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Talking to a Kiosk: the man machine
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Councillor Scott Cassie launched the first kiosk service to provide free
SKYPE telephony.
The PDWeb kiosk located at the RGU Sports centre in Aberdeen was the
location.
Councillor Cassie simply touched the screen options to phone three separate
numbers:
The first was to the PDWeb Help desk, Councillor Cassie asked how the
weather was in Sheffield (thinking PDWeb was based there...) I have no idea
said the speakers in the kiosk we are based in Halifax. The conversation
recovered from that point on and a general short conversation followed.
The call was ended by touching the end option: a red telephone icon
Then, Councillor Cassie selected to call an Aberdonian studying at a
university in China, the call was quick to connect and faultless; the
conversation was short due to the time difference as the student was mostly
concerned about closing time at the local nightclub.
Finally, Councillor Cassie selected TRAVELINE to make direct enquiries
about transport times and routes.
Everything went satisfactorily and the SKYPE kiosk service will soon be
operating on all the cities units and the services provided will be
expanded.
Early comments have been: 'what a great service for students to contact
their folks back home'.
A plugin head set or a telephone hand
set can be added for privacy.
A two way video link will also be included in the next phase.
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