JUST PUT IT ON THE DESKT DESKTOP NO ON THE DESKTOP YOU'LL FIND YOU SHOULD FIND THAT THERE'S A PROJECT DOCUMENTS LINK A WELL ACTUALLY JUST THERE YEAH THAT'S IT IF YOU DUMP IT IN THERE WHAT'S YOUR USERNAME YOUR USERNAME WHAT'S YOUR USERNAME AND PASSWORD MM-HMM SORRY OKAY THERE WE GO EXCELLENT RIGHT HOPEFULLY THAT'S US READY TO UH TO GO SO FUNCTIONAL DESIGN MEETING WE'LL HAVE TO FLESH OUT SOME OF THE UH STUFF UM WE'LL START WITH THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING NOT A LOT THANKFULLY TO SAY WE INTRODUCED OURSELVES DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF A MACRO FACILITY INTERAC INTERACTING THE T. V. A BIT MORE UM MENTIONING OF BAR CODE JOYSTICK FOR USER MANIPULATION UM AND ERGONOMICS OF THE REMOTE CONTROL AS WELL UM IT'S COME TO MY ATTENTION THE FOLLOWING TELETEXT HAS BECOME OUTDATED DUE TO THE POPULAT POPULARITY OF THE INTERNET REMOTE CONTROL SHOULD ONLY BE USED FOR THE T. V. UM DUE FOR UH TIME TO MARKET AND POSSIBLY ALSO COST ISSUES UM ALSO KEY IS THE CORPORATE IMAGE SHOULD STAY RECOGNISABLE UM F UH YOUR COLOUR AND SLOGAN OF COURSE IS DOWN AT THE BOTTOM THERE UM NOW JUST TO SAY QUICKLY UH I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT ONLY BEING USED FOR A TELEVISION THE MACRO FACILITY MAY NOW NOT BE REQUIRED UM OR AT L ITS FUNCTIONALITY WOULD HAVE BEEN OF LIMITED USE SO TO THE POINT IN MY OPINION ANYWAY THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE WORTH PURSUING UM IF ANYBODY DISAGREES WE CAN UH DEFINITELY SAY SO UM AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL JUST CRACK ON AND WE'LL GET EVERYTHING GOING UM I'D LIKE TO IF POSSIBLE HEAR FROM OUR MARKETING EXPERT FIRST TO HELP US GAIN AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO SO UM I'LL JUST LOAD UP YOUR PRESENTATION FROM HERE IF YOU WANT SURE UM SH WOULD YOU LIKE TO I'LL JUST DO IT FROM HERE YEP SORRY UH IS YOURS THE UM TRY SECOND ONE MAYBE TRY IT YEAH MAYBE OH SORRY OKAY RIGHT OH I THOUGHT I PUT IN MY LAST NAME I GUESS NOT BUT UH IF YOU THAT'S ALL RIGHT IF YOU DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST CYCLE THROUGH IT FOR YOU OR YEAH FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT BY ME EBENEZER OKAY OKAY SO UM WE DID SOME RESEARCH WE ASKED ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE THEIR OPINIONS ON REMOTE CONTROLS WE ASKED SOME UH OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS JUST WHAT ARE YOUR OPINIONS ON THE REMOTE CONTROL GOT A LOT OF RE RESPONSES AND WE ASKED SOME VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THIS IS ONLY A HUNDRED PEOPLE SO EVEN WHEN THE GROUPS ARE DIVIDED INTO FIFTEEN TO TWENTY FIVE TWENTY FIVE TO THIRTY FIVE THERE'S ONLY MAYBE TEN PEOPLE FIFTEEN PEOPLE IN EACH GROUP OKAY SO WE GOT SOME THE BAD STUFF WE GOT REMOTES ARE OFTEN LOST I OFTEN LOSE MY REMOTE CONTROL THE BACK OF THE COUCH SOME PLACE AND EVEN IF IT'S NOT LOST PERMANENTLY IT TAKES ME A FEW MINUTES TO FIND IT MOST BUTTONS ARE NOT USED ANY MORE LIKE YOU SAID TELETEXT IS OUTDATED NOW I REMEMBER TRYING TO LOAD A D. V. D. PLAYER RECENTLY AND THERE WERE SO MANY BUTTONS IT TOOK ME I DON'T KNOW MAYBE TEN MINUTES TO TO GO THROUGH EACH BUTTON 'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO PRESS THE SHIFT BUTTON TO ACCESS THE YELLOW BUTTONS YOU KNOW THERE'S JUST A LOT OF STUFF THAT NO ONE REALLY USES AND IF THEY DO NOT VERY OFTEN TAKES TOO LONG TO MASTER THE REMOTE CONTROL I'VE SEEN SOME REMOTE CONTROLS THAT ARE BIG THEY HAVE A LOT OF BUTTONS YOU HAVE TO HOLD DOWN MORE THAN ONE KEY AT ONE TIME TO DO SOMETHING THEY'RE JUST NOT GREAT TO USE WE JUST GOT A LOT OF BAD COMPLAINTS ABOUT REMOTE CONTROLS PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE REMOTE CONTROLS SOME OF THE GOOD STUFF WE GOT BETWEEN THE AGE OF UH FIFTEEN AND TWENTY FIVE MOST PEOPLE WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY EXTRA FOR VOICE RECOGNITION SOFTWARE NOW DON'T GET EXCITED YET I'VE GOT MORE TO SAY ON THAT MOST PEOPLE'D BE WILLING TO PAY FOR THAT UM MOST PEOPLE WANT REMOTE CONTROLS TO BE PRETTY THEY WANT IT TO BE FANCY TH THEY THEY WANT IT TO BE DIFFERENT EVERYBODY HAS A WHITE REMOTE CONTROL WITH BLACK BUTTONS AND A RED BUTTON AND A GREEN BUTTON NOT EVERYBODY WANTS THAT FINALLY MY OPINION YEP THE VOICE RECOGNITION THING IS COOL AND UH VOICE RECOGNITION THE SOFTWARE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE EXIST ALREADY IT'S A BIT SKETCHY AT SOME TIMES UH YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET GOOD ALWAYS ACCURATE RESULTS BUT FOR A VERY FIXED NUMBER OF WORDS YOU KNOW YOU HAVE HOW MANY DIFFERENT WORDS CAN YOU HAVE FOR A REMOTE CONTROL UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT CHANNEL FIVE CHANNEL SEVEN YOU KNOW HOW MANY YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT MANY WORDS FOR A FIXED VOCABULARY IT WORKS QUITE WELL I'M PRETTY SURE PEOPLE WOULD BUY IT BUT AFTER A WHILE PEOPLE MAY WANNA RETURN IT BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE TO TO SAY SOM I MEAN MOST PEOPLE USE A REMOTE CONTROL FOR SWITCHING TO CHANNELS AND THEY SAY THEY DO THAT ABOUT NINETY EIGHT PERCENT OF THE TIME USING THE REMOTE CONTROL NINETY EIGHT PERCENT OF THE TIME FOR CHANGING CHANNELS AND THAT'S FOR FLICKERING THROUGH CHANNELS SO IF YOU HAVE TO SAY UP UP UP UP IF YOU HAVE TO DO THAT ALL THE TIME THEN PEOPLE MIGHT GET A BIT FED UP WITH THAT AND THEY MAY RETURN IT HOWEVER OH BECAUSE THE VOICE RECOGNITION SOFTWARE EXISTS ALREADY THERE'S NO NEED TO SPEND MONEY ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BUT THIS DOES MEAN THE NEED FOR MICROPHONES IN THE IN THE REMOTE CONTROL WHICH IS AN UNUSUAL FEATURE IN MY OPINION BUT IF WE DO HAVE THE VOICE RECOGNITION THING THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT YOU CAN UH GET RID OF SEE YOU COULD THERE'RE TWO OPTIONS EITHER YOU HAVE VOICE RECOGNITION BY ITSELF WHICH I THINK IS A BIT IMPRACTICAL FOR LIKE NIGHT TIME IF YOU WANNA BE WATCHING TELEVISION AND YOU WANNA BE QUIET OR I DON'T KNOW YOU HAVE A VISITOR COMING ROUND AND THE REMOTE'S ONLY TRAINED FOR YOU IT'S A BIT IMPRACTICAL TO HAVE JUST VOICE RECOGNITION BY ITSELF SO YOU CAN HAVE VOICE RECOGNITION AND A REGULAR REMOTE BUT IMAGINE YOU GOT RID OF THE REGULAR REMOTE PART THEN YOU CAN DESIGN THE REMOTE TO LOOK ANY WAY YOU WANT IT TO LOOK BECAUSE THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON PHYSICAL SIZE OR SHAPE IT IT COULD BE AS FANCY AS YOU WANT IT TO BE YOU KNOW IT COULD BE LIKE A LOLLIPOP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT SOMETHING WEIRD LIKE THAT AS LONG AS THE VOICE RECOGNITION STUFF WORKS THAT'S THAT'S FINE OKAY YEP SO WE HAVE THE THREE BIRDS WE HAVE THE DESIGN THAT WE HAVE THE THE FANCY BIT RIGHT THE VOICE RECOGNITION'S FANCY IT'S COOL IT'S DIFFERENT IT'S RADICAL SO AND THEN WE HAVE AN EXTRA BIT I DON'T REMEMBER SO I'M PRETTY SURE PEOPLE WILL BUY THE REMOTE