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RESEARCH . Talking Kiosks

These interactive systems provide universal way-finding and orientation information for complex transportation facilities, where travelers must change from one mode of transport to another. Users of these Talking Kiosks learn about their immediate environments in a number of ways.

<Click Here> to read a about the opening of the new Talking Kiosk at Penn's Station. Or <Click Here> to watch a video news report of the event.

<Click Here> to read a press release from the NYC-DOT about the Whitehall Ferry kiosk. Or <Click Here> to see several photos of the opening event.

<Click Here> to read a news article from Baruch College regarding the talking kiosks.

<Click Here> to read a news article from SILive regarding the Whitehall Ferry kiosk.

 

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Customers for Talking Kiosks include:

  • New York City Department of Transportation
  • Staten Island Ferry
  • MTA/Long Island Railroad
  • West Brighton Local Business Development Corporation

Several kiosk users at the unveiling.

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A detail of a kiosk map.

 

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A side-by-side comparison of an actual photos and a rendering of the new talking kiosk in Whitehall Ferry Terminal in Lower Manhattan.

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A rendering of a proposed Talking Kiosk installed in an existing and underused pay phone housing.

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The Talking Kiosk in St. George Terminal. Note how the map is lit from below.