms allowing doctors to “see” their patients at a safe distance. It meets all ADA requirements for lying, seated, and standing positions with self-adjusting tilt.
    • FDA Makes Hand Sanitizer Recommendations — FDA advises consumers not to use any hand sanitizer manufactured by Eskbiochem SA de CV in Mexico, due to the potential presence of methanol (wood alcohol), a substance that can be toxic when absorbed through the skin or ingested. FDA has identified the following products
    • Video Call Kiosks from KIOSK —  Compunetix is pleased to announce a partnership with KIOSK Information Systems (KIOSK) to deliver Video Call Center™ (VCC) on digital kiosks. Compunetix Video Call Center (VCC) for Healthcare is a browser-based, real-time voice and video workflow solution for healthcare providers that need to remain available to their patients in a safe and secure manner.
    • Walk-In Testing Kiosks in South Korea
    • Moviegoers return as Cinemark cautiously reopens — Cinemark is the first major theater chain in North Texas to reopen its doors, welcoming customers Friday at locations in West Plano, McKinney and northwest Dallas off of Webb Chapel. It will resume operations at other locations on a rolling basis in the coming weeks.
    • Electronic Shipping Kiosks — D’Arrigo California has implemented shipping kiosks at their shipping facility in Salinas, CA. This innovative tool, which contains a proprietary software program, was developed to improve efficiencies of the shipping process. D’Arrigo California’s investment in the electronic shipping kiosks and its proprietary software program demonstrates its commitment to provide efficiencies throughout its supply chain.
    • Will PPE Dispensing Kiosks Attract Travelers?
    • MetroClick/faytech Launches Sanitization Solution with Thermal Sensing for Retail, Hospitality and Travel Companies LINK
    • Ontario International Airport adds PPE kiosks in passenger terminals — LINK
    • California Re-Opens 169 DMV Offices – Recommends DMV Now kiosk for transactions – LINK
    • Touchless Sales Kiosks scam in Canada – Link

    Earlier

    • Burroughs Pitches Kiosks – link
    • Telemedicine Kiosks Sav-On Canada link
    • Health Safety Kiosk from MPS – link

    Feb 2019 – Wow Bao Expansion

    Wow Bao announced further expansion plans within the East Coast market. In quarter one 2020, Wow Bao will open three new locations at some of the largest transportation hubs in the region, including Dulles International Airport, Boston Logan International Airport and Raleigh-Durham International Airport.  https://www.qsrmagazine.com/news/wow-bao-plots-east-coast-expansion-2020

    Dec 2019 Vending Machines for Water

    Californians are turning to vending machines for safer water. Are they being swindled?
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/02/california-water-vending-machines-quality

    Nov 2019 – Sports Betting Kiosk, Moe’s Grill, CLEAR Airport Expansion

    Hogansburg in northern New York. Under New York state law, sports bets can only be placed in person, through a betting window or kiosk physically located inside a casino. There is no online or mobile sports betting through phones or other devices. Bets can be
    Mayer and Associates, a company that designs and sells kiosks to restaurants. Anzia said both customers and restaurants like them. “One of the biggest impacts we’ve seen with self-ordering kiosks, restaurants are seeing an uptick of 25 to 30 percent on
    signed up (more on this shortly) and finalized your registration, you simply head to the CLEAR lane, confirm your identity at a kiosk, and get whisked away to the front of the TSA line by a CLEAR ambassador.     So what’s stopping you? Likely the high price
    Mall-565492691.htmlself-pay basically comes from not being bothered by lines and such.” Ward says there’s a tutorial on the check procedure at the kiosk. The market is also under 24-7 surveillance, so if a customer has a question, they can reach someone within minutes.

     

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    McDonald’s Kiosks and National Federation of the Blind Collaborate

    From the NFB May 2021

    Editors Note:  McDonald’s owns about 5% of its nearly 14,000 domestic locations and the remainder are franchised. McDonald’s has more than 39,000 locations worldwide. 

    Blind Americans Commend McDonald’s for Commitment to Accessibility

    McDonalds Drive Thru Kiosks

    McDonalds Drive Thru Kiosks

    Baltimore, Maryland (May 2021): The National Federation of the Blind, America’s civil rights organization of the blind, and McDonald’s USA announce a collaboration to make McDonald’s self-service kiosks in company-owned, U.S. restaurants even more accessible to customers who are blind. McDonald’s USA’s company-owned restaurants will implement these enhancements by December 31, 2021.

    Using new and advanced technology, enhancements to existing accessibility features include screen-reading software, tactile keypads and the ability for customers to connect their headphones or ear buds to the kiosk and independently place their orders by responding to audio prompts.

    “More accessible self-service kiosks are a win both for McDonald’s guests who are blind and for its company-owned restaurants, since they will allow us fully independent access to the menu and ordering options without assistance from restaurant employees or other patrons,” said Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind. “We commend McDonald’s for quickly working with us to implement these innovations and hope that McDonald’s leadership in the industry will serve as an example to encourage other restaurant brands to incorporate accessibility into their customer-service technology plans and specifications.”

    The enhancements will be incorporated into 100 percent of existing kiosks in California and 25 percent of existing kiosks in each company-owned restaurant in other U.S. states. McDonald’s will also incorporate these upgrades into all kiosks that are installed in any U.S. restaurant after July 1, 2021, including new kiosks that suppliers are approved to sell to franchised restaurants.

    McDonald’s and the National Federation of the Blind will continue to collaborate on training for restaurant staff in company-owned restaurants and other innovations impacting McDonald’s guests who are blind.

    “At McDonald’s, inclusion means opening our doors to everyone, and finding ways to exceed customers’ unique needs,” Myrna Bell, McDonald’s Senior Director, Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Strategic Engagement, said. “We are proud to partner with the National Federation of the Blind to offer innovative solutions for our customers and help make everyone’s McDonald’s experience even more accessible and enjoyable.”

    McDonald’s kiosks currently include multiple accessibility features, including a reach mode for guests with reach limitations, a screen magnifier, ample clear floor space and a customer assistance call button designed to alert restaurant crew members that a guest may require assistance.

    CONTACT
    Chris Danielsen
    Director of Public Relations
    National Federation of the Blind
    410-659-9314, extension 2330
    410-262-1281 (cell)
    Juliette Alper
    Media Relations Supervisor – Crisis & Issues
    McDonald’s Global Communications

    McDonalds Kiosk ADA – Walkthru Video NFB

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    McDonalds Kiosk Accessibility Jan2022 Update

    McDonalds has taken the lead in testing and evaluating at large scale providing accessibility features for the blind. One of the improvements is by adding in a screen reader (JAWS Kiosk by Vispero) and coupling that with Storm Interface AudioNav assistive technology.

    Providing accessibility to every user group has taken on an even more pronounced imperative with the recent legal suit and class action which the DOJ is pursuing against Quest Diagnostics. The probable outcome there is a nationwide retrofit of literally thousands of units. See our Legal News summary page.

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    National Federation of the Blind

    Here is a video by the National Federation of the Blind’s Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Access demonstrating new accessibility features on McDonald’s kiosk in June 2021.

    Additional Information and Reading

    For more information on the screen reader we recommend contacting Laura Miller ([email protected]). For the device side of the equation then Nicky Shaw at Storm Interface.

    Kiosk Marketplace wrote up their recent Lunch And Learn which talked about the new McDonalds kiosk accessibility features.

    Highlights

    • Kelsey Hall, senior product manager, global digital accessibility, McDonald’s, and Matt Ater, vice president of business development and software engineering at Vispero, demonstrated how McDonald’s digital accessibility works.
    • The demo used headphones. Note in the video above the NFB opts for public audio.  Ambient noise can make it more difficult for a human to hear, or for a microphone with noise cancellation to discrimminate.
    • Mentioned too is the kiosk also has Braille labels at any point of actionable contact, such as the scan area, the headphone insert, the receipt area and the payment pad.
    • Asked about the possibility of offering voice recognition, Hall said voice recognition cannot replace the current solution. “Even if you have voice recognition options there are some limitations based on connectivity.”
    • Here is a link to the writeup

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    McDonalds Kiosks — Inside Times Square McDonalds flagship – CNBC

    McDonalds Kiosk Times Square

    McDonalds Times

    Reprinted with permission in full from CNBC May 2019 & Amelie Lucas

    On Thursday, McDonald’s opened a new flagship store in Times Square, expected to be its busiest in the U.S.

    The location showcases the modern updates that McDonald’s has been bringing to its U.S. stores. It boasts digital menu boards, 18 self-order kiosks and wireless mobile charging stations at tables.

    The high-tech upgrades are part of its strategy to drive sales by bringing customers back to its stores. The renovations are meant to improve convenience for the customer and modernize the look of the restaurants.

    Times Square McDonalds Kiosk Renovation Schedule

    McDonald’s originally scheduled all U.S. store renovations to be complete in 2020 but pushed the deadline back to 2022. In 2018, McDonald’s spent $1.4 billion to remodel around 4,500 restaurants. This year, spending is expected to drop to about $1 billion to upgrade 2,000 locations.

    On its first-quarter earnings call, executives said that it is finally seeing a “net positive impact” from store renovations that made up for the necessary store closures.

    Here’s a look at the new flagship store:

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    Comment by Frieder Hansen CEO of Pyramid.de — Congrats McDonalds: Today Grand Opening NYC Times Square wonderful McDonalds restaurant and 18 polytouch 32“ kiosks are ready to take orders. In close neighborhood, at AMC Theatre Times Square there are 16 polytouch 24“ units, selling cinema tickets since 2 years. Design, performance and reliability makes the difference.

    Self-order kiosks in the McDonald’s Times Square flagship location.  Source: McDonald’s

    When customers enter the location, the sight of self-order kiosks greet them. Employees are also available to take orders and payment.

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    Stairs inside the McDonald’s Times Square flagship store
    Source: McDonald’s

    Times Square sees about 50 million visitors annually. In anticipation of such high demand, McDonald’s has three floors — and plenty of seating.

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    Seating on the second floor of the McDonald’s Times Square flagship location.
    Source: McDonald’s

    On the second floor, self-order kiosks are also available to order any forgotten items.

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    Seating on third floor of the McDonald’s Times Square flagship.
    Source: McDonald’s

    The interior’s modern, simple look is meant to contrast with the flashing billboards and bustle outside in Times Square, according to Max Carmona, McDonald’s senior director of global design and development. Its glass exterior gives customers a great view of that activity.

    QSR Self-Order Kiosks — McDonalds Flaw

    McDonalds Kiosk Times Square

    McDonalds Kiosks —  Ordering Kiosks  major flaw

    Editors Note: We never understood why McDonalds totally avoided cash for its customers.  The demographics would seem to require cash in order to serve customers. This is almost considering some users “disabled” and cannot be serviced at the kiosks and must go to the counter.  Cash2Card systems tied in with biometric facial recognition and loyalty would seem to be a magnitude more effective.  The only variable being cash collection at the service machine.

    Excerpt from Financial Post — McDonald’s Corp. has pitched self-ordering kiosks as a key part of its plans to boost sales by improving technology and renovating restaurants. But it turns out the kiosks aren’t usable by a significant slice of McDonald’s customers: cash payers.

    The Big Mac seller is leaning hard into digital ordering and technology improvements to attract on-the-go customers, but a recent test shows the kiosks may need to be replaced or retrofitted to accommodate cash transactions. About 6.5 per cent — or 8.4 million — of U.S. households don’t have a bank account or a debit or credit card, preventing them from using McDonald’s kiosks that are in about 9,000 domestic locations.

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    McDonalds Kiosk News – Automation Comes To McDonald’s – NPR

    Automation Comes To McDonald’s Kiosks – NPR

    from Morning Edition

    We hear a lot about robots eventually taking over jobs in manufacturing, but automation has already hit the service industry. The cashier who takes your order at McDonald’s could soon be replaced.

    DAVID GREENE, HOST:

    So there are more than 3 million cashiers in the United States. For many, working a register is a first job; for some, it’s a career. But advancements in technology are replacing cashiers with screens, even in some of the most iconic restaurants. Reporter Ally Schweitzer of WAMU visited one.

    ALLY SCHWEITZER, BYLINE: I’m inside a McDonald’s watching sandwiches roll by alluringly on a screen.

    CARLOS MATEOS JR.: From here, you have a real simple menu here. And you can see burgers, chicken and fish. Or I could go to my all day breakfast.

    SCHWEITZER: Carlos Mateos Jr. owns this McDonald’s in Arlington, Va., and he’s showing me how to place an order with one of the restaurant’s new touchscreen kiosks. Mateos says the technological upgrade is about giving customers what they want.

    MATEOS: They wanted conveniences. They wanted different ways of ordering their foods.

    SCHWEITZER: McDonald’s says about a third of its locations across the country have already introduced kiosks. By 2020, it plans to have touchscreen ordering in all its U.S. restaurants, catching up to the many big-box retailers, pharmacies and grocery stores that introduced similar technology years ago. But over time, says Molly Kinder, all this automating could have a major impact on jobs. Kinder advises on the future of work at the public policy think tank New America foundation. She says there’s been a lot of talk about how automation could eliminate jobs in sectors like manufacturing and transportation…

    MOLLY KINDER: But actually positions like cashiers, retail sales person are at very high risk of automation.

    SCHWEITZER: Kinder says it’s not clear how long it could take for those jobs to be outsourced to machines. But she says about a third of all jobs in cities such as Indianapolis, Phoenix and Detroit are vulnerable to technological displacement over time. And those jobs often share certain qualities.

    KINDER: The lowest skilled, lowest educated and least-paid jobs tend to be much higher risk than higher skilled and higher paid jobs.

    SCHWEITZER: A big driver of the automation craze – Amazon. The online retailer rocked the grocery world when it bought Whole Foods last year. And companies scrambled to show investors that they, too, are going high tech. John Marshall is an economist with United Food and Commercial Workers International, a union that represents grocery store employees.

    JOHN MARSHALL: Wall Street analysts are really demanding that companies make these kinds of investments.

    SCHWEITZER: And he says, while automation hasn’t led to widespread layoffs at grocery stores, workers’ hours are being cut. He says the more companies spend on technology, the more pressure they face to slash labor costs.

    MARSHALL: And ironically, this is having really a negative effect in terms of these companies’ ability to compete with e-commerce retailers like Amazon because the quality of customer service is going to decline as that staffing level is cut.

    SCHWEITZER: But back at the McDonald’s in Arlington, Carlos Mateos Jr. says customers seem to have embraced the new touch screens.

    MATEOS: There’s people that they come in with their headphones, they don’t want to talk to anybody, they make a beeline right to the kiosk and off they go.

    SCHWEITZER: And Mateos says at his restaurant, kiosks haven’t triggered layoffs. He still has human cashiers for those who don’t want to use the touchscreens. And new features like mobile ordering have boosted sales. So he’s had to hire more staff.

    MATEOS: And we’ve increased by one to two people and especially two to three people during peaks.

    SCHWEITZER: Mateos also needs employees to fill one of the fast food restaurant’s newest jobs – server. When McDonald’s introduced kiosks, it also introduced table service. So while ordering a Big Mac from a machine might be the new thing, you can expect a human to deliver that burger to your table.

    For NPR News, I’m Ally Schweitzer in Washington.

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    Clearwave Self-Service Kiosks Improve Patient Engagement

    Clearwave Self-Service Kiosks Improve Patient Engagement. Patient messaging helps hospital customers raise patient awareness of services improving health, wellness and profitability. – PR12303931

    Craig Keefner‘s insight:

    PR by Clearwave. Benefits of patient signing up for patient portal + raising awareness of things like Lasik

    See on www.prlog.org

    Adjustable Patient Check-In Kiosk Debut at HIMSS 2016

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    Adjustable Patient Check-In Kiosk Debut at HIMSS 2016

    LAS VEGAS, NV – 3/1/2016 (PRESS RELEASE JET) — Olea Kiosks will be showing the industry’s latest adjustable check-in healthcare kiosk at the 2016 HIMSS Conference & Exhibition at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from Feb. 29 – March 4, 2016.

    Olea’s Verona Healthcare Kiosk is an adjustable height kiosk solution designed and developed specifically for use in the

    healthcare setting. The kiosk is built to address the needs of both patients and providers and every feature and component is fully HIPAA and ADA-compliant.

    The Ideal Patient Kiosk

    Infinitely adjustable over a 10 inch range, the Verona can raise and lower the height of the kiosk with the press of a button. The entire kiosk is adjustable, not just the monitor, moving all components with you allowing for continued optimal component placement. The Verona is fully ADA-compliant and is designed to provide easy access for all patient users, standing or sitting. The extended front console accommodates wheelchair users and is compliant with forward approach ADA requirements. The standard components on the Verona, including Capacitive Touch technology with accurate on screen signature capture, EMV compliant payment devices, duplex ID scanner and printer, are all designed for ease of access by all patients.

    The Perfect Turn-Key Solution for Providers

    Because the Verona was conceptualized as a healthcare kiosk, it is designed to be utilized in a healthcare setting and specifically addresses the needs of the healthcare providers. The kiosk is built as a turn-key solution and is compatible with all major healthcare software platforms, including Epic, PatientWorks, Siemens, and McKesson. This ensures that the patient participation through the kiosk can be easily integrated with a provider’s existing internal record keeping systems.

    Optional components of a Verona include a barcode scanner, web camera, Wi-Fi adapter, and audio headphone jack. These optional features allow the unit to be customized to accommodate the security standards and accessibility needs of any provider.

    Easy to Service and Maintain

    The Verona is also built with serviceability in mind. The quick change hardware system can be accessed, serviced and even replaced without using any tools. All internal systems of the Verona are accessible through the front of the unit, making it perfect for placement against a wall or with another Verona unit back-to-back. The ease of maintenance of the unit ensures low management costs and minimal downtime in the event of a service need.

    Like all Olea kiosks, the Verona is designed, engineered, and manufactured in the USA using top-of-the-line components. The kiosk is extremely durable and capable of handling a high volume of users. Olea has delivered thousands of kiosk solutions to major healthcare organizations nationwide.

    Contact Olea Kiosks today at www.olea.com or call 800-927-8063 to find out how Olea’s state-of-the-art kiosks can revolutionize your patient check-in experience. See Olea at HIMSS Booth #11419

    About Olea Kiosks

    Olea is the industry leading designer and manufacturer of custom kiosks inspired by our mission to “build better kiosks through intelligent design.” Fortune 500 companies and small businesses alike, turn to Olea Kiosks for their trusted lineup of sleek, standard and fully custom kiosk solutions that suit a vast array of applications.

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    Patient Check In Kiosk – Advantage Series

    Patient Registration Kiosk – Advantage Series 

    Healthcare Kiosk Frank Mayer

    Patient kiosks allow staff to focus on what matters – streamlining the check-in process and keeping employees healthy. Healthcare kiosks offer a high quality of care to patients and guests who walk through your door while also allowing less human contact with your counter staff who are at greater risk of being exposed to illness during check-in procedures.  Other uses for healthcare self-service kiosks include: dental office kiosks, emergency room kiosks, and more.

    Take a look at our standard kiosks which can be customized for your healthcare setting.

    Healthcare kiosks offer many benefits

    Emergency rooms, doctor’s offices, dental facilities, senior living, university health centers and more are adding patient check-in and self-service kiosks.

    Kiosks provide:

    • Private and secure check-in for employees, guests and patients
    • A means to fill out medical forms clearly and efficiently
    • Patient access to personal accounts through the establishment’s healthcare portal
    • A way to keep sick patients from spreading germs to check-in staff
    • Bill Payment
    • Wayfinding
    • Telemedicine

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    Kiosk Accessibility Patient Kiosks

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    Read full article at Paciello Group March 2020

    Healthcare kiosks are, now more than ever, a valuable tool for serving more patients without the need for up close staff interaction. They can be used for checking in patients and gathering symptom information for efficient triage purposes. They can also be used to measure patient blood pressure or heart rate, temperature, and other diagnostic information. Moreover, healthcare kiosks are also helpful for educating patients, collecting health insurance information, and scheduling future services.

    Making a healthcare kiosk accessible not only improves patient care, but is required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities regarding public accommodations and the court has defined public accommodation to include (in title III) service establishments including healthcare facilities.

    Creating an accessible healthcare kiosk

    Disabilities, according to the ADA, can be physical (motor skills), cognitive (intellectual), low to no vision, low to no hearing, and more. But before addressing software accessibility, the first step to creating an accessible healthcare kiosk should be to make the kiosk physically accessible. The ability to access the kiosk by users in a wheelchair is required by the ADA.  It outlines specific compliance guidelines like the height of operable parts, the viewing angle, and the approach area for accessing the kiosk — which must also be accessible via a wheelchair. The approach area requires a clear path without stairs, uneven flooring, or objects to obstruct access.

    Once physical accessibility has been established, turn your attention to another an equally important component: software. The kiosk application must also be accessible for use by someone who is blind or has low vision. The kiosk needs to have a screen reader, such as JAWS® for kiosk to turn text to speech. Some examples of accessible kiosks can be found in this video.

    Touchscreens may be difficult for people with disabilities, so an external input/navigation device is also useful to allow users to engage with a kiosk without using a touchscreen.  The kiosk application must be developed to ensure it can be easily navigated and understood when read through a screen reader. WCAG 2.1 AA standards are application and website guidelines for accessibility. Following those guidelines with a healthcare check-in app, for instance, will make it easier for a blind or low vision user to understand and navigate the kiosk app. Learn more about selecting the right input device for your accessible kiosk.

    Some things to consider when planning your accessible healthcare kiosk

    1. What application will you be using? Is it already accessible? If yes, can you improve usability for kiosk users?
    2. Is the kiosk hardware ADA compliant for height and reach specifications?
    3. Does the kiosk include an input device that has an audio jack? Oftentimes, there is no effect on audio jacks built in audio jacks when headphones are inserted. Using an input device that includes an audio jack will allow JAWS to turn off and on based on the presence of the headphones.
    4. Are you providing all information in a way that is accessible to all users, including those who are deaf or hard of hearing, and those who are blind or who have low vision? That includes any PDFs that are being read on the screen, videos in need of captioning, and document signing for HIPAA compliance.
    5. Are you protecting user privacy at every turn?

    Read full article at Paciello Group March 2020

    HIMSS Preview – Patient Kiosk Software

    iPatientCare Announces to Deploy Patient Kiosk Integrated with EHR and Patient Portal

    Enhanced Patient Experience of Self-Service Check-in at Physicians’ Offices by Deploying Patient Kiosk

    Source: www.ipatientcare.com

    iPatientCare’s Patient Kiosk solution utilizes best technologies offered by CTS so that patients can not only check-in easily but also sign the consent forms, pay their balance and co-pay, and scan drivers license and insurance cards… all electronically! The customizable Patient Kiosk integrated with iPatientCare EHR/PM and Patient Portal streamlines the patient check-in process and enhances productivity of doctors’ offices.

    ADA Kiosk News from the U.S. Access Board – March/ April 2019

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    • Access Board to Hold Town Hall Meeting and Training in Indianapolis on May 21
    • Karen Tamley Elected Access Board Chair
    • Upcoming Board Webinars
    • Poland Creates Entity Modeled after the U.S. Access Board
    • Congressional Measures Address Airline Accessibility
    • Guidelines for Voting Systems Available for Public Comment
    • Updated VPAT Now Available from the IT Industry Council

    Access Board to Hold Town Hall Meeting and Training in Indianapolis on May 21

    The Access Board will hold a town hall meeting in Indianapolis on the afternoon of May 21 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The event will provide an open forum where members of the public can pose questions to the Board or share comments or concerns about accessibility for people with disabilities. There also will be panel discussions with area speakers on accessible recreation and outdoor environments, the Indiana AgrAbility Project, and local compliance initiatives under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

    The event will take place in the Pacers Square Room at Bankers Life Fieldhouse from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm. Registration is not required. An assistive listening system, computer assisted real-time transcription (CART), and sign language interpreters will be available. Attendees are requested to refrain from using perfume, cologne, and other fragrances for the comfort of all participants. The meeting will not be streamed online, but there will be a call-in option and streaming CART.

    Earlier in the day, the Board will also offer free training sessions on the ADA Accessibility Standards at the town hall site. There will be a program on how to apply the standards and common sources of confusion (9:00 am – 10:30 am). This will be followed by a session on recreation facilities and outdoor sites (10:45 am – 12:15 pm). Advance registration is not required, and participants can attend either or both sessions. Qualified attendees can earn continuing education credits (1.5 per session) from the American Institute of Architects.

    For further information, contact Dave Yanchulis at [email protected], (202) 272–0026 (v), or (202) 272–0027 (TTY).

    U.S. Access Board Training and Town Hall Meeting, May 21
    Pacers Square at Bankers Life Fieldhouse
    125 S. Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, IN

    Training Session on the ADA Accessibility Standards (free)
    • 8:00 – 9:00 Registration & Welcome
    • 9:00 – 10:30 Application of the Standards & Common Sources of Confusion
    • 10:30 – 10:45 Break
    • 10:45 – 12:15 Recreation Facilities & Outdoor Sites

    Town Hall Meeting
    • 2:00 – 2:15 Opening Remarks
    • 2:15 – 3:30 Panel Discussions
    • 3:30 – 4:30 Overview of the Access Board & Open Forum

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    Karen Tamley Elected Access Board Chair

    At its March meeting, the Board unanimously elected Board Member Karen Tamley as its new Chair. Tamley just completed a term as Vice Chair of the Board and has served as the Commissioner of the Chicago Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities since 2005.

    “I am honored to serve as the Chair of such a dedicated agency that is a true force for change and that has done so much to advance accessibility both in the U.S. and abroad,” she stated after the vote. “I look forward to working with Board members and staff in the year ahead.”

    Tamley joined the Board in 2015 as a public member. As head of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, she leads numerous disability policy and compliance initiatives in transportation, city infrastructure, emergency preparedness, housing, schools and technology, and other areas. She also oversees the delivery of independent living services to city residents.

    She succeeds Lance Robertson who represents the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the Board and who was named Vice Chair by acclamation. He serves as Assistant Secretary for Aging at HHS and heads its Administration for Community Living and previously was Director of Aging Services at the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

    Board officers serve for a term of one year. The Board is structured to function as a coordinating body among Federal agencies and to directly represent the public, particularly people with disabilities. Half of its members are representatives from most of the Federal departments. The other half is comprised of members of the public appointed by the President.

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    Upcoming Board Webinars

    Ensuring that public streets and sidewalks are accessible to people with disabilities can be a challenge, especially since accessibility guidelines for public rights-of-way have yet to be finalized. The next webinar in the Board’s free monthly series will take place June 6 from 2:30 – 4:00 (ET) and will be devoted to answering the various questions that come up in addressing access to sidewalks and street crossings, pedestrian signals, on-street parking, roundabouts, transit stops and other components of public rights-of-way as well as shared use paths. Board Accessibility Specialists will answer questions submitted in advance or during the live webinar and offer guidance, solutions, and best practices based on guidelines the Board proposed for public rights-of-way. Attendees are encouraged to submit their questions in advance.

    Visit www.accessibilityonline.org for more information or to register for the webinar. Webinar attendees can earn continuing education credits. The webinar series is hosted by the ADA National Network in cooperation with the Board. Archived copies of previous Board webinars are available on the site.

    Section 508 Best Practices Webinar
    The Board also offers a free webinar series on its Section 508 Standards for ICT in the federal sector. The next webinar in this series will be held May 28 from 1:00 to 2:30 (ET) and will review the Trusted Tester for Web and highlight significant updates. Developed by Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Accessible Systems and Technology in coordination with other agencies, the Trusted Tester Process provides a scalable, repeatable, accurate process for evaluating web and software products for conformance with the 508 Standards.

    Representatives from the Board and DHS will review the latest edition (Version 5) which supports the revised Section 508 Standards and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (2.0). Trusted Tester 5.0 improves the format, flow, and construction of the evaluation process and test conditions. Presenters will discuss the new testing tool, the Accessible Name and Description Inspector (ANDI), and how it aids testers with code inspection-based testing. They will also cover the availability of DHS online training and certification. Questions can be submitted in advance of the session or can be posed during the webinar.

    Visit the webinar site for further information or to register. The Section 508 Best Practices Webinar Series is made available by the Accessibility Community of Practice of the CIO Council in partnership with the Board. Prior webinars can be accessed on the site.

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    Poland Creates Entity Modeled after the U.S. Access Board

    The Polish government has established an agency to promote accessibility that is modeled after the U.S. Access Board. Created in December, the Accessibility Council is responsible for reviewing laws and regulations and making recommendations to the government on implementing a sweeping new law to advance accessibility nationwide. The Council is comprised of 50 members representing ministries and government bodies, disability groups, and academia and meets quarterly. The Council will play a lead role in implementing the Accessibility Plus Program, an new measure that aims to make Poland a leader in accessibility by eliminating barriers in architecture, transportation, education, health care, digital and other services.

    Poland’s Minister of Investment and Development Jerzy Kwieciński, who heads the Accessibility Council, credits the work of the U.S. Access Board and a speaking tour by Board Executive Director David Capozzi as the inspiration for the new entity. At the Council’s inaugural meeting in February, he recognized the Access Board’s influence and stated, “I believe that now Poland will become a model for other countries.” He supports a study tour of the U.S. for Council staff, including further consultations with the Board.

    Capozzi travelled throughout Poland in 2017 as part of State Department’s speaker program to share the American experience in ensuring accessibility for people with various disabilities. During his weeklong stay in Warsaw, Gdynia, Gdańsk, and Kraków, he met with national and local authorities, advocacy groups, and other representatives, some of whom were instrumental in creating the Council. Capozzi discussed achievements and challenges of ensuring accessibility in the U.S. and shared lessons learned. He participated in dialogues on different aspects of accessibility, including the built environment, information and communication technology, employment, enforcement, and the important role standards play, among other topics.

    “It was an honor to travel to Poland on behalf of the State Department and our embassy to meet with those leading the effort to make the country a model for accessibility,” states Capozzi. “The Board looks forward to learning more about their efforts and achievements and exploring how we can further advance accessibility in both our countries.”

    In Warsaw, Board Executive Director David Capozzi (right) met with Senate Member Jan Filip Libicki and others.

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    Congressional Measures Address Airline Accessibility

    Legislation was recently introduced in Congress to supplement the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) which prohibits discrimination in air transportation. Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) submitted bills in the House (H. R. 1549) and Senate (S. 669) to amend the ACAA to further improve access at airports and on aircraft. The bills would create accessibility standards for new airplanes, require removal of barriers on existing airplanes where readily achievable, strengthen enforcement mechanisms, including establishment of a private right of action and enhance safety.

    Under these measures, the Access Board would be responsible for issuing standards for aircraft and equipment for boarding and deplaning, including seating accommodations, lavatories, stowage of assistive devices, announcements, and in-flight entertainment and video displays. The standards also would address airports, including ticketing counters, gates, customer service desks, audible announcements, kiosks, and websites. The bills were referred to the appropriate House and Senate committees for consideration.

    In addition, under a law passed last year, the Department of Transportation (DOT) began reporting data on the number of passenger wheelchairs and scooters that are damaged or mishandled by airlines on a monthly basis. A total of 701 (2.18%) wheelchairs and scooters were damaged last December, an average of more than 25 a day, as reported in DOT’s monthly Air Travel Consumer Report (February issue). The total for January was 681 (2.06%) and for February was 593 (1.7%).

    In a statement, Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), who authored the law said, “Every airline passenger deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, but too often they aren’t. Travelers should be able to find out if certain airlines have high rates of breaking wheelchairs and other equipment that people depend on, just like we can find out if certain airlines have high rates of flight delays or cancellations.”

    Further information on this reporting is posted on DOT’s website.

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    Guidelines for Voting Systems Available for Public Comment

    Federal guidelines for voting systems implemented under the Help America Vote Act are currently available for public comment. Issued by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) provide principles and criteria for assessing the basic functionality, accessibility, and security of voting equipment.

    The EAC released the document, referred to as VVSG 2.0, on February 28 for a 90-day comment period, as indicated in a notice published in the Federal Register. The VVSG 2.0 updates guidelines first issued in 2005 and revised in 2015 and features a new streamlined structure comprised of high-level system design goals with broad descriptions of the functions that make up voting systems. The proposal also includes moving technical requirements and test assertions to separate documents that detail how voting systems can meet the new Principles and Guidelines in order to obtain certification. Those requirements and test assertions will be made available for public comment at a later date. The EAC seeks comments on all sections of the Principles and Guidelines including the proposed restructuring. Comments are due May 29.

    For further information, visit the EAC’s website or contact Ryan Macias at (301) 563-3931 or [email protected].

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    Updated VPAT Now Available from the IT Industry Council

    The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) maintains a free reporting tool known as the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) to help determine whether information and communication technology products and services satisfy accessibility requirements, including the Section 508 Standards. ITI recently released revised editions of the VPAT (2.3) based on the Board’s revised 508 Standards (VPAT 2.3 508), including the referenced Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0). It also offers VPATs for WCAG 2.1 (VPAT 2.3 WCAG), the European Union’s ICT requirements (VPAT 2.3 EU), and another based on all three (VPAT 2.3 INT).

    Visit the ITI’s website for further information or send a message to [email protected].

    ADA News – EZ Access® trademark Licensed by Assistra Technologies

    ADA News – EZ Access® trademark Licensed by Assistra Technologies

    ez-access by assistraMADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) has executed an exclusive license agreement with Assistra Technologies, LLC, covering a portfolio of patents and trademarks relating to disability access systems for self-service kiosks, touch screen systems, and similar devices.  The patents included in the license cover a variety of aspects of such systems and devices, such as novel methods for touch screen access for the vision impaired, tactile interfaces, and keypad designs.  The license also includes the well-known “EZ®” and “EZ Access®” trademarks, which have been in use in the market to designate systems and certifications for providing disability access to electronic device interfaces.

    Assistra EZ AccessThe licensed technology was developed by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Trace Research and Development Center.  The researchers recognized that public self-service kiosks in the United States should be accessible for everyone, including individuals with disabilities such as reduced vision or other physical limitations.  Assistra’s implementation of this technology, pursuant to its license with WARF, will further the Trace team’s goals by helping to improve the cross disability access of self-service kiosks, including a kiosk’s accessibility to people with vision, hearing, mobility and minor cognitive impairments.

    EZ Access® approved hardware and technologies are currently being used by several government and public institutions, including the Department of Homeland Security for border passport kiosks; and also by Amtrak and the U.S. Post Office for self-service kiosks.  Assistra plans to expand the use of EZ Access® technology to include several major airlines.

    Assistra will help ensure the quality of all EZ Access® implementations by creating a more formal certification program and by providing consulting services that will make EZ Access® technologies easier to integrate into both new and existing self-service kiosks and other public electronic devices such as voting machines.

    “In many situations, people with disabilities are finding themselves in the position of needing to educate themselves about a kiosk’s technology every time they approach a new self-service kiosk.” says Bruce Winkler, Assistra Technologies’ Managing Partner. “One of our goals with the suite of EZ Access® technologies is to strive towards consistency and simplicity, and thereby achieve maximum accessibility by those with sensory, mobility or cognitive impairment.”

    Winkler added, “Our implementation of the EZ Access® technologies developed by the University of Wisconsin Trace Center provides cross-disability access by combining a tactile keypad along with simple interactive techniques in ways that work together robustly and flexibly to accommodate users.  This allows more people to use the product according to their own ability, preference or circumstance.  What’s more, Assistra will work with its customers to ensure that their implementations of our EZ Access® technology will be ADA and Section 508 compliant.”

    In addition, Assistra plans to enhance the existing EZ Access® product and service offerings by working with kiosk manufacturers to develop all-in-one self service kiosks that already implement the licensed technology, as well as software toolkits that will allow more companies and institutions to easily incorporate the licensed technology into their kiosk designs.  According to Mr. Winkler, “markets and institutions that can benefit from the licensed technology include airport and transportation kiosks, accessible voting machines for polling places, ordering kiosks at fast food chains, and wayfinding kiosks in government buildings, federal parks, and hospitals to name a few.”

    About WARF

    The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) helps steward the cycle of research, discovery, commercialization and investment for the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Founded in 1925 as an independent, nonprofit foundation, WARF manages more than 1,700 patents and an investment portfolio of $2.6 billion as it funds university research, obtains patents for campus discoveries and licenses inventions to industry. For more information, visit www.warf.org.

    About Assistra Technologies LLC

    Assistra Technologies LLC is a Wisconsin-based company that has been formed to operate as the sole provider of EZ Access® branded products and services, including expert services and design certifications for kiosk manufacturers and their clients to help them meet or exceed ADA guidelines and Section 508 requirements. For more information, visit www.assistratech.com.

    About The UW-Trace Research & Development Center

    The Trace R&D Center was formed in 1971 at the University of Wisconsin – Madison to address the communication needs of people who are nonspeaking and have severe disabilities.  The Center was an early leader and innovator in the field that came to be known as “augmentative communication” and has recently relocated to the University of Maryland. For more information, visit http://trace.umd.edu.

    EZ® and EZ Access® are registered trademarks of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).

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    FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

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    Assistra Technologies LLC

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    Self Service Kiosk Accessibility in Healthcare

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    Self Service ADA for Healthcare

    Nice post/blog on TPGi updated 9/8/2023

    The Importance of Accessibility and Usability in Healthcare Self-Service Kiosks

    Updated 9/8/2023

    Self Service Kiosk - Modern healthcare facility front desk/check in area.

    More than ever, healthcare kiosks are an essential tool for serving patients. Self-service devices have become standard in the patient journey. They can streamline appointment check-ins, update patient information, collect outstanding balances, provide wayfinding in healthcare facilities, measure blood pressure and perform other diagnostic testing, enable telehealth services, and more.

    Self-service technology has become increasingly prevalent across various industries, and healthcare is far from the exception. According to Industry, ARC’s Self-Service Kiosk Forecast, the self-service kiosk market is estimated to surpass the $35.8 billion mark by 2026, with an expected growth rate of 6.4% from 2021 to 2026.

    The rampant growth of self-service devices in healthcare is likely, in part, a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. A Market Report by Grand View Research estimates that the medical kiosk market grew 10.4% from 2020 to 2021. In 2021, the global medical kiosk market size was valued at 1.1 billion USD, and that number is expected to expand at a compounded annual growth rate of 14.8% from 2022 to 2030.

    Innovations in the self-service medical space are not new: this 2013 article in Forbes shows diagnostic kiosks placed in pharmacies and grocery stores. And in 2030, the revenue forecast for the medical kiosk market is 3.8 billion USD. Self-service functionality in the healthcare space is here to stay.

    Healthcare kiosks have several use cases that can improve patient care. However, without a thorough understanding of how and why accessible features must be implemented and reviewed, patient care is at risk of being compromised for a substantial portion of the population.

    Patient Care and Disabilities: Why Accessibility is Vital

    Making a healthcare kiosk accessible is required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities regarding public accommodations, and the court has defined public accommodations to include service establishments, including healthcare facilities, under Title III.

    The ADA provides protections for people with a wide range of disabilities that cause physical, cognitive, or sensory impairments. To be accessible for patients who are blind or have low vision, self-service devices need to have screen reader software, such as JAWS® for Kiosk, to turn text into speech.

    There are 7.2 million visually impaired adults in the United States, according to the National Federation of the Blind. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that, globally, blindness and low vision impacts over 282 million people and is expected to increase by 72% over the next 11 years.

    When considering the widespread need for accessibility in healthcare self-service devices, it is important to note that patient demographics skew older, and so does the percentage of people with disabilities. 80% of those who are blind are over 50 years old, according to WHO. The Census Bureau estimates that about 46% of Americans ages 75 and older and 24% of those ages 65 to 74 report having a disability, compared with 12% of adults ages 35 to 64 and 8% of adults under 35.

    According to The Institute of Medicine’s Committee on the Future Health Care Workforce for Older Americans, older adults use far more healthcare services than younger groups. A large majority of older adults (approximately 82 percent) have at least one chronic disease that requires ongoing care and management. And over the coming decades, the total number of Americans ages 65 and older will increase sharply. As a result, an increasing number of older Americans will be living with illness and disability, and more care providers and resources will be required to meet their needs for healthcare services.

    An ADA-compliant and usable self-service kiosk empowers equal access to healthcare kiosks for all patients, regardless of ability.

    The Benefits of Accessible Kiosks in Healthcare

    There are many advantages to using kiosks in healthcare, like shorter wait times and streamlined check-in processes. Consistency is another benefit: Kiosks provide patients with the same experience each time, which improves efficiency. Kiosks can be used to schedule follow-up appointments, pay bills, collect insurance information, and request contact or demographic details. Kiosks serve a wide range of purposes and help alleviate healthcare attendants’ demands.

    Kiosks can also save time and resources, allowing healthcare providers to obtain more patient information while reducing employee demands. They can also serve patients across language and literacy barriers.

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, kiosks helped mitigate the risk of exposure through the use of temperature sensing and exposure questionnaires. Healthcare kiosks can be used to gather patient information without exposing providers to the immediate risk that occurs when interacting with patients directly. Using kiosks to collect patient information allows for distancing and proper triage processes, minimizing the number of potential contagious interactions during a doctor’s office visit.

    Making kiosks accessible is critical to preserving the quality of patient care for all patients.

    Kiosk Accessibility Settlements and Agreements

    Kiosk accessibility has been at the root of numerous public settlements.

    In a July 2016 settlement, Massachusetts Attorney General, Maura Healy, with the National Federation of the Blind, announced a settlement with Pursuant Health. In the agreement, Pursuant Health agreed to make their self-service healthcare kiosks accessible to blind consumers.

    The services available on the kiosks included vision assessments, blood pressure screening, weight assessments, BMI evaluations, and advice on pain management. Pursuant also agreed to pay $95,000 in the settlement, in addition to the cost of retrofitting their kiosks for accessibility.

    Post settlement, Mark A. Riccobono, President of the NFB stated “Health information has the potential to be more accessible than ever to the blind with twenty-first-century technology, but only if the manufacturers of technology keep accessibility in mind.”

    Creating an Accessible Healthcare Kiosk

    To comply with the ADA and ensure usability, healthcare kiosks must be physically accessible.

    Wheelchair users need to be able to access the kiosk. This is a requirement of the ADA, which outlines specific compliance guidelines for the height of operable parts, the viewing angle, and the approach area for accessing the kiosk. The approach area requires a clear path without stairs, uneven flooring, or objects to obstruct access.

    Once physical accessibility has been established, turn your attention to an equally vital component: software. The kiosk application must be accessible to someone who is blind or has low vision. The kiosk needs to have a screen reader, such as JAWS® for Kiosk, to turn text into speech.

    Touchscreens may be difficult for people with disabilities, so an external input/navigation device is also useful to allow users to engage with a kiosk without using a touchscreen. The kiosk application must be developed to ensure it can be easily navigated and understood when read through a screen reader. and website guidelines for accessibility must also be incorporated. The kiosk application must be developed to ensure conformance and usability according to accessibility best practices and the latest WCAG 2.1 AA standards.

    See An Accessible Patient Check-In Kiosk in Action

    During the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference, Storm Interface US Operations Manager Nicky Shaw used the patient check-in experience to demonstrate common barriers for vision-impaired patients.

    Planning Your Accessible Healthcare Kiosk: Keep These Questions in Mind

    • What application will you be using? Is it already accessible? If yes, can you improve usability for kiosk users?
    • Is the kiosk hardware ADA-compliant for height and reach specifications?
    • Does the kiosk include an input device with an audio jack? Using an input device that includes an audio jack allows JAWS® to turn off and on based on the presence of the headphones. Learn more about selecting the right input device for your accessible kiosk.
    • Are you providing information in a way that is accessible to all users, including those who are deaf or hard of hearing, and those who are blind or who have low vision? That includes any PDFs being read on the screen, videos needing captioning, and document signing for HIPAA compliance.
    • Are you protecting user privacy at every turn?

    Ensuring Privacy with an Accessible Kiosk

    In any healthcare setting, kiosks must provide an accessible and private user experience for all patients. This means including accessibility features to allow a blind or low-vision user to use the kiosk without assistance and not broadcasting personal information out to the entire room. In order to protect patient privacy, all patients with disabilities should be able to use kiosks without the need for third-party assistance.

    You can protect patient privacy with kiosks by providing a privacy screen that shields others from viewing the screen. Additionally, proximity switches that reset the kiosk when a user is finished should be implemented, and kiosk software must clear user data between each session.

    Protecting Patients with Clean Kiosks

    The need to protect patients and healthcare workers from exposure and relieve healthcare workers from unnecessary tasks was of utmost importance during the COVID-19 healthcare crisis, but the question of kiosk cleanliness is always relevant in a healthcare setting.

    Anti-microbial touchscreen films and surfaces are available through some kiosk manufacturers.

    Kiosks can be easily overlooked on cleaning schedules and are only cleaned if they are considered a priority by janitors and staff. Therefore, it is also important to discuss cleaning procedures and appropriate cleaning supplies for washing kiosks and kiosk accessories such as input devices.

    Here are some resources about cleaning kiosks and peripheral devices:

    Patients should take the same precautions when using a kiosk as when they handle a shopping cart. If facilities provide appropriate cleaning supplies for patients to use prior to utilizing the kiosk or upon completion of usage (like at a gym), then the kiosks will preserve both user safety and that of healthcare staff.

    What’s Next for Healthcare Facilities with Kiosks

    Retrofitting accessibility software and physical guidelines is an option for kiosks that are already deployed in a healthcare setting. Kiosk input devices and screen reader software can be added, and applications can be updated, to provide an accessible experience.

    If new kiosks are still being deployed, it is more cost-effective to consider an accessible design earlier in the production phase, or before new kiosks are manufactured. The costs to build an accessible kiosk are marginally higher than those of an inaccessible one.

    For more info

    Implementing usable and accessible self-service kiosks requires careful consideration and expertise. This is where accessibility experts, like the team at TPGi, can provide valuable guidance. Experienced consultants can help develop and implement inclusive healthcare kiosks, which maximize inclusion for patients and optimize efficiency for healthcare operations. Schedule a call to speak about your kiosk project today.


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    HIMSS 2023 Self Service and Accessibility on Display in Booth 7431

    HIMSS 2023, Booth 7431 – Making Technology Accessible

    Storm Interface are pleased to announce their participation at this year’s HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition, the most influential health information technology event of the year.

    All self-service applications must be compliant with The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and those designed for use in medical related situations are no exception. Kiosks used for checking in at a doctor’s office,or the blood pressure monitoring kiosks found in grocery stores must be usable by those with disabilities.

    Touchscreens are often relied upon to provide the customer interface, but this primarily visual experience discriminates against those who cannot see, read or interact with content presented exclusively on a visual display or touchscreen.

    The ADA is intended to ensure that those citizens with impairments or disabilities are not denied access to services, information or products offered by self-service technology. Kiosks and other digital interfaces are increasingly deployed in healthcare applications. There have recently been ‘landmark’ lawsuits filed against high profile providers of medical and diagnostic services, citing non-compliance with the requirements of ADA and other accessibility standards.

    Any organization considering deployment of self-service technology should include provisions to ensure accessibility. Storm Assistive Technology Products are laboratory tested and field proven as an essential component of any accessible and compliant customer interface.

    Joining Storm at booth 7431 will be selected strategic technology partners:

    Certify Health Himss Olea

    Certify Health Himss Olea – Click for full size

    TPGi – From inception to implementation, TPGi make your kiosk application or website into an accessible kiosk deployment that conforms to global accessibility standards and guidelines. https://www.tpgi.com/accessibility-solutions/jaws-kiosk/ 

    Kiosk Innovations – Kiosk Innovations is proud to produce unique and original designs that not only stand out from their surroundings but incorporate ever-changing technological innovations.  https://www.kioskinnovations.com

    Pyramid America Inc. – Pyramid, in collaboration with selected partners, provides medical providers for self-service in the healthcare sector with modern and efficient kiosk terminals.  https://www.pyramid-america.com

    HIMSS Roundup

    EPIC Welcom Kiosk Information Systems

    EPIC Welcome Kiosk Information Systems

    KIOSK Information Systems at HIMSS — see EPIC iteration and case study (UNH). — KIOSK will have our patient check in kiosk in the Lenovo Lounge  and Jake Davis will be speaking on the Dell stage in their booth tomorrow afternoon Tuesday, 4/18 at 1pm on the patient check-in solution.

    Olea Kiosks is in the Certify Health booth 1873 with Intel and Elotouch – big thing here is Facial Recognition

    Esper is in Innovation Hub

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    Web Accessibility – The Paciello Group Changes Name to TPGi

    From the new TPGi website Feb 2021 — The Paciello Group is now rebranded as TPG Interactive or TPGi.  TPGi is a division of Vispero.  We note that TPGi is one of the contributors to WCAG 3.0 and is the top tier in accessibility testing and guidance. With the proliferation of web and mobile ordering, accessibility is more important than ever.  We want to also comment on the wonderful logo design (and URL) that TPGi is starting out with. We think it’s cool!


    TPG Interactive accessibility

    TPG Interactive accessibility

    We are thrilled to unveil the next evolution of accessibility as we integrate the best methodologies, software, analytics, and industry expertise into a unified organization under a new brand. Effective February 22, 2021, our organization will be officially known as TPG Interactive (doing business as TPGi).

    Over the last four years, we have grown under the larger accessibility ecosystem that is Vispero. With the 2017 acquisition of Always Accessible and the 2018 acquisition of Interactive Accessibility, Vispero has facilitated the evolution of TPGi’s solutions capabilities. Chief among those leaps forward are the modernized API-first automated accessibility testing and collaboration software suite, Accessibility Resource Center (ARC) Platform, while Interactive Accessibility expanded our trusted expertise in review methodologies, accessibility risk consulting, and strategic program management capabilities. Now is the time to unify all of our brands under a single identity so our customers can benefit fully from these interwoven capabilities.

    “TPGi has grown from a small organization of dedicated accessibility professionals into a world-class provider of forward-thinking accessibility solutions. In that time we have expanded our organization through acquisition and organic growth and want our brand to represent the diverse portfolio of technology and talent that will now be known as TPGi,” said Travis Brown, Vice President of Sales & Marketing.

    As part of the new transformation, we are also launching an exciting new generation of our ARC Platform that will create deeply integrated solutions for all of our customers. With ARC, we’ve built the most advanced accessibility management platform on the market. It provides expert-curated content, advanced test automation and analytics, and on-demand support through a single access point for both customers and accessibility professionals.

    “ARC’s Gen5 release will serve as our customer collaboration hub, source of world-class accessibility analytics, systems integrations (API), a repository for all of our KnowledgeBase content, Tutor e-learning modules, customer audits, client deliverables, and our HelpDesk support ticketing system,” states David O’Neill, Chief Architect, ARC Platform.

    “TPGi’s accessibility services will now leverage ARC’s scalable infrastructure to empower our clients with access to knowledge and opportunities for collaboration. By providing visibility into accessibility performance metrics for fast and actionable insights that support agile development, we enable our clients to effectively identify and remediate existing accessibility barriers, and incorporate digital accessibility into their planning and design within their development lifecycle. They can confidently deliver a more successful end-user experience and achieve their business objectives,” said Dave Lerch, Global Vice President, Solutions Delivery.

    What’s Next: All of our clients, current and future, will be able to take advantage of these new capabilities. We are rolling out a coordinated approach between account managers, sales, and customer success to ensure a smooth customer transition. The future of accessibility is here, and it starts with TPGi.

    TPGi is an accessibility solutions provider that supports all phases of accessibility through best-in-class management software and professional services. We partner with the best-known brands in the world to achieve end-to-end accessibility for their digital assets. Our clients span a variety of industries including retail/eCommerce, software/technology, publishing, banking/finance, healthcare, government, and higher education. TPGi experts are globally recognized for their contributions to accessibility standards and guidelines.


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