CHAPTER 4

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATION

CONCLUSION

Interactive information kiosk in general public are now in broad use, and are likely to

increase as organizations recognize them as a cost effective means of offering information and

services to the public. It is clear that a balance of the public, particularly those with experience of

interactive systems, will be able to use them successfully. However the public includes a wide

range of vary levels of experience, ability and levels of confidence. Care is required in the design

of public information systems if the services they offer are not to be denied to large sections of

the population. This paper has tried to provide some general assistance which can help designers

try to achieve ‘interfaces for all’.

The proposed system introduces the multimedia and interactive information in high

school. The interactive information kiosk system uses a touch-screen interface to display and

provide information about the problems of youth facing today to its users. The user or the student

will have an alternative to receive updated and current messages via the kiosk system when they

are in school. Even though today tourists habitually browse information regarding places to visit

via the Internet in advance, details of information in the Internet are sometimes not clear. The

interactive information kiosk system is designed for multiple-user purpose to be viewed by the

users every time as information is newly posted in the system and kiosks are located in

designated areas that can always be reached by users anytime.

 Furthermore, guide books, brochures, and magazines providing in the school information

center are frequently not most updated or latest due to the limitation of printing process. Seeing

this need, the interactive information kiosk system gives a solution for an updated and interactive

approach to information input and retrieval, serving the high school and the local community

through its touch-screen interface and local area network capability. Therefore, in order to

replace the conventional practice in information broadcast, this study presents an interactive

kiosk system that provides information access via electronic methods. The interactive

information kiosk system may serve as an expert system for information query and retrieval.

RECOMMENDATION

Some recommendations that offered possible ways to improve this proposed study are

listed below:

List of Recommendations:

1) In general user inputs to a kiosk system should be as simple as possible.

2) The kiosk needs to be eye-catching while clearly conveying its purpose to potential users.

3) A secret method to access the kiosk software should be included, and the kiosk attributes

(sound for example) and maintenance should be performed on the kiosk, possibly by touching

the screen in a certain location.

General Recommendation:

1) The kiosk needs to respond quickly to user inputs.

2) The user should only be required to make one input at a time, either selecting an option on

screen, typing in a short text string, or highlighting a menu option and confirming the selection

(perhaps by pressing an ‘Enter’,’Start’ or ‘OK’ key).

3) If the user is entering a number or text string into a field, it is necessary to ensure that the

input position or focus on the screen is clearly highlighted.

4) It is also important that the inputted characters are clearly distinguished from the system

prompt by color, font, case, or inverse video.

5) A ‘go back’ option may be needed to enable the user to return to previous inputs and re-enter

them if required.