B: Now what .
A: 'Kay , hello everybody .
A: Uh , I guess you all know what is it about ,
A: you all received the email , I guess .
A: Uh , we are actually doing this meeting to start a new project which is about designing a remote control .
A: So I'm going to be the project manager of this uh project .
A: And uh so I'm present myself .
A: I'm Fabien Cardinaux
A: and uh I I guess you can present yourself .
A: So I dunno , you can starts .
C: B: Okay ,
B: so my name is Petre .
B: You can call me Petre , or Peter if you like .
B: I don't care .
A: Okay .
D: Uh my name's Bob Mor .
A: And you are ? In the project ?
B: Uh , in the project I'm supposed to be the technic .
D: Oh , sorry .
A: D: 'Kay . So my name's Bob Morris .
D: I'm the Marketing Expert for this project .
B: Bob ,
D: Bob yeah .
B: okay .
C: My name is Hamed Getabdar ,
C: and uh I'm going to be Interface Designer in this project .
B: Okay .
A: So , uh , so today we are doing a short meeting to present the project ,
A: so um We are gooding
A: we are going to present the tool we are we are going to use during all this project .
A: We are talking about the project plan ,
A: and we are going to to discuss about st our first ideas and so on ,
A: and , yeah .
A: So we have around twenty five minutes to do this meeting .
A: Um . So what is the goal of this project ? Is to design a new remote control .
A: So it should be , of course , new and original ,
A: and um it should be trendy , and user friendly .
A: That mean it's a very challenging project ,
A: and uh
A: uh . So w it's A: we will try to do our best ,
A: and hopefully come with something very new and that people want to buy .
A: So , um A: So what's uh what are we going to do during this all this project ?
A: So it's more like we are going to do inv individual work all in o in o our specialities
A: and we are going to meet each other quite often to discuss and to find a good way .
A: Um .
A: Yeah and everything is will be like this .
A: Um so now we are going to to get used t to to the tools we are going to use all during all this project .
A: So we can try to use uh the whiteboard here .
A: So uh .
B: Okay .
A: For example we can try to write what is our our favourite animal and write the f our favourite characteristics about it .
A: Mm .
A: Uh . So uh A: A: So I will ask you all to do the same .
B: Okay .
A: Just to get used to the whiteboard .
B: So probably I would try to try to draw the animal .
B: Well sh should I draw the picture of the animal ?
B: I I th I think I should .
A: Yeah , yeah , you can draw the picture , of course .
D: Yeah go ahead .
B: Okay , so .
B: Um .
B: Okay , American , um . Um .
B: I would use the bird .
B: So I tried to sketch it out .
B: I had to first uh write it down because I am not absolutely sure if I can draw it , but ah .
B: Can you recognise it as a bird ?
D: A: B: Okay it's your turn to D: Okay , okay .
D: So I think my favourite animal would be a c a cat .
A: Oh .
D: That's its head .
A: D: Um I probably like cats the most because they're cuddly and furry and uh playful .
C: A: B: C: D: Okay .
C: I dunno if I should go with this  .
B: Oh it's okay .
D: Thanks . A: C: If it is enough line .
B: D:  Maybe put it up
C: I'm sorry . D: Put it a Maybe put it on the desk or something .
B: Yeah .
C: B: I should get used to the tool , so .
D: C: Okay .
B: Oh just wait a little bit .
B: C could we put it here , to make it as straight as possible ?
C: C: A: B: Ah probably not .
D: C: They should be remote .
B: Okay , it it works like this .
D: Uh , that's better .
C: Okay , thanks .
D: Your lapel microphone's fallen off .
C: B: Are you left-handed ?
C: No .
B: Oh , pity .
C: Okay .
C: Should I clean ?  D: C: Okay , I think like horses uh because they are strong and beautiful ,
C: so if I want to write it here , I think I can .
C: Oh .
D: A: Never mind . B: Ah , it's maybe better if you leave it .
D: Yeah .
D: Yeah .
D: Maybe we should just continue .
A: Yeah .
D: Yeah , don't worry about it . C: A: , no worry .
D: No .
B: C: Okay .
B: You won't draw them , or ?
A: You can draw it , if you want . D: B: C: I dunno if I can .
B: Just try .
B: I would like to see how it looks like .
C: Okay .
C: It may be like a cow or I dunno , whatever .
B: A: D: C: I'm not good very good in drawing .
C: Okay , so this is very  C: It's a bird , I think .
C: I dunno what is it . B: No , I think it's clear .
C: Four .
C: Okay .
C: Mm-hmm .
C: Mm .
C: Yeah . I'm shameful A: D: Oh that's good , it's good .
B: It's okay .
B: It's in it's indeed beautiful .
A: Good .
D: Yeah , and strong . C: Yeah . Okay .
B: A: B: Okay .
D: C: D: B: Bob . Have to remember it .
B: Bob .
A: So good um A: So , let's talk about money .
A: Uh we are going to to sell we want to sell uh this remote control for twenty five Euro Euro .
A: And uh our expected profit will be around fifty million Euro .
A: And uh we are trying to to have a market all around the world .
A: So n not only for Switzerland , but for the world .
A: Uh .
A: So , um .
A: The A: We expect a production cost of maximum uh twelve point fifty Euro .
B: Per unit , I guess .
A: Yeah , of course .
B: Y oh okay .
A: Um , so we can start today to have a first idea of what we want to do what are our experiments with remote control , and any idea ?
A: So , if you have some experience , good or bad , with remote controls you can share it and say what you f what is your idea .
A: Anything .
B: Okay .
D: Well , from experience , um I've had remote controls in the past that have had very they've had lots and lots of buttons and they've been very small ,
D: and it's been very hard to to to use , because there's so many buttons ,
D: and you know it's very hard to see which buttons do what ,
D: and the buttons are very small and very hard to press .
D: Um and and normally you only every use ,
D: you know , on a T_V_ remote you only ever use , mostly , you know , f four or f six buttons . Um .
A: Mm .
B: Oh .
D: So it's frustrated me in the past , th that .
B: Okay , I have also some points uh .
B: Maybe two points .
B: Uh first would be that in current remote controls there is no back light ,
B: so if you are if you are uh playing with this in the dark room it's it's probably worth to to have something like uh back light .
A: Yeah .
B: And maybe it could be also dependant on the the amount of of light in the room , so that if if it's in the day it doesn't need to be back lighted because it works on the battery , so .
B: So something like this .
B: And the second thing , f second point from me would be that in a normal remote control there is uh there are two buttons for volume control .
B: But I prefer like a potential-meter or something like .
A: Yeah .
D: Ah , okay . Okay .
B: You know , some slider or A: Okay .
C: Mm-hmm .
B: Not just two discrete buttons for volume ,
D: Okay , n B: but something which A: Mm-hmm .
D: Is that because the of the discrete volume levels ,
A: Yeah .
D: or is that
B: Yeah , but I can reach In uh one second I can mute it down , or or make a high volume .
A: Are you not afraid that if you take your remote control you can move the slide and it could  the the volume can go up very quickly
D: Yeah .
B: Ah , n .
A: and it can B: If it drops to the floor then it starts to scream .
A: Yeah ,
A: also if y when you take the the remote control , for example on the table , you take it and you push the button and everything is very loud , and
B: Yeah , f It depends what what you feel about that .
A: you have a heart attack .
A: Okay .
D: Yeah .
B: Yeah but we can we can think of these things afterwards ,
B: but if you have some more notes on that .
A: Yeah
C: Uh I Yeah ,
A: so you can A: Do you have something ?
C: just a simple experience .
C: I uh I prefer um remote control working with radio waves ,
C: because remote control working with infra-red rays you should you should you should keep it in a specific direction and then try it hard to tune .
A: Yeah , that's true .
A: Yeah without obstacles and .
B: Okay .
A: Okay . Let's continue .
B: Um .
A: I have a meeting in five minutes ,
A: so maybe we should hurry .
D: Okay .
B: Okay ,
A: Um . So we will close uh this meeting .
B: just a second .
B: B: A: So we will have a next meeting in uh thirty minutes .
A: Um .
A: Uh . The So I will ask you to do some work .
A: Uh the the interface interface developer will work on the on the design of the remote control ,
A: start to to have new idea and
B: Which i which is Hamed , ?
A: read about