A self-service kiosk on any tablet, paired in the browser.
A vFound self-service kiosk is any tablet with a web browser, paired to your site with a one-time code. It lets visitors sign in, recipients say they are at the desk, borrowers check out equipment, guests check in a coat or report a loss. Each kiosk carries only the tasks you allow.
A self-service kiosk lets people do one desk task without a member of staff at the keyboard: sign in as a visitor, say they are here for a parcel, check out equipment, start a coat check-in or report a lost item. Any tablet you already have can be one.
An owner or manager chooses which tasks each kiosk allows and can revoke it at any time. The kiosk never becomes a staff sign-in and never shows your people list.
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Facts from the field
Figures and rules published by operators, regulators and industry bodies, each linked to its source.
- Apple says Guided Access temporarily restricts an iPhone or iPad to a single app, and lets you choose which features, hardware buttons and areas of the screen are available. Apple
- Google says pinning an app's screen on Android keeps it in view until it is unpinned, so the person holding the device can use only that app. Google
- Ithaca College's laptop kiosks check laptops out for 8 hours, while most IT Service Desk loaners run for 3 weeks. Ithaca College
What a kiosk can do
Each kiosk carries only the tasks you allow, and only while the product is open at your site.
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- Visitors: sign in and sign out, with the visitor type's questions and terms. The kiosk clears what a visitor typed after 60 seconds.
- Parcels: a recipient scans or types their pickup code to say they are at the desk, and staff see them in a live queue.
- Equipment: self-checkout with an exact email or ID, a scan of each item label and a signature.
- Checkroom: a guest starts their own check-in for a coat or bag, and the kiosk shows the ticket as a QR code for their own phone.
- Lost & Found: a guest reports a lost item in their own language, and the private report link goes to their email, not the screen.
Pairing and revoking
An owner or manager opens Kiosk devices in Settings, names the kiosk, chooses its tasks and gets an eight-character code that lasts ten minutes. Enter the code on the tablet and it is paired. If a tablet goes missing, revoke it from the same list. To change what a kiosk may do, pair a new one and revoke the old one.
Lock the tablet to the kiosk page
vFound runs in the browser, so use the tablet's own lock: Guided Access on an iPad or screen pinning on Android keeps the tablet on the kiosk page. The visitor and lost report forms clear what was typed after a minute without a touch.
What a kiosk is not
A kiosk is not a managed-device lock, a physical privacy screen or certified accessible hardware, and a typed email or reference is not proof of identity. It does not open doors or release lockers. Decide who supervises each kiosk.
Frequently asked questions
Do we need to buy a kiosk from vFound?+
No. Any tablet with a web browser, an iPad included, becomes a kiosk once an owner or manager pairs it with an eight-character code that lasts ten minutes. There is nothing to install.
What if a kiosk tablet is stolen?+
An owner or manager revokes it from the Kiosk devices list, and it stops working. A kiosk's pairing never becomes a staff sign-in.
Let people do one desk task themselves.
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