fladhak/qmsum huggingface dataset:
Query: What is the status of the segmenter
Answer: The classifier segmentation work is going well, but needs more data to improve results since non-native speaker data cannot be used.
Query: What change has occurred to the segmenter?
Answer: To improve the performance of Thilo's automatic segmenter, this is going to be retrained and adapted to run with Thilo's posteriors and speaker background models.
Query: Summarize the meeting
Answer: The team was coming close to finalizing the model for Aurora. They were still trying to make some improvements to improve their score. The team began with a discussion about how reverberation could be better accounted for. The professor thought that experimenting with different filters could help achieve a better signal-to-noise ratio. The new system for estimating silence probabilities that the team had added to the model was very effective, but it created a 220ms latency in the VAD. The team was not sure what kinds of constraints would be placed on latency eventually. They wanted to play it safe. The models, over all, were performing well, though the team intended to keep improving them. The team was also trying to figure out how to deal with different kinds of background noise. The meeting ended with a discussion of logistical issues.
Query: Summarize the discussion on deletions and improving the net
Answer: Adding the neural net was doubling the number of deletions. The model did not improve significantly, however, thought it became better at some tasks. The results were a mixed basket and it was decided that further experimentation was necessary.
Query: What did the professor think about the neural net?
Answer: The professor was interested in knowing what impact the neural net had in the older models which did not have pure features. The professor believed it was worthwhile to improve the net, though he also expressed that nets were occasionally over used.
Query: What did the team discuss about the most noisy cases?
Answer: The team thought that the most noisy cases were the distant microphone testing. That is when there were non-stationary noises in the background, like from a car, a babble or subway. These presented a unique challenge for the model that could potentially be best solved with a neural net.
Query: Summarize the discussion on VAD results
Answer: The VAD neural net had twelve times nine inputs and two outputs. The system had improved significantly. It added some latency but the team could potentially run it in parallel.
Query: What did the professor think about VAD latency?
Answer: The professor wanted to know how much latency the VAD was adding to the model. The professor thought that the process could work in parallel. The professor informed the team that the max latency was unknown.
Query: What did PhD C say about the breakdown of the latency?
Answer: PhD C explained that the silence probabilities had a 100ms delay, the delta at the input had a 40ms delay, and a 10ms delay was created by LDA filters.
Query: Summarize the whole meeting.
Answer: This meeting was mainly about conceptual design. Industrial Designer, Marketing and User Interface gave presentations mainly on component design, current trend and interface design respectively, based on their research on the website incorporating the ideas from last meeting. A lot of discussions was centred around the fruit and vegetable theme, which was the current marketing trend. In the meanwhile, they had some discussions on physical attributes and the use of energy. They agreed that the screen was not necessary, and TV could be used as the screen instead. In addition, Kryptonite became their preferred energy.
Query: What did the group discuss about the current trend and potential materials?
Answer: Marketing proposed that the fancy look and feel were more important than the functionality of the product. The fruit and vegetable theme was the current trend, and marketing himself preferred fruits to vegetables. Therefore, how spongy the material could be should be taken into consideration when choosing the materials. The potential materials to accomplish the fruit and vegetable theme could be a sort of rubber, which was used in the stress balls. The alternative option was to use a cover for it, and choose a colour that fits one's sitting room.
Query: What did the Industrial Designer say about component design?
Answer: Industrial Designer thought some parts needed custom design, and other parts should just use standard. For example, the case needed custom design to protect the remote and the locator, and the circuit board needed custom design as well, while the buttons and the wheels, radio sender and receiver were all standard parts. In addition, beeper or other noise things were needed as well for locating the remote. Rubber, plastic, wood and titanium were options of materials, but better not titanium. Regular chips were required if the iPod-style wheel button was used.
Query: What did people decide on screen usage when discussing the necessity of screen?
Answer: User Interface assumed they were going to have a screen at first, since User Interface thought a screen was necessary for people to visualize things such as a specific song when looking for one. However, since adding a screen cost more money, and TV could be used as the screen, they finally decided that screen was not necessary.
Query: Summarize the discussion about potential options of energy.
Answer: Battery, solar power, dynamo, Kryptonite were potential options of the energy. They ended up with a preference on Kryptonite. Even though they could not find an exact price for it, it would not be more expensive than a chip.
Query: What did the Industrial Designer think of the potential options of energy?
Answer: Industrial Designer preferred battery. Industrial Designer was not very familiar with dynamo. Wind-up or a dynamo or a solar power were all possible, but solar power would not be available with the rubber case.
Query: What was the cost of the Kryptonite when discussing potential options of energy?
Answer: The website did not give an actual cost, but most of the stuff was cheap. The chip would be the most expensive part anyway, so the group should not worry about the cost of the Kryptonite too much.
Query: Summarize the whole meeting.
Answer: After a brief summary of the last meeting, the team discussed the conceptual design for new remote control, which covered the properties, materials, user interface and trend watching. Marketing shared feedback about the design of the device. Industrial Designer gave a presentation on the design and availability of actual components, whereas User Interface led the discussion about customer needs and feasibility on design and competitors' study. A final decision was reached regarding the design of the remote control such as using kinetic charging and a rubber cover.
Query: What were the final decisions made by the team?
Answer: Kinetic charging will be adopted with LCD display on the top side of the flip top and rubberized buttons, such as volume control and channel control on the bottom. Two separate circuit boards will be joined by wires for standard and complex buttons respectively. Fruit and vegetable colours, such as chilli red or tomato red will be used for the rubber cover and the case will be plastic. The company logo will be incorporated into the design. The team hoped to incorporate voice recognition but financial feasibility will have to be checked and whistles or beepers could be used if not feasible.
Query: What did the team decide on in the last meeting?
Answer: Teletext will not be used and there will not be a control for everything. The buttons should be easy to find. The image of the company is to be incorporated in the design and a flip design is decided. Voice recognition is left out. The shape of the remote will be different than normal, like a shell or something along those lines. An alarm will be added in case the remote is lost. The target market will be young business people.
Query: Summarize the discussion about the feedback on the design of the remote control device.
Answer: Market research was done with a hundred subjects and Marketing concluded the most important aspect required in the device is a fancy look and feel. The second and third important aspects are technologically innovative and being easy to use. Fruits and vegetables can be taken into consideration when thinking about design themes as they were the themes of fashion fairs in Paris and Milan. There is also a trend towards a spongy feel to materials.
Query: What are the actual components found in most remote controls that will be included in this remote design?
Answer: Industrial Designer explained that TA11835 is a chip used in pretty much every remote control to send out standard signals based on the input. On the other hand, most current remotes use a silicone printed circuit board (PCB board) which connects the circuits so that the messages would be sent to the chip. The size should be decided as the board can be custom made.
Query: What are the benefits and drawbacks for each battery option mentioned and what did Industrial Manager suggest to conserve battery life when discussing the design and availability of actual components?
Answer: Standard AA and AAA are bulky but the cheapest. Dynamo and dual charging with normal batteries and solar charging take up too much space. Solar charging is the second cheapest but not resistant to dropping. Also, Project Manager believed it would limit the market. Kinetic charging is small and portable but market research should be done first. No rechargeable battery options were available. The remote could have a standby mode and the lights behind the buttons would be switched off after five or ten seconds when not in use.
Query: Summarize the discussion of the design of actual components regarding case material.
Answer: Titanium is too expensive, would be easily dented and could only do a standard box shape whereas plastic could be made into different curved shapes. Marketing suggested making the basic mould out of plastic with a rubber cover, which would give a spongy feel and be a cheap way to change the look of the device. Industrial Designer, User Interface and Project Manager quickly jumped on board with this idea.
Query: Summarize the discussion of the design of actual components regarding interface design.
Answer: The team planned to do touch screen and there are two options to choose from, a bare PCB circuit board which could be in different colours and making a connection by the touch of fingers, and anti RSI rubber buttons with a LCD type of screen. Industrial Designer doubted whether a LCD screen is wanted as it would only be in black and white but have not thought out how to distinguish where to press if the bare PCB circuit board is used.
Query: What did the team think about Marketing's suggestion of a sort of stylus to press the touch screen on the device when discussing the design of actual components?
Answer: Industrial Designer thought it would be lost easily and Marketing responded that it would be easy and cheap to replace or a pencil or pen could be used instead. User Interface pointed out that a person who switches channels often or uses a particular function will find it irritating to use and might spoil the touchpad more easily compared to a button. Industrial Designer agreed with User Interface.
Query: What did the team think of Marketing's idea of putting mirrors on the device when discussing the design of actual components?
Answer: Project Manager believed that it would not appeal to men as they were unlikely to use it when watching television. Marketing responded by leaving this idea on the side, and Industrial Designer and Project Manager agreed. In the end, Marketing gave up on the idea.
Query: Summarize the design and availability of actual components.
Answer: The chip TA11835 and PCB board will be used in the device. The use of kinetic charging was agreed by the team with a standby mode to save battery. The case of the device would be in plastic and would have a changeable rubber cover. LCD screens will be adopted. The idea of adding a stylus or a mirror to the device was rejected.
Query: What are the designs of normal remotes and how can the new remote be different from the normal ones?
Answer: Mostly black and white colours, the normal ones are monotonous without consistency between models, and the buttons are very disorganized. The new remote will have a graphic user interface in the middle of the flip top and certain standard buttons with vibrant fruit colours. A newly developed speech recognition feature can be incorporated in the device and the idea was endorsed by customers. User Interface gave an example of using the feature - locating the remote. The idea was well-received by the team.
Query: How can the cost be cut down if the speech recognition feature is adopted?
Answer: Industrial Designer said that it would be cheaper to re-manufacture if these parts were already in stock. Project Manager pointed out that the other materials used were relatively cheap and simple. Though the LCD would be expensive, it would be cheaper with black and white than full colour so User Interface suggested that they could start off with black and white and upgrade later.
Query: Summarize the whole meeting.
Answer: This is the kick-off meeting of the new television remote control project. The team got acquainted with each other and Project Manager described the scope of the project. Industrial Designer claimed that he could support any practical ideas technically and proposed that they could make an interoperable remote control. User Interface agreed and pointed out that people changed the state of the TV by pressing the button. Then he proposed that people should be able to feel the buttons without having to look at them and the buttons should be visible in dark. In terms of the way to connect the remote control to the TV, Industrial Designer suggested that infrared could be substituted by Bluetooth.
Query: Summarize the discussion about remote control functions.
Answer: Industrial Designer proposed that a modern remote control should control a diverse subset of equipment. User Interface agreed and revealed that the function of the remote control is to change the state of the TV, which could be realized by pressing the button.
Query: What did User Interface think about remote control functions?
Answer: User Interface agreed with Industrial Designer and supposed that the remote control could be interoperable. That is to say, it could be a universal remote control that fits every device. He also revealed that the function of the remote control was to change the state of the TV and this could be realized by pressing the button.
Query: What did Industrial Designer think about remote control functions?
Answer: Industrial Designer believed that a modern remote control should control a diverse subset of equipment. That means, one remote control should control one or more pieces of equipment.
Query: What did the group discuss about the connection of remote control and TV?
Answer: Industrial Designer pointed out that infrared connection is old-fashioned so they should choose a novel one, such as Bluetooth. Project Manager added that the device should be rechargeable and not consume too much power.
Query: What did Industrial Designer suggest when discussing the connection of remote control and TV?
Answer: Industrial Designer proposed to change the way how the remote control and the TV communicate with each other as the infrared connection was not hot technical and suggested using Bluetooth.
Query: Why did User Interface disagree to use Bluetooth in the discussion of connection of remote control and TV?
Answer: Project Manager believed that remote control should not consume too much power. Therefore, as the cellphone would consume power very quickly when the Bluetooth was on, User Interface was concerned that it might be a problem.