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Self-Service Survival Guide: How Kiosks Have Adapted to the Great Outdoors
You don’t have to be Bear Grylls to know that the outdoors can be a tough place to be. Rain, snow, ice, wind, temperature extremes, even bright sunshine all pose risks to survival. And that’s just to people. For electronic [...]
Four Questions to Ask About Your Next Kiosk Rollout (and How We’d Answer Them)
Regular readers of this blog will know that we like to wax lyrical about cutting-edge kiosk technology and all the varied and innovative ways it is used. As kiosk vendors, who can blame us? Being right in the middle of [...]
What Will Biometric Border Checks Mean for Travel to the EU?
If you’re planning a summer holiday to Spain, Greece, the south of France or any other EU destination this year, try to savour the experience at passport control (if such a thing is even possible). Because the next time you [...]
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How Long Does It Take To Install An Interactive Kiosk?
The benefits of interactive kiosks are well established. It’s therefore unsurprising that demand for kiosks, across a wide range of sectors, continues to increase. For many businesses, installing a kiosk, or multiple interactive screens is part of a strategy to [...]
What is Biometrics and What Has it Got To Do With Kiosks?
For most people, their first encounter with biometrics came via their passport. If you’re a UK citizen and have renewed your passport since 2010, you will now be the proud holder of a biometric passport. What that means is that [...]
How to Pick the Right Kiosk for Your Business
Use cases for self-service kiosks are expanding rapidly. As a result, the form and function of kiosks is multiplying at a similarly advanced rate. For example, at Acante we sell kiosks for three main purposes - identification and authentication, information [...]
How Kiosks Have Revolutionised the Fast Food Sector
Kiosks and fast food. A marriage made in heaven. A decade ago, when you went into a fast food restaurant, you expected to queue at the counter, give your order to a member of staff, pay and then wait for [...]
Five Ways to Use a Kiosk for ID Authentication
Kiosks have come to prominence in the form of self-service checkouts and other types of automated customer transaction. But placing orders and taking payments is just one of many possible uses for a kiosk. With the right hardware accessories, kiosks [...]
After the Touchscreen: Is the Future Touchless Kiosks?
Self-service kiosks are a rapidly evolving technology. The more business sectors and individual organisations cotton onto their potential, the more the technology adapts to different applications and needs. Between now and 2028, the global kiosk market is forecast to more [...]
Bespoke Kiosks: Does Your Business Need One?
Touchscreen kiosks are designed to fit a wide range of applications, but some situations call for bespoke kiosks. Here are five signs your business would benefit from a bespoke kiosk: Styling must stand out Touchscreen kiosks are made to be aesthetically pleasing. That [...]
How to Create a Customer Experience Strategy
Wondering how to create a customer experience strategy? Customer demands and expectations are changing all the time, and businesses need to stay ahead of the game if they want to deliver an outstanding customer experience. A solid customer experience strategy [...]
How to Use Digital Kiosks in Retail
Retail spaces are transforming all the time and digital kiosks are now an integral part of the landscape for most successful customer facing retail businesses. From supermarkets to fast food restaurants, this technology has been adopted to streamline ordering processes, [...]
The advantages of installing a self service checkout kiosk
The significant increase in online shopping over the past year has been well-publicised, and unlikely to drop any time soon. Interestingly, in a 2019 survey, 83% of internet users described a quick and easy checkout process the most valued part [...]
What Are Digital Building Directories?
You’ve probably heard of them before, but if you’ve ever asked yourself ‘just what are digital building directories?’, then wonder no more. As with all types of digital signage, they have plenty of advantages. In all likelihood you’ll have seen [...]
The Benefits Of Using Digital Signage In Conference Rooms
You may be surprised to learn just how helpful the benefits of using digital signage in conference rooms are. Many of us only attended virtual conference rooms during the first year of COVID-19. Now employees worldwide are seeing the benefits [...]